In Vientiene - Capital of Laos
Hello,
We're in Vientienne now until the 18th when we fly to Hanoi (Vietnam). We've done lots of walking along the weird and wonderful Mekong River, but that was mostly trying to track down this T-shirt that Harry had stolen which he bought in Laos. Not that he stole it!! Just that he had IT stolen from his car.
Now, if you know Harry you know that he likes things that are a little bit different. But we thought well it's a Lao PDR T-shirt and we'd seen loads so it should be easy right? WRONG!!!! They had them in blue, yellow, orange, kaki, green, white....blah blah...even in pink! But could we find one in grey??? We have looked EVERYWHERE in Laos, in fact the only reason we came to Laos was to find this T-shirt. So, you're probably wondering if we found it...Oh this is costing too much in internet time now, so....BYE.
Will write from Vietnam, and Merry Christmas everybody!!!!
Sam x
We're in Vientienne now until the 18th when we fly to Hanoi (Vietnam). We've done lots of walking along the weird and wonderful Mekong River, but that was mostly trying to track down this T-shirt that Harry had stolen which he bought in Laos. Not that he stole it!! Just that he had IT stolen from his car.
Now, if you know Harry you know that he likes things that are a little bit different. But we thought well it's a Lao PDR T-shirt and we'd seen loads so it should be easy right? WRONG!!!! They had them in blue, yellow, orange, kaki, green, white....blah blah...even in pink! But could we find one in grey??? We have looked EVERYWHERE in Laos, in fact the only reason we came to Laos was to find this T-shirt. So, you're probably wondering if we found it...Oh this is costing too much in internet time now, so....BYE.
Will write from Vietnam, and Merry Christmas everybody!!!!
Sam x
posted by Chris at 2:41 PM
4 Comments:
but...but...but did u get the grey frieakin t-shirt?...lol
er....that was me...Alex...^5's guyz....love ur updates...hope ur having fun....merrry crhistmas =)
lol
Hey guys.
I finally got around to checking out your blog today. It's superb! I can't believe all the amazing things you're doing....needless to say I'm very jealous. I'll be sure to check it more often from now on.
Since I don't think you check your old email address anymore (if you have a new one though, let me know) I thought I'd send you an update of my own.
All is good in this land of constant humidity and jungle. I haven't had the opportunity to see the jungle yet, but the humidity is something that I do battle with everyday. Georgetown is still taking some getting used to - no walking about after dark, regular electricity cuts, no drinking water from the tap and lots of other things I took for granted in the UK. That doesn't mean it's bad, infact I really like it here and I'm adapting well to my new life. I'm getting to grips with my job and have already learned a lot. The economy here, which I'm responsible for reporting on, has seen better days but there is plenty of scope for contributing towards the country's development and that's what I came for.
It's been great having Marissa here with me and we've made many new friends. She's been having lots of meetings for jobs and will hopefully start a job in January. There's quite a strong community of ex-pats that tend to socialise together a lot so there's always something going on. Georgetown isn't a very big place and we're itching to get out of the city on weekends to see what else the country has to offer. Trouble is, getting around isn't very easy so we've bought a car.....from Japan and are trying to get it shipped here at the moment. This has inevitably exposed me to the wonderful Guyanese bureaucracy - not fun! However, we've been fortunate enough to get out of Georgetown a couple of times to stay at a resort on one of the rivers here - although Guyana has a long coastline none of it is fit for swimming (infact it doesn't have a single decent beach).
We're spending Christmas in the States with Marissa's family and then, on the way back to Guyana, we're stopping off in New York where I'll see my brother who has just moved there. Infact, I'm writing to you at New York's airport as I wait for my connection to St.Louis. I'm looking forward to endulging in all the things that I can't get in Guyana - like nice restaurants, good shopping, going to the cinema and cold weather!
So that's about me summed up at the moment. I've noted when you're gonna be in S.America and we'll do our best to meet up with you somewhere in this part of the world. We're dying to see S.America as much as you so hopefully something can be sorted out...even if Harry is woosing out!
Anyway, I hope you're well and that you have a fantastic Christmas.
Andre
xx
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