Koh Phi Phi

Angela & David in action

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We arrived in Koh Phi Phi yesterday morning. We booked a bungalow before arriving and were promised to get a bungalow right by the beach, with beach view. But of course when we got there they said that there was none available. We said we were going to ring the company we booked with and tell them. After a few minutes of them talking to each other in Thai they turned around and said "Oh, we just have one available now"!!! So obviosly someone of the workers had to move out and give us their bungalow as they were too afraid to get any complaints! But everything is good. Our bungalow is really nice! we live right by they sea and right beside a MASSIVE cliff. It's beautiful! We didn't do much yesterday. Played some badmington, had a swim and went for a walk through the main streets. Saw some REALLY beutiful lady men all dressed and dolled up! God knows where they were going. I'd tell you, ANY man would easily misstake them for women.
Today we went on a snorkeling trip. It was SOOO good! First we arrived at Maya Bay (Where "the Beach" was recorded) It was actually not as beautiful as it seems in the movie. (It was probably DiCaprio that made it look good) ;D The snorkeling there was amazing though.
Then we moved on to monkey beach, shark point, bamboo island and some other nice spots.
But seriously, snorkeling is so much fun! We had a great day.
It was nearly 5.30 when we got back. 7,5 hours of snorkeling do make you really hungry. So we went to a place that was recommended, called "Papaya" They make HUGE portions so me and David shared one Flied Lice and had some spling Loll. David also had a "Papaya Salad" The lady said it was spicy....David said "I like spicy, I can handle SPICY" But after 2 bites and 2litres of sweat David finally admitted....Aaaahhh...TOO HOT, TOO SPICY! HOT HOT!!!
Right now we're considering going to an Irish Pub to watch Lady Men perform, a cabaret show. Could be interesting.

Getting close to Maya Bay "The Beach"

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Merlin brought Nemo home again and the mom came back from the dead!

Happy family again!

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The cooles fish ever! Love his face!

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David & Angela

Massage and Animal rescue

Angela, Lady, Lady Man, David

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Last night in Krabi! We had a traditional Thai massage as we said we would have. David got a massage from a LADY MAN!! the one in the red t-shirt. It was really nice though!! They bent our bodies like there was no tomorrow. The girl twisted me in some weird way so my whole back kracked. but in a good way. well worth 200 Bath!
On our way home David stepped on something... and yes, it was a massive snail! He felt so bad, and since we were a bit tipsy from the "White Russians we had" we decided it would be great to team up and call our selves "The Animal Rescue Team" So the whole way home to our bungalow we picked up snails and pushed the frogs out of the road. Just to make up for David squaching the first snail. Haha! It was great!

Krabi 27th-29th June

Arrived in Krabi yesterday. Not too much going on here. Last night David woke me up by saying "what the fuck is that sound?" we looked outside and it was POURING rain!!
Today we walked in to town and had a look around. David bought some really nice billabong shorts and me too :D Luckilly we found a WiFi spot and sat down for a bit, because again the rain started pouring!!
So this is how interesting Krabi is. Just a bit of shopping and lots of rain! Some nice views though!
Tomorrow we're heading to Koh Phi Phi! Can't wait as this is my highlight of Thailand. Always wanted to go to Koh Phi Phi since Annah and me one night in Dublin watched "The Beach"
Have to stop writing now as David is giving out to me that i'm writing a boring post! :), oh also one last thing, we finally deserve a thai massage which we are planning to get very shortly. Whats 200 baht for an hour, well its actually 3 meals but hey.........even though we are backpackers, we are allowed some luxury!

Angela & David

Rest In Neverland

Michael Jackson

I don't care what you say. I LOVE his music and he was a legend

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Black Moon Party - Koh Phangan

22.06.09-23.06.09 - Black Moon Party!

Wow, That was 2 days ( 14 hours ) of Partying. It started with a few beers in Tuc's bar, (Tuc is a mad Thai guy who manages the beach bar, while drinking and smoking. He also runs through fire, nice guy!) at around 6 O'clock on the 22nd. A few Singha here and a few Chang there. The hot evening makes you drink a lot!

