Indonesia
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Saturday, 14 Apr 2012 | Views [197]
So I am stuck at home on bed rest (I have managed to get on
the sofa a few times) so when Gobey invites a friend over for pizza that’s fine
but what I didn’t expect was the rest of the night.
Gobey collects his friend from the ... Read more >
Sunday, 8 Apr 2012 | Views [193]
What a bloody surprise. Another spinal leak, just what I don’t
require 4 weeks before I head home. I knew something wasn’t right through the
night and told Gobey but I didn’t expect to wake up with a sore head just the
same as my spinal ... Read more >
Friday, 6 Apr 2012 | Views [184]
Today was a very early start for us to get picked up by
Peter to take on the Waterfall Hike. We have heard this walk is just beautiful
and a must to do while you are here, so here we go.
And wow what a hike it was. We were real ... Read more >
Wednesday, 4 Apr 2012 | Views [201]
Well today was a beautiful walk up the hill and up and over
the stairs with a few ladies from town. We started at the school and took our
time up the mountain and at MP 67 we took the stairs up to the heli pad at
Rainbow Ridge. I have to ... Read more >
Thursday, 29 Mar 2012 | Views [217]
Well Gobey is the ripe young age of 29 today. And as we are
in the middle of nowhere trying to make a birthday special can be hard, but I
am trying. So today I have organised 2 bottle of honey wild turkey to be taken
back in with friends ... Read more >
Friday, 16 Mar 2012 | Views [270]
Now Friday nights has become a little routine for us. We go
to our friends for tea and we wait for the Gobey and Curtis to come back from
touch rugby. This has of late become about 9pm before they are back, but if
they are running late ... Read more >
Wednesday, 14 Mar 2012 | Views [194]
It’s always a nice thing to see kids you have been teaching
to swim compete their first full 25meters with 1 stop (no stops are next week).
Ok the tears are always hard to take as it’s not what I want, a kid crying from
swimming, but Alfia ... Read more >
Tuesday, 13 Mar 2012 | Views [311]
Well I do feel very special now. I got a call yesterday from
June (one of the senior ladies out here on the mountain) to invite me to Ibu
Fani’s leaving lunch today. Now I know Ibu Fani a little bit as the only time I
have spent any time ... Read more >
Friday, 2 Mar 2012 | Views [280]
Today I started my bongo classes at the school, yip me the
tone deaf, wooden leg, duff en (Gobey’s words) but I managed to get the beats
out and in time. Ha old dog can do new tricks. And already we have a gig (yip a
gig) lined up for April ... Read more >
Tuesday, 14 Feb 2012 | Views [201]
Well Gobey had to fly to Oz yesterday for an expat medivac,
but due to the timings he flew to Cairns he was able to fly back to Timika the
same day, but misses the chopper. So he stayed at the Rimba and would be up on
the first chopper ... Read more >
Tuesday, 17 Jan 2012 | Views [256]
Well the hospital here must be amazing as today Gobey has
come home with another wound from minor surgery. Today he went for a full burn
out of a small wart on his finger. Yes it may have been down to me saying I
didn’t like it (and buying ... Read more >
Thursday, 12 Jan 2012 | Views [413]
Well this is my new claim to fame, with all our bags we
finally get to see how much it all weights while waiting to see if we are
getting on the chopper. With all bags we have collected we are now at the great
weight of 104kg!!!! Yip that’s ... Read more >
Tuesday, 10 Jan 2012 | Views [305]
Well that’s 4 weeks gone and it’s time to start the long
haul back to site. We start with a very tearful goodbye to mum (she didn’t even
come to the airport this time). We check in on our BMI flight to London and get
told we need to collect ... Read more >
Thursday, 15 Dec 2011 | Views [286]
We landed at the nice hour of 6am and it takes almost 45mins
to get off the plane and get to our bags. And WOW was it cold. Both Gobey and
me couldn’t get our jackets on quick enough. We went from 33C in Timika to 32C
in Bali to a brisk ... Read more >
Thursday, 15 Dec 2011 | Views [236]
No that was not a passing 1 hour bug. That was a 14 hour flight of pure torture. I have S&D for the whole flight. I couldn’t sleep I was so sick. I have a sore back because I have been so sick. There was no spare seats for me to lay down and try ... Read more >
Wednesday, 14 Dec 2011 | Views [275]
First flight down (Timika to Bail) and we now have 5 hours to fill in before the next flight to Singapore. So with that Dewa the driver I use in Bali has picked us up and is taking us to a few stores, grab some food and back to the airport before the ... Read more >
Tuesday, 13 Dec 2011 | Views [260]
We are down in the Rimba and its hot!! We get sorted out in
the room and head to the pool side to get our sun on. Not much point missing
out on a last minute super tan before we hit the cold in the UK.
Now I have done the sitting ... Read more >
Monday, 12 Dec 2011 | Views [203]
Well
it’s been 6 and a half months since we were in the UK and it’s not far off till
we land back there. All our seats are confirmed (oh and for the longest flight
we aren’t even sitting together) hire car is all confirmed and paid for, collecting
at ... Read more >
Monday, 31 Oct 2011 | Photo Gallery
Halloween on the mountain
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Monday, 24 Oct 2011 | Views [212]
Normal day – get up with Gobey, breakfast done and me ready
for the gym. Gobey off to work and me off to the gym. Seems a very normal day,
till Gobey calls and tells me he has had minor surgery on his head.
Now let me start at ... Read more >
Wednesday, 19 Oct 2011 | Views [173]
So all bags are packed to the best I can do, and Dewa is
picking me up from the villa to take me to the airport for the 2.15am flight
back to Timika (with a pit stop at Jayapura).
I want to push my luck to try and get everything ... Read more >
Tuesday, 18 Oct 2011 | Views [234]
So Gobey has the good news for me today that there is no
flight today but I can get home on the Garuda flight on Wednesday early morning
at 2.12am and get up the mountain first thing when I land (after a quick stop
to the other side of ... Read more >
Monday, 17 Oct 2011 | Views [354]
Gobey does know how to find good hotels (or just very lucky
– not sure which one it is yet). So first thing this morning I say my goodbyes
to Diane, Chandra and Dustin. They are all going on to Singapore and Australia.
Me on the other, ... Read more >
Sunday, 16 Oct 2011 | Views [228]
So my flight back to Timika was due to leave Bali on 16 th
at 11pm, but due to strikes that have been taking place on the mountain between
union works and non union works all flights into Timika have been cancelled.
Part luck for ... Read more >
Thursday, 6 Oct 2011 | Views [227]
I do really have a good husband. My lovely husband has
treated me to a week’s rest in Bali. Flying down with Chandra today to have 2
nights in the Rimba before we fly out to Bali. Arriving in Bali we have a full
schedule were me and Chandra ... Read more >
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