tan and geoff.

do not sell Gai-jin. it is the next in the asian saga, and i must read it. james clavel is possably the best writer ever. after finnishing noble house i wished that there was a sequal, and lo, there are two! epic series spanning five books. liv- gor forth and buy them, they are just being reprinted. best books ever!

wack! many posts. i could continue from were i left off but at the momant its late i have just finnished work and i am not in the mood. some other time perhaps. i have a vast backlog of posts milling around in my brain. much stress. had some slightly odd dreams latly which possibly i shall recount.

working at the kiwi place is patheticaly easy but very dull. the others say it is a million times better than fruit picking. i will do it for a week only. night shifts i think.

dods white water rafting picture captures it perfectly. did you look at a picture online?

thanks for the e-mail mama, ill check my fsmail account later.

tan: i met a guy who has been in thailand for quite a while and he gave me some info on the best places to go. non-tourist areas that are not mentioned in guide books. which should be good. when do you want to meet up? i can happily stay here for three more weeks.

epic photo liv, truly some jump. did you land it?

aarg the strain. i forget that some of you don’t get the text messeges and phone calls. well i will clarify when i get the chance. just don’t expect any posts for a while.

julio

white water rafting

geoff’s rock

I keep shifting the Bagpuss from our room to Tan’s; but this is where he holed up today.

Hail, where are all the interesting e-mails???? The picture is quite classy, though what happened to the old boardershands?????

Hope things aren’t too tediouse at the old homestead old beanlings!!!!

I don’t think traveling is what it used to be. all the cute little places are full of touriste! anyway, haveing a good time meeting all the different kinds of people. Not so keen on the vetnamese as they tended to be a little on the sour side, but the people here are really nice. They smile all the time even if you don’t take them up on their offer of a cyclo!!!

Well, up early tomorrow for the bus.

See you
Tanya

Hi Mama,

WE heard that delat is not what it used to be, very touristy and a bit dirty, but we could have gone there. Edd and Nikki did, but we would have been cutting thiungs a bit fine toi go and meet julio then. The other places did sound nice, but there was no mention of how to get there, and getting around under your own steam is impossible here as everything is controled by the government and it is ver hard to do anything of the beaten track. We heard horror storied about peole who took local buses and were shoved out in the middle of nowhere unless they payed extortionate sums of money, and nothing you can do about it. WE are realising how lucky we were in india to be able to get around alone and on the local transport. It was a more interesting way of travelling. It has been a bit boring in vietnam as you feel like a sheep being hearded along the tourist trail!! nOt a lot we could do about it though.

What places would you recoment in thailand as we should be able to get around there pretty easily. we plan to head to ko samet island first, either with julio or before we meet him. WE are also thinking about goiing to laos from thailand, as the visa is cheaper that way, and then perhaps go around the north for a bit befor heading down to malasia.

WE are in phnom penh at the moment and have tried to get away from the tourist trap but it is not easy. all the travellers here are what geoff calls ‘fake’. all they want to do is drink and smoke and party at the one night club in town. I was kind of imagining a quiert little town with matkets and little streets to walk around, but it is huge and it takes ages to walk anywhere in the baking heat! WE did go to the market to buy fruit, and have found the people very easy going and friendly. We found a ni\ce little place to have ice cream run by a lady, lynda and her three chindren. They are very friendly and sit and talk to us as we eat. The mother is about 50 and went through the time of pol pot. She told us stories of having to go back to the forest and of the time she spent there. Very interesting. WEll, we are of tomorrow to ankor wat ont he $3 bus as the budget doesn’t run to the $21 boat!!! we ahve been on a boat already anway. Should be interesting as the roads are terrible here!!!

We went to the killing fields which was pretty horrid, and then our motorbike man took us to see all the main sights around the town as we could never walk them. The temple in the middle is very ni8ce.

Well, must go now. WE think maybe we started with the wrong coulntry. We began with the hardest one to get around, and now things seem a little too easy and planned. hopefully it will get better in thailand.

Lots of love
Tanya