This week is just flying in. Its been so beautiful with the frosts and sunshine, all I want to do is get out soak it all up. To appreciate the varied surroundings we have here, and the contrast with the Cambodian heat. 36 degrees! One feature of this high pressure weather system has been the lack of aeroplane vapour trails. I've noticed this for the first time this week; I've been looking up to think of the travellers doing just what I'm about to do in a few days, as there are always white fluffy lines in the sky. The total absence of anything up there really emphasises the leap into the unkown most of us are going to make.
I've also been really touched by the kindness of friends, who could have taken the (mistaken) attitude that we're off on a two week holiday. They haven't, and I'm grateful for their support. I've bored them all to death with rabbitting on about it. I am taking a camera with me, and I think its going to be nearly as much fun showing hundreds of photos to them.
Apart from that, I'm not taking any technology with me at all. When I was a small child, we always went away and did without the modcons for a week. But then we didn't have a phone in the house, a black and white tv, and Dad's film camera would use most of the 36 shots on the holiday. Now we'll be able to keep up this journal in an internet cafe. I'll not miss my phone, be too busy for tv or PC, but can I cope without my ipod?
Nowhere near prepared, but who cares! Roll on Saturday.
I've also been really touched by the kindness of friends, who could have taken the (mistaken) attitude that we're off on a two week holiday. They haven't, and I'm grateful for their support. I've bored them all to death with rabbitting on about it. I am taking a camera with me, and I think its going to be nearly as much fun showing hundreds of photos to them.
Apart from that, I'm not taking any technology with me at all. When I was a small child, we always went away and did without the modcons for a week. But then we didn't have a phone in the house, a black and white tv, and Dad's film camera would use most of the 36 shots on the holiday. Now we'll be able to keep up this journal in an internet cafe. I'll not miss my phone, be too busy for tv or PC, but can I cope without my ipod?
Nowhere near prepared, but who cares! Roll on Saturday.
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