China and Tas

err... back to the blog:

From Vietnam I flew to Hong Kong & caught up with Joel, Adam, Andy, Abco, Keith, Aaron & Brenton - a distinctlyy different travel arrangement to the loner approach of the previous 6 weeks. We spent 10 days soaking up the Chinese culture: bartering, taxis drivers with unique interpretation of lanes and speed limits, KFC, electric scooters, bribing officials, McDonalds, big old walls, goldfish fishing, nagging vendors, smoking in public places (how can you refuse ... Joel earned my infinite admiration by taking up smoking just to exploit the unique opportunity). When you visit a country with such rich heritage and in such a dynamic economic growth phase there is so much you can take away from the experience ... we took away a ridiculous amount of (crappy) RC Helicopters & Jackets + toys, fishing and ski gear, watches,DVD's, CD's, bb guns & most importantly giant suitcases in which to transport it all home

After spending the last couple of days in china with Joel trialling the different accommodation/transport combos on offer (scrap the bus - take the train ... & some cigarettes) and visiting the stunning Guilin, I headed back to Tas.

Everyone knows the joys of catching up with old family and friend so ill do no more than provide a photo of Tom & Amanda's wedding + another one of Browns river - the photo taken a couple of days before my arrival clearly details why I'm glad to be heading north for the winter.

Well this blog entry is unduly disproportionate to both the quality and quantity of time spent in both places ... it is, however, proportionate to how much I can be sodded typing an entry at the moment.

I am currently heading up the WA coast for a month with Jen, Jess & Hannah ... the joys of a road trip, I wouldn't hold your breath for the next blog entry, but why would you?