Angela & Megan

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Tuc gave us some facepaints because at the black moon party there was going to be UV lights. We stayed there until about 11.30 before we went to get a taxi. Took another 20 minutes before we left the place because i was trying to get the taxi price down with no success. In the taxi i got a big shock as Jessie (Finnish guy) told me that all people in Finland make jokes about Swedish people! WHAT??!!
When we got there we went straight for the "Samsong Buckets" (Bottle of Thai whiskey and coke in a plastic sand bucket) Very nice... I like!
It's basically a Beach Party full of crazy people Starts at 22.00-08.00. Whenever the sun rises you go home.
We had a great time, drank loads.
Just when the sun was about to rise we went out to the water to see it, but David fell in the water and broke the camera. (Don't ask us why we didn't bring the waterproof one)

Shaun, David & "Shiniva"

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Angela, David & Jessie

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Jessie, Angela, Megan & Tuc + Davids feet
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Angela, Tuc & David
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Miko, Megan, Angela, Craig & Ben

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Just as we were going back home i got lost and thought i could walk home along the beach. I asked a Thai guy which way and he pointed LEFT. So i walked left (without ANY shoes). After an hour of walking left and still couldn't find the resort i asked some Thai women, sweeping the beach, for the way and they said 2 hours that way and pointed RIGHT! I broke down crying as i realized i had NO money for a taxi. Noone wanted to help me because i had no money. After 30 min of walking along the road a car pulled up full of Thai girls and boys. They gave me a lift back home. David wasn't there so i fell asleep in a hammock. David found me after a while and told me him, Ben and Megan had been everywhere looking for me, even in a hospital! (So the point of the story is.....NO MORE BUCKETS).

We had a looong hangover day to look forward to.

I do strongly recommend the black moon party. But whatever you do, DON'T get lost without money, or a good pair of walking shoes.

Angela & David

Koh Phangan 22-27june

Another rough boatride. ( In words that only As'ad would understand - "BOUNCY BOUNCY")
We arrived at Koh Phangan this morning around 11am. The minute you get off the boat (as in everywhere here in Thailand) there is a group of Thai people just running at you, giving you flyers, pieces of paper with accomodation and maps. By the time you've reached the end of the group of Thai people (Which feels like going trekking through a jungle) you've got maps and flyers heavier than your backpack. While waiting for our pickup to the hotel you have to spend another 20 minutes trying to tell them "our pickup is coming, we don't need a taxi" And usually you have to tell them about 50 times before they understand. But i suppose they're only trying to make a business.
The people we hung out with in Koh Tao got the same boat as us, and actually are staying in the same resort as us. So it's great fun to have a few people that you know that you can hang out with!
We've just been chillin out today. Wen't for a walk and found a nice bar with wifi! So here we are. This big dog is following me. I think he's mad at me for calling him fat. But i'm not scared.... :s
Tonight is the "Black Moon Party" so we're going to check that out. I thought they only had the full moon party, but i suppose they're just making excuses to party. Black moon, full moon, half moon. Only a matter of time before they invent 1/3 moon party, 1/4 moon party.
Tomorrow we might be slightly hungover. But hey, you can't complain when you live 2 minutes from the beach!

Angela & David

Koh Tao 17th-22nd June

कातामरण तो कोह ताओ

Catamaran to Koh Tao

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YEEHAA

Wednesday 17th we took the catamarn from chumpon to Koh Tao. A beautiful small little island located on the east side of Thialand. After about 2 hours on the catamaran, which was not a very plesant ride, we finally took our first steps on Koh Tao.

I decided to do a diving course here as everyone says it's cheaper to take it here. That same day i was sitting in a room with 4 other people (my group) filling in forms and watching a dvd about diving. We got homework...i'm on my holiday and i got homework! What's that all about?!? :D

When i got back David was asleep on the bed, while he was asleep he got bitten pretty bad by those really annoying mosquitos. And the bites were really bif too, first we thought they were bed bugs, but couldn't find any bugs in the bed. So all goood!

