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Entries from December 31st, 2009

Round the World – it was the best of times, it was the worst of times

December 31st, 2009 · No Comments · travel

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One of the most common questions since we got home is “What was the best thing?”.  What seems like a simple question is actually a hard one to answer honestly.  We covered so much ground on our round the world trip and did such a variety of different things, that it’s hard to single out [...]

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Dark, wintry days

December 28th, 2009 · No Comments · home

It’s really not fun being back to reality.  It was straight back into work when I got home and next thing I knew, it was Christmas Eve and I was feeling woefully unprepared for Christmas.  The rapid shift back to normalcy had put the trip firmly in the distant past.  I was just looking forward [...]

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Dublin – the homecoming

December 4th, 2009 · No Comments · travel

As expected, the flight home is a tough one.  At 13 hours straight, it’s the longest flight yet.  The airplane is a massive beast with two levels and at least 100 rows of seats.  It seems that our previous luck with seating on airplanes has run out.  While there are a lot of rows with [...]

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Bangkok – the final hours

December 3rd, 2009 · No Comments · travel

All through the last year our departure date felt so far off in the distance that it didn’t seem real.  Even booking the airplane tickets a few weeks in advance we were too busy with our daily lives for it to register properly.  Time drifted past slowly, and then suddenly we were somehow only days [...]

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Bangkok – last stop

December 2nd, 2009 · No Comments · travel

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With some reluctance we find ourselves preparing to leave Phuket and start the long trek home.  We settled in very well at the Kata Beach Spa Resort and regret having to leave it for the big smoke of Thailand – Bangkok.  Unfortunately our time on the road is running out so we have to accept [...]

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