Evening All, (Or morning for most of you)
Hope all is well back home - Ned & Paula hope your wedding went well & that you enjoy Goa, Rowthorn - any news yet mate?
Long old flight getting over here - we thought the six hour stopover in Brunei was going to be a right hassle but in the end we had enough energy to get out for a quick tour (Photo top left). The golden dome is actually pure 24 carrat gold and there's a few of them scattered about so the oil money's pretty obvious. Our guide was telling if they have a party (which is a group booking in a restaurant, no bars it's a dry country) they have to notify the Police in advance and they send an officer over to stand outside & make sure there's no alcohol!
Top right photo is our Raleigh Fieldbase, currently inhabited by about twelve of us, (soon to be thirty odd when the main staff party arrive). Outside is one of our "Bravos" - Landrovers I'm just getting used to lugging around the city.
Mid left is the local Phillipino night market - hectic place we chickened out of eating on the first night but ate in last night with the Raleigh lot. Had a massive plate of noodles & a slice of stingray fin for under a quid. Other delicacies available included chicken's bums & fruit that smelt like sewerage.
Mid Right is Charl out doing a fundraising event with the local participants down at the waterside earlier today - Whilst I've been working my way through a grimy hot tool cupboard & trying to plan what equipment we need for coming weeks Charl's been helping out wherever needed.
We've actually just been out this evening to a "sunset symphony concert" down at the docks (bottom left) so are feeling incredibly cultured this evening.
Cheers all - we'll try and update again soon.
Simon & Charlotte
4 comments:
Hey dudes,
I am now a married man!!!
The wedding was fantastic and everyone seemed to have a wonderful time, the DJ dedicated a Take That song to you both (can't remember which - they all sound the same/I was drunk).
We are still planning on visiting you in Sydney so don't go annoying and poisonous snakes or stingrays.
Take care and have fun,
Ned
ps.
Clare gave birth to baby Joseph on Wednesday (I think?), all are doing well :)
Glad you arrived safely and are getting straight into it! You're more daring than us as we didn't eat in a local market once! A&S X
Hey Si and Charl,
Good work with the Blog, great idea. Sorry i missed your departing drinks night back at home, sounded like a good one.
You did indeed miss an epic Awty wedding, with Ned fullfilling his potential as the quintessential hammered groom we all knew him capable of.
Sounds fantactic out ther, good luck building those villages.
Cyd
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