Every day from the 17th-20th i've been doing my diving course. It's been so much fun! Poor David couldn't go though becaouse of lung problems. There has been a lot of studying and a lot of diving. I recomend EVERYONE should do it! Yesterday we had the big exam. 50 questions. I PASSED!! And today we had the final test, 15.5m under water. It was brilliant!

Poor David though. I've been away long hours doing my diving and my studying. David was stuck by the beach, he's been practising on his swedish, reading his football book, jogging on the beach and so on. But now i have my Open Water Diving Certificate so i can spend all my time with my little Metal Cutie!

Tonight we're going out celebrating with the diving group! Can't wait!

Oh, by the way. Today we had some free time in the morning, me and David decided to rent a scooter and go to Aow Louke, a beach about 10 minutes away from where we stay. The road was really steep so i said to David i wanted to get off and walk, and of course i fell staright on my bum and scraped my hands! they were full of white dust and a bit of blood! Not fun. So we went back to the room and cleaned my hand in stead of going to the beach. The road wasn't ready for us to walk down just yet! ;)

Me in the SCUBA gear

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Elefants, Tigers and fish masage

Early sunday morning we to go 2 ,5 hour drive north of Bangkok. Seriously, what i've seen so far of Thailand has been absolutely amazing!
We started the morning going to this World War 2 cemetery. Lots of gravestones of forigners who did here in thailand during the WW2.
Then we arrived to river Kway where we were going to stay the next 2 nights and 3 days. It was gorgeous, the restaurant was in this little house on the river, with the jungle around us! We had some lunch and then off we set to the Tigers Temple! Lots and lots of tigers! We got to pet all of them. I wasn't scared att all and gave them a big rub while they were taking pictures, David on the other side, was a bit scared, only putting his hand down very carefully on the tigers and gave the camera a cute smile.
There was lots of other animals in that budhist temple aswell, like this gorgeous cow with huge "dumbo" ears, camels, goats, dear and peacocks, all walking around together in the temple. It was amazing.
We went back to River Kway and dinner was served. After that we took a speedboat to where we were staying. Another house on the river with lots of little rooms in it, and they even had a "beer corner"!
We met lots of lovely people in our gruop and decided to have showers and then meet up in the beer corner, where we had a few too many beers! But we had a great time, sitting on the river in the floating "beer corner"...in the jungle!
Next morning i woke up with a headache so soar i couldn't even talk! 2 pamadol sorted it out eventually.
Next breakfast and then bamboo rafting down the river, now that was cool. we swam aswell along the bamboo "boat" and i saw a nice little sandy patch that i wanted to get up, but as i walked up the sand i could feel something going in my foot!
It was a big stine thet cut my foot and was now stuck. One of the guys got a stick with a thorne and dug it out. Still sore now! But i'll survive!
That day aswell we went elefant riding. Soo cool. we fed them and pet them.
Next day we went to 7 waterfalls, i could only get up to number 4 as my foot was really soar. But they were amazing. There was little fish in the waterfall that gave you a masage! yes! You just put your feet down the water and they will come and suck your feet. A really nice feeling actually. A lot of the other people didn't like it though.
We had a great time sliding down one of the waterfalls and swiming with the fish before we had to go back for the last meal of fried rice and then taking the mini bus back to bangkok.
So here we are now waiting for another bus to take us to "Koh Tao" an island on the east coast of Thailand. The bus leavs at 9 tonight and will arrive in Chumphon City at around 6 o'clock. and then we take a ferry to "Koh Tao"
So will write more from there!
We're having a BLAST!!!!

