Ananda Markham

Today basically, I just worked and then we met up with Laine in the afternoon. We picked Bangkok Garden, a restaurant just around the corner because it had mediocre reviews on TripAdvisor. It turned out to be really great (if expensive).

We went to bed really early zzzz.

By the way, we got a great deal from Hotels.com for our hotel, BTW. Props to my employee discount once again!

... beaches, they are fabulous and when we can't get them in our own country than why not visit somewhere else! While I do enjoy the HOT weather and beaches, I like to be able to get out of the resort, to visit the towns, to meet the people, to see what life is really like for local people, but mostly to be enriched with the culture that we don't have here in Canada! Overall I didn't find the local people that I met very warm or welcoming, it was ...

So I've got a little over two weeks left. I've made all the neccessary arrangements and now I just have to pack everything and go. I'm excited and nervous. I also got an email from the volunteer coordinator asking if I have an international driver's license so that I can "drive sick children to the hospital because they are too weak to do so themselves". This begs the question; Why would children be driving anyway? And more importantly, I ...

... with us to last us for main meals until the second day tea time and lots of snacks to keep us going the whole journey. I spent the day on tuesday writing postcards and reading. The day seemed to go quite quickly and I was exhausted after mondays busy day at Niagara and the excitement of that morning. I got ready for bed and we were told to put our clocks back 1 hour as we would be enetering the central time zone in the early hours.

... Canada uses the metric system, and it's so funny to learn to drive to speed limits in kilometers! It took us a while to realize that distance to the city was provided in kilometers, not miles! We noticed that warning road signs and information was written in both, English and French. Near the border, we also saw big the conversion charts for drivers ...

... probably go to DC for a couple of days next week before getting on my flight home on Christmas day... I know it's not the ideal day to fly, but I couldn't get anything else...It would have been good to be home for Christmas, but I guess it's better late then never! Right that's it from me for a while! I will see my friends and family in the UK when I get back home, and hope to see the rest of you at some point in the future. Once again - all the best for the coming year! Love Always Harvi

... wedding right down to hiking ... Needless to say, my well travelled reasonable size suitcase didn't have enough space ... Wandered into a store that had a 70% off sale going on and the cheapest case I could find was a 29" monster ... Or I could have spent more money for a smaller case ... So I went with the golden rule when travelling to HK .... One can never have too ...

... stake organized in Toronto, and in 1990 the Toronto temple was dedicated.

Of particular note to the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and citizens of Toronto is the fact that these performances are a promise fulfilled. Scheduled as part of the 2003 Eastern United States tour, a Toronto performance was cancelled due to a SARS outbreak. In the intervening years, Roy Thomson Hall was acoustically renovated. The result was very much appreciated by ...

... Mombasa in Diani Beach Reflecting on life at night on the beach under the beautiful stars Touring tea planations in Kericho after getting stranded on the way Bargaining at Maasai Markets and splurging all my Kenyan Shillings Learning Kiswahili and Luo Rockin' at the Carnivore Missing family and friends in TO Saying goodbye to many dear friends I will cherish all the good and bad times we shared these past 4 months Someday, somewhere we shall meet again Asante Sana Kenya, Kwaheri!

... era AC/DC songs played: 3 to 1 The ratio of Vince Neil era(s) Motley Crue songs played to "that other guy" era Motley Crue songs played: 5 to 1 The number of stations that had giveaways of Metallica's new album: 6 The number of stations that had giveaways of The Rolling Stones new album: 2 The number of stations that had giveaways of Pearl Jam's new album: 0 THE BATTLE OF THE BLUE COLLAR SINGER/SONGWRITERS The ratio of Bob Seger songs played ...