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... faithfully.
We laughed and chatted as we went around and because of too much talking we missed a bit of the tour as lunch was about to start, all in all we had a blast meeting so many new ones.
At one post we had a brother call out thanks for visiting, where are you from? I normally was saying Perth but for some reason decided to say Palmyra, when he said Oh do you know the Lowe's? Well of course we do Kristy and Russell and as it turns ...

I can't believe that this time next week i will be in Egypt.

I can't believe that in just a few days i will be on a plane heading to the middle east by myself.

The fact that what has for so long been this fanciful, far off plan is becoming a reality is really overwhelming. I have no idea what to feel so i'm stuck somewhere between excitement, anxiety and sadness.

There are so ...

... and knowledge to
open our hearts wider
The surface of our lives
may be only so deep
but the depth of the differences
are endlessly steep
Embracing the diversity
of this world we have created
make it possible to see
the basic human similarities
and the beauty in those truths



A good heart is the most valuable resource.

... overall score the first game, with a 120, which is proof enough that i wasn't that drunk, but Jon won the second game with a 154 or something, he did quite well! I bowled like a 117 the second game! well we start to leave, and Richard catches word of a karoake bar that is just down the road that he had some friends at, well Jamie Kunal Richard and I all decide to head down to the bar, b/c drunk bowling i hadn't done before and karoake as well! So we make it to the bar, and ...

... from Cooking on a dodgy stove every night
Independence from cleaning the toilet and mowing the lawn

We will miss some things more than others but we are sooooo excited about the opportunities coming our way in 2009.

We leave in the morning for Singapore for a quick overnight stop before flying on to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. We will ...

... off on you. June is a good time of year to visit. Although colder, because it is winter time, it isn't nearly as busy as in the summer.

We were going to book a tour to the Blue Mountains tomorrow but decided that we didn't want an early start for our last day.

We had a meal in a pub along the road from the hotel where you cook your meat yourself on a BBQ. At least, if you get the ...

... including buying a paper. We eventually found a newsagent only for an elderly lady who later told us proudly she was 92, to collapse in front of us. She didn't want any fuss, she'd be right, but an ambulance was called and we left them to it and headed home to read the papers, sleep and eat chocolate. The next week I got a small insight into Bels' business as I accompanied her to a swim wear buying session. This was basically watching a very ...

... optional beach... very niiiice (Borat voice). Attempted some frisbee in the 50 mph wind but since the frisbee was made from tissue paper, this didn't last too long. Kicked back and relaxed soaking up the sun. Eventually got sucked into watching a Brazilian chick argue with everyone she met. Was pretty classic-the latino fire was definitely true to form. Back to the hotel and Makely and I headed to the airport to go to Tokyo giddy as school girls.

... is picturesque, there's the hassle of finding a place to charge your mobile phone - the only real link you have with home. There's a variety of creepy crawlies, most worryingly - mosquitoes, which carry more diseases than I'd ever care to know about. While you can get used to using a drop toilet there are those annoying first few days where your feet are inevitably somewhat wetter than you'd like them to be, and let me assure you the deep-thigh burn you get ...

... Boxing Day. Loved every minute. 31st December - Watched the fireworks from Dover Heights. Bit further back than going right to the quay, but uninterrupted views of the harbour, city and surrounding bays. 3rd February - My best friend Emily and her husband came to visit for 10 days. I loved the day the 3 of us went down to Darling Harbour, pottered around and drank cocktails. Darling Harbour is one of my favourite places to spend a day or night in Sydney. 12th February - The day ...