Angela & David

Thailand - Bangkok

Thailand, we like!
Have to say it's a relief to be out of India. We so DO NOT miss that place.
Last night though, you wont believe what happened, we were standing in the queue for economy class passangers, when Cathay Pacific representitive came up to us and with a down tone voice offered us an upgrade up to business class. At first our reaction was at first, so how much does it cost, how much tip do you want? But NO!! For the first time in India we got something for FREE!!! Unbelievable.
Oh oh, you must try it sometime if you havent already tried it, cocktails, beer, linen napkins....NO plastic in sight. The seats were spacious, and even had foot rests for our comfort. David and I were sitting there with all the luxury, both thinking that we deserved it for all the hassle that we had gone through in India!
9 a.m. we arrived in Bangkok. The tourist office was the first stop in the airport. And can you believe it.. FREE information!! The girl behind the desk gave us good advise, and it didn't cost us a penny, can you believe it?? We have been in Thailand for a couple of hours so far, and already we love it more than India, and this is only Bangkok!
Our plan is to stay here for one night, and tomorrow morning we are going trekking in Ratchaburi. This will take 2 nights and a 3 days, we are also heading to a tiger temple, museums, waterfalls and bamboo water rafting. We just can't wait, we are going to PET TIGERS!!!!!!

Today we went for a little stroll in busy Bangkok, everything is cheap, clean and nothing at all like India. Sorry, this is the last time we are going to mention India! We had lovely food and some refresshing showers, can you get anything better than this???? This is where the fun begins!!!!!

Angela & David

THAILAND

Only about 6 hours left until our flight leaves for Thailand!
EXCITING!

Angela & David

Varanasi & New Delhi

रिवर गंगेस

River Ganges

Another beautiful thing about India - River Ganges.

We went there for sunrise yesterday morning. Getting up that early wasn't easy, nor smelling the titchy streets of Varanasi on the way to River Ganges. Uuuh, can't forget that smell, i tried smelling my own hands or anything i could reach of my clothes, but nothing worked! Awful smell!
But there was something about River Ganges that kind of blew you away. It was beautiful, peacefull and calm.
Varanasi is very famous for being the most holy city in India, especially River Ganges where people bathe, cremate and pray every morning. I can tell they are very holy, they must be very holy for even stepping one foot into that river. It's so polluted that there is no oxigen left in it, rubish everywhere in the river and with poo and wee constantly going in the river....do i need to tell you more??!!
We went on a lovely boat ride, they showed us the 2 burning places where people from all over India come to cremate their lost ones. So in the river is also millions of corps ashes. But for them, if you bathe in River Ganges, you get rid of your sins.
The day followed with some sightseeing in Varanasi, with no AC car and 45 degrees outside. We had windows open, but it felt like you put your face really close to a stove that is on and it blows up in your face! Something like that anyway.
That night we Headed back to Delhi, with the train again. But before we got there we got stuck on the massive bridge that takes you over River Ganges. Mad traffic jam! Our driver told David to get out of the car and go and tell the policeman to hurry up the traffic or else we'd miss our train! We got there anyway, but it was a bit hard for me as i'm a bit scared of bridges. WHO would like to fall into that river???
At the train station, believe it or not, but we got fooled by the Train conductor!! He told us our train was 2 hours late so we went to the other platform as it had a waitingroom. This old woman had to sign us in the book and she wanted a tip of course. But after 3 min we heard the announcement, it was our train! + an Indian guy sitting next to us told us our train had just arrived! So the train conductor lied, and the old woman in the waitingroom didn't say anything even though it's supposed to be her job to tell us when our train arrives. When we ran out she just smiled one of those disgusting smiles of haha-i-took-your-money-and fooled-you, kind of smiles. Luckily we didn't miss the train. Met a lovely couple from Ireland on the train, so chatted for a while before going to sleep and woke up 9 hours later in Delhi. Went for a little sightsee in Delhi again with a nice "sikh" man. only Rs100 (1.50 euro)
We're now sitting in the restaurant, David watching cricket and me writing. At 12 o'clock tonight our driver will collect us at the Hotel to bring us to the airport

