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Final Episode
Six months ago we embarked on an adventure to take us to visit Hayley, Aaron and Jake in Alabama. To see Rikki and Shirley in Hong Kong, Tony, Claire and Chloe in Thailand, Kate and Cath in Australia and, finally, The Wheelers, all of them, in New Zealand.
Three continents, 14 flights, 30 hotels, 17 boat trips later we have no more sleeps before the final two flights to land us safely on UK soil…
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Episode 20
NORTH ISLAND NZ
My eyes are bulging on this endless feast of visual treats, and my appetite grows with every mountainous morsel and most spacious of spoonfuls.
There has not been a day to date, Wednesday 16th August, that has not delighted, in one way or another. This country is quite, quite impressive. The spectacular scenery, the obvious embracing by the nation of its culture, the space, the…
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Episode 19
OUR COUNTRY’S GOOD – Sydney, AUS. and Waiheke, NZ.
At some point, overnight on the flight from Seoul, we must have crossed the equator. Unlike cruise ships, this major event in people’s lives is not marked, in any way shape or form. I would have thought, for first timers, like us, the hostesses and crew would have conga’d the length of the plane blowing all manner of party blowers and generally…
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Episode 19
Chiang Mai – Northern Thailand
Our four days in this quite different and somewhat spiritual centre is worthy of its own page of notes. The difference is felt immediately upon stepping from the plane, a slight drop in temperature, and then stepping from the taxi after a short ride to the hotel, noticing a drop in the pace of life. Whilst still not slow, much slower from that found in Bangkok and…
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Episode 18
Thailand…so far.
I have been putting off this moment because I have not known where to start. To add to that issue, I am not sure where I would finish. This country, formerly known as Siam, and I love the name Siam, conjures magical myths, colourful splendour, majesty and honourable people, it has so much to talk about and I run the risk of rambling and losing the readers attention. Although, I…
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Episode 17
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Paradise Koh Yao – the hotel was booked on a whim. I had seen no details before arriving, my mind being more preoccupied with improving my chipping in golf having gone over 100 at the premier course Laguna. I…
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Episode 16
Los Angeles is best experienced with your back to it and waving from your open top rental crawling along route 405 towards the Pacific Coast Highway Route 1. Nothing would take me back except perhaps a film role! The Pacific Coast is quite a spectacle. The ocean is a moving majesty. The rolling breakers curl into glistening foam as they find their temporary home on the shore. The route weaves in…
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Episode 15
Come Monday, when Chelsea just about clinch the title for this year, by winning over Middlesbrough, it will be three weeks to our departure from Fairhope, Alabama, USA. Curiously, those who know me well, just a few, will know that I challenge the concept of “hope” as being anywhere near a positive and helpful emotion. Rather it gives up on human potential and resorts to “fingers crossed”. Well we…
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Episode 14
If you believe that you are responsible for everything that happens to you, and I do, and that your life is the perfect reflection of your thoughts, again I do, then I am not sure what I was thinking when I was pulled over for speeding, apparently doing 64mph in a 45mph zone. Easy to do I might add, on these roads. Looking back at the series of events that occurred moments earlier, I now know why…
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Life? Tornado? War?
I have realised, yet again, that life, and the way it is lived, certainly in the Western world, and by Western world, I mean the Capitalist society, is all about face. The time that I have been afforded to do what I am doing, has been earned, by virtue of the investment of energies and skills which has been compensated by a certain level of wage. An income; money, which I am free to spend on what…
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This is US...well me anyway.
This is US…well me anyway.
Sitting by a secluded, sculpture pool, with cascading water over rocks, palm trees, a gentle breeze from the Gulf of Mexico, just a few steps away and in 70 odd degrees, Kent life seems a million miles away. It’s not that I have forgotten it, rather I have been consumed by other thoughts, actions and experiences, whilst being here. Fortunately, and I think I mean that, there has been no mention…
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3Circle Church
Living, albeit temporarily, in the bible-belt of America, it would be a rather improper gesture of ignorance to avoid going to church. There are, however, so many Churches from which to choose. I would actually submit to seeing more churches than McDonalds. Which, I also submit, to being a good thing. The idea of feasting on a healthy, calorie-free, sermon has far more appeal than sinking ones…
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Sweet Home
Alabama is certainly not the first place to consider for a holiday, nor indeed, I suspect, would it make a list in most popular places visited in the US. Nor has it any notable towns or cities that spring to mind for any reason. Montgomery is the capital. Where? I hear you say. Yes, Montgomery. You’ve never heard of it have you? You will have probably heard of Birmingham, in relation to the civil…
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Santa Monica/Hollywood
OK, so the idea of going off for 6 months has still to sink in, and at some point it will, once we establish some sort of routine, I guess. Although that might prove to be a tough one if this past couple of days is anything to go by.
Yesterday we set off for Santa Monica, using Uber for the first time. A bit round the houses, picking up another passenger seemed a tad surreal, but nevertheless an…
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LAnded
New Zealand cattle-class is much like any other that we have used in the past and serves as a reminder that we should invest in a more spacious alternative! However, all news is good news, and I am settling into some music whilst Jo is off to Manchester by the Sea. What is wonderful about the music, I hear you ask? Earth a Wind and Fire, is what is…..Getaway, followed by Fantasy and now rocking…
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...going where the weather suits our clothes
…going where the weather suits our clothes
Yesterday, March 9th, in a small coffee shop, of which there are many now in the striving-to-be-chic coastal town of Whitstable, young Jack Andrews sat in a high chair tucking into his snack. The bustle of the high street, the music in the shop, the endless chat between customers, including Jo and Emily all went suddenly quiet and into slow motion as I looked undistracted at the young boy who has…
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