The Story So Far ...

We said farewell to our work friends at the RSPCA and BBC on 14 September, farewell to our families on 3 October, and set off for Africa to save cheetahs, decorate school buildings, and look around a bit. After a trip home for Christmas, we headed for South East Asia on 6 January -- where we were stunned by Qatar and Cambodia, taught novice monks in Laos, and acted as security guards at an Elephant Festival. It was back home for four weeks to look after John's dad, before we tangoed our way through five South American countries in fifteen days. We then snooped our way through New Zealand, dipped our toes into Fiji, drove-thru California and were home from home with family in Vancouver.

Now, we are home itself. Fulfilled, happy, and ready to earn the respect of our friends and family by knuckling down and earning some money once again ...

Saturday, 12 February 2011

App-alled

In-app-ropriate thoughts

We had twenty minutes to pack and be ready for our voyage by slow-boat down the Mekong, and disaster had struck.  My attempt to download the latest iPhone software upgrade had taken more than an hour, and appeared to have deleted 17 apps from my phone.

No more Currency Converter app, so handy for calculating the Lao kip!  Farewell BBC News app, indispensable for keeping up with the Coalition Government! Goodbye First Direct app, great for personal banking on the go!  Adios to my Gym Fitness App, helping me fend off the effects of 44!

I was appalled.  At myself.  We'd made it to the jetty, were gliding past children squealing in the water, rock-faces soaring from the riverbank, purple-draped mountains in the distance.  All this before me, and I was fretting about how to get those apps back.  Getting away from it all on the other side of the world?  Not now.  Not yet.  Not when there's an Iphone in your pocket.

Three things ... 
... I ...
... missed.

Words by John
Photos by Henry
Hair Styling by Lee of Luang Prabang


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