Month: August 2014

The arrival of the big day came at an ungodly 2.30am.
Kindred minds tucked up in a warm bed waiting for the alarm which was set for 3.15am.
The notion of missing the alarm got both our brains whirring in unison like an old milk separator, with a regular ‘ding’ sounding with the ever increasing pace of this ancient machinery.
But the motivation of our trip planned last January soon had us all brushed up and chomping at the front door awaiting Bill and Wendy to pick us up at four.
Janelle had kindly offered to drive us all and are we thankful!
For the uninitiated, the government road works on Tonkin Highway presents you with a live flag man popping out at 4.30 in the morning, directing the 1,000’s of travelling hopefuls in their cars back the way you just came.
What a night-foal (for the day was only just finding its feet!) And thanks Janelle.
The ever reliable Air Asia X brought us safely to KL and by 2 o’clock we were happily lunching by the pool at the airport hotel; the flag man now a distant memory in the rain-soaked mists of this morning.

Confucius say… alarm clock is something that makes people rise and whine.

Pre-Dawn coffee at Dome, a dip in the pool and dinner at The Old Town White Coffee. A good first day.

Holidays with spring just around the corner, it is time to get busy in the garden. Otherwise, come the end of September, when we return from our trip we’d be needing a bobcat to get near the house.

So after weeks of weeding, mulching, pruning, mowing and fertilising time for a Bon Voyage party.

Where better to celebrate than at our local Winthrop Chinese Restaurant, complete with a keyhole table setting for 14 and a 6 course banquet that began at five o’clock.

In fact there was so much terrific grub, the left-overs filled about 15 of those latter day doggy bag containers.

Confucius say Man with one chopstick go hungry.

Century Sun Cruise ship and I promise to learn how to put pictures in properly