महत मगंदी

Mahat मगंदी

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Angela & David

Agra & Varanasi

ताज महल

Taj Mahal

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To be really honest with you, we just can't wait to get out of India! Been there, done that, not going back :)
We had our good moments and we saw a lot of nice things, but enough is enough. I know there are a lot of people out there that love India, and i respect that, but it's just not our cup of masala tea!
Monday , we arrived in Agra, another very very poor city. and it all kind of looked the same. More forts, more temples, more shops...bla bla. BUT one very very beautiful thing - Taj Mahal (that's worth a visit)!
In the tour package we had a tour guide for free (but of course nothing, absolutely nothing, is for free in India, as after only a few minutes later he said something like " If you really like my tour you give me some tip, how much you like, that you pay" But he turned out to be very good actually and we gave him some tip.
So Tuesday we went to Taj Mahal, It was absolutely amazing! So big and so marbly white!
It was roasting outside that day and they only gave us a 500ml bottle of water to bring in to Taj so we got a bit dehydrated and on the way back we had to stop to get some more water. These very young boys wanted to sell us keyrings and wouldn't leave us alone even if we said No thank you about 1 million times, and there was no proper shade anywhere and it was boiling and i nearly started crying! It was just tooo much! Fair play to all Indians who work for nothing out in the boiling sun! I could never do it.
After Taj Mahal they brought us to more shops, but this time we actually bought something. A marble table! It was so funny, me and David giving out to our tour guide that he brought us to too many shops and that we weren't going to buy anything and then we went in and bought a marble table! Our first investment for the future house! I know you guys are laughing and all that, but hey, It comes with a disco light!
We went for our last meal in Agra and met some very nice girls from California. Funny, the more we talked, the more we realised that we had the same opinion about India!
We also found out we were going to go on the same train to Varanasi so that was cool.
So we met up again with the girls in the train station, said good "buy" to out tour guide and went to our platform, where we couldn't stay for long as we nearly had the whole train station standing around us, watching. The waiting room was better, even though the ladies toilet had a lot of spiders and a few rats. (Sorry Agatha for making you jump out of your seat ;)
The train took us about 11 hours, it was overnight so we could sleep for a little bit. Of course there was problems with the seating arrangement, but got sorted in the end. Nice coach master took care of us, blankets etc. Sleeping was tough, as all beds were in open plan arrangement, kids crying and old men coughing, but no real complaints. Oh also, a small rat got on the train with us, maybe it smelled another rat and wanted a holiday in Varanasi!
we got there safe anyway, early wednesday morning and are now sitting in this bloody awful hotel that gave us a dirty room so we had to change it to another one, powercuts ALL the time. But hey, life goes on and we're ok :D
Tomorrow we're going on a boat ride in River Ganges to see the sunrise! have to get up at 4.30...ZZzzZZzzz

थे ट्रेन

The Train

David & Joanne

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Angela & David

Jaipur

बिरला तेम्प्ले

Birla Temple

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This morning we woke up all refreshed. We finally had a good night sleep with an Ac that didn't wreck our heads! We had a nice breakfast and then met Khan for the second tour day in Jaipur.

Our first stop was Birla Lakshmi Naranyan Temple, (picture on top) It's totally made out of white marble and we absolutely loved it! If you ever decide to come to Jaipur, then it's a "must see"

Even though the marble is white, it's so hot that you have to tiptoe you way around at great speed to avoid your feet melting, but we didn't mind as it was worth the pain...No pain, no pleasure!

After that temple we went to City Palace, another beautiful place, we wandered around Jantar Mantar which is famous for collection of sun dial instruments. We had a little rest, sitting on the grass in the shade, where david read his book and i was so restless that i disturbed some giant ants in their holes and chased after squirrels to get some nice pictures. I had a blast!

We decided we only wanted a half day tour today as it was really hot outside. So to finish the day, we went to the zoo, and this is where it all started!

