26th January 2011
A pessimist might say we’ve already finished half our travels, but I’m an optimist so we still have half our travels to go.
It rained when we left them all chatting and went for a drive down random lanes. We found a place where they grow orchids in vast profusion, which we were shown around since we expressed some curiosity. Later we picked up grandma and Putu, then stopped to visit the water palace of Tirta Gangga in the rain. It’s a very aesthetically appealing garden, and no doubt looks more splendid still under sunny skies. On a positive note we did have it mostly to ourselves.
Hm. I must not be dishonest. In fact we simply decided to go out for a meal this evening. I had no idea that tonight was our six month mark until just a minute ago!
So now it’s 11PM and very unusually the TV is on in grandma’s house (though no-one is watching). We’ve watched very little TV as we’ve travelled, but just from a handful of glimpses I can sadly report that all popular entertainment shows everywhere around the world are now hosted by a pair of affable lads carefully copying all the mannerisms of Ant and Dec.
Hope you’ve all enjoyed reading the first six months, and that the next six are also worth recording!
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Sounds like all is still going well now you reached the half way mark, so many interesting people and places. Im in Whistler, half way through my holiday, enjoying the snow, food and jacuzzi 😀 Love reading all your updates, so keep at it. When you get back you will have to turn it into a travel journal and get it published 😀 Miss ya both, take care.
Jacuzzi sounds good – Maureen is envious, as all we have at grandma’s house is a cold tap and a bucket! We never got to Whistler when we visited BC, probably as we weren’t skiing or boarding but just did a big tour around looking for hikes and wildlife.
Hi guys! Stopped reading for a bit over the holidays, but am now all caught up. My daughter, Katie, (she is the one just born right before I “met” you, and is now TWELVE) INSISTS that you MUST finish your trip in Tulsa, OK USA. I know and have tried to explain that you have it all PLANNED but she is stubborn, so I must extend an invitation to please stop by, if possible. 😉
Thank you for the invitation, and thank Katie for us of course! I doubt we’ll be able to include a whole other continent in the itinerary, but you never know. If we don’t, we still *do* have plans to spend a lot more time exploring the USA some time soon – we’ve only seen California and Florida so far.
~waves @ Twin~ I’ve already begged them to come to Kentucky as well!
LOVING the blog, M&M!