We really are leaving now. We've had the party to prove it.
Lots of our friends turned up on Saturday night to celebrate seeing the backs of us. We went to a new Brazillian bar off Drury Lane, London, called Guanabara. Quilombo do Samba - an 11-piece band consisting mainly of men smacking drums - really tested our hearing.
See some photos from the night. Mmmm... berry mojito.
October 23, 2004
Amy, Jody, SiljeLots of our friends turned up on Saturday night to celebrate seeing the backs of us. We went to a new Brazillian bar off Drury Lane, London, called Guanabara. Quilombo do Samba - an 11-piece band consisting mainly of men smacking drums - really tested our hearing.
See some photos from the night. Mmmm... berry mojito.
Jody writes:
As of today, Amy and I are officially homeless. After a horrible seven days of condensing everything we own into boxes and sending them off to both our parents' houses, we've moved out and are staying with Amy's folks for the final week before we leave.
It's been such a stressful hassle that we're going to need a really long holiday to recover.
Thanks to my mum, Amy's parents and everyone else who has lugged boxes around for us.
October 12, 2004
It's been such a stressful hassle that we're going to need a really long holiday to recover.
Thanks to my mum, Amy's parents and everyone else who has lugged boxes around for us.
Jody writes:
Just three weeks before we board the plane to Thailand, so I thought I'd mark the occasion with the first post on the blog.
Amy and I spent Sunday evening creating a map with the times we aim to reach each location. I'm sure it'll prove laughably inaccurate as we change our course along the way, but nailing our route down was a handy exercise (it's easy to forget exactly where we're going with everything else we're dealing with - finishing work, packing up the house, shopping for nifty zip-off trousers...).
Why do a blog? It's for family, friends and the odd stranger to read and will be a useful journal for us to look back on. But don't expect frequent updates, unless the weather is very wet.
For older entries, see the archives at the top right-hand side of this page.
Amy and I spent Sunday evening creating a map with the times we aim to reach each location. I'm sure it'll prove laughably inaccurate as we change our course along the way, but nailing our route down was a handy exercise (it's easy to forget exactly where we're going with everything else we're dealing with - finishing work, packing up the house, shopping for nifty zip-off trousers...).
Why do a blog? It's for family, friends and the odd stranger to read and will be a useful journal for us to look back on. But don't expect frequent updates, unless the weather is very wet.
