The Travelling Children Are Safely Home
Trip Start
Oct 09, 2007
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Trip End
Nov 16, 2007
Perth,
Australia
Saturday, November 17, 2007
We have thoroughly enjoyed all that has now become a part of us from this amazing 'magoo' of a holiday. The most special thing about it this time was our ability to share our thoughts, experiences, laughter and frustrations with our closest family and friends as they happened. Thank you for coming on our journey with us, and for keeping us company. We felt like you really were a part of it all and hope that you have enjoyed coming along for the ride.
Alan and I both feel physically tired from the back to back flights from Mumbai to Singapore to Perth. The time difference is still with our body clock but we have unpacked our bags and put everything away (need more hangers for my sarees now). We are not quite ready to face the grind of work but at least have tomorrow to recover some more.
We were so happy to see Donovan at the airport. Fortunately for him, we made a very conscious effort not to buy anything that needed to be declared at Customs so we were out in a flash. He must be complimented on how clean he presented the house to us on our return. I told him not to worry about cleaning the alfresco area as that I could get to eventually but I was most impressed with how clean the main living areas were. Thank you Donny!
Donovan began to update us on all the happenings as soon as we arrived. His art performances, the funny and not so funny things which happened to him (but for the 3 of us, even the not so funny is always funny in retrospect, so you can imagine how much we were all giggling), the Ben Cousins (AFL player) drug-binge-sacking-fiasco, pre-election politicking and other local news. Alan and I will be bracing ourselves for work updates on Monday.
Typically of us though, the two small children are already beginning to talk about their next travelling adventure to India in 2009. And perhaps a short trip somewhere else in 2008. (Nadia - when you are right, you are so right!)
Love you, love you, love you all. In M*A*S*H tradition we say - Goodbye, Farewell & Amen. (for now!)
Comments
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Glad you guys are back home safely. I'm going to miss reading about your daily encounters, first thing in the morning when i get to work. Like i said earlier, you really should put all your daily blogs of your travels into a book. It's really been fun following you guys on your journey. To 2009 then!
Welcome home!
Dear Judi and Alan,
Welcome home to Perth. Yes, 6 weeks is a long span of time but it would psychologically feel that time had slipped fairly quickly admist the rapid pace of life on the sub-continent.
Must catch up one of these days. Take care and God Bless.
Love
Brendon