As we said from the start, there are people staring at us at all times, taking pictures like we're the "reincarnated buddha" or something, but the best was still to follow. We went to the zoo to look at some tigers, and other exotic animals, but instead we ended up being followed around by a pride of young boys. (Picture below). We were watched as we put sun lotion on, and sipped on water, all of our drinking habits were observed by the onlookers, as we walked, they walked, as turned, they turned, you get the point.... I can safely say that I know what it's like to be a poor defenceless animal. (Despite all that, I suppose the people just have not seen anyone like us before, although everyone tells me that there are many tourists here, so go figure). To top it all off, the zoo was not that amazing after all, as we were the endangered species on show there.

To end the day, we had a "curry in a hurry" and some Indian Masala Tea.

Tomorrow awaits Taj Mahal!!

Angela & David

Yes, they all followed us like we were playing "simon says"

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Delhi City Tour

इंडिया गेट - डेल्ही

India Gate - Delhi

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Friday we went around Delhi on a city tour with a private driver called Khan, (Sir Khan) It was temple after temple, it all kind of looked the same after a while. Even though it was beautiful. I think that Indian tourists visiting these places have been taking more pictures of us than the actual attractions themselves. ( I suppose we are a good-looking couple)

We went to see Red Fort, Jamas Masqid, Indian Gate and also a lovely garden, where i nearly had a heat stroke. Not to mention the mental torcher of actually saying NO THANK YOU to all the rickshaw drivers, children, and everyone else who begged for money. We do understand that we as westerners coming here are there livelyhood, but in our case, its start of a year where money will be tight to say the least. So if I was to give any advice right now after day two, is learn to ignore people and watch every piece of valuable belonings that you may have. Everyone wants to be your friend but its hard to judge the genuine from the con artists so you end up ignoring everyone. These are just our thoughts on the matter. But hey, why not find out for yourselves?????? (and thats a warning) :)

We would never come back to Delhi though. It's too dirty, smelly and chaothic! (We never considered ourselves to be this posh, but when your stomach is turning inside you when you walk on the street just outside you hostel, you do form a different opinion)

So This moring (saturday) we were more then happy to go on our tour to Jaipur and leave smelly Delhi!!

It tooks us about 5 hours to drive from Delhi to Jaipur, we saw many funny things on the way. And we do have pictures to prove it!

Funny thing is aswell that our driver Khan is on a big commission. He brought us first to Amber Fort, which was lovely (Picture below) But after that he brought us to about 10 shops and said before we went in "No presure, you don't like, you don't buy, But take your time, take your time, 1 hour, 2 hour, 4 hour, take your time" After visiting the first shop, we just wanted to go to our Hotel, but no, we had 9 more shops to go to "No presure, you don't like, you don't buy, But take your time, take your time, 1 hour, 2 hour, 4 hour, take your time! and 8 shops to go "No presure, you don't like........" bla bla bla!

EVENTUALLY we got to our hotel, very nice hotel actually, included in the tour package we got.

Had some nice food and now we are enjoying our time wifi-ing in the hotel bar, with a Rs110 cheap beer! Just happy to be outside Delhi!

अम्बर फोर्ट - जयपुर

Amber Fort - Jaipur

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Remeber to leave comments!
Night Night for now.
Be happy you're in a country that smells like roses compared to this, believe you me!

Angela & David

India - Delhi

We arrived safe and all to Delhi this morning around 6 (Indian time)
Our booked taxi was waiting outside and it was about 42 degrees and didn't smell as bad as everyone has warned us about. So we wen't in the taxi and i was really excited. It took us about half an hour to get from the airport to our hostel, and as we got closer, the smells got worse!! And believe me, the area we live in is probably the dirtiest, smelliest place i've ever seen!! As you probably know the cows are holy here so the cows walk around everywhere doing their buiseness, and as the day goes on it gets hotter and hotter... so i think you get the point.
Anyway, we got our room in the hostel which only costs 5euro/night, so not bad at all. The room is very small with i double bed, and that's all that kind of fits in the room. Titchy toilet, where you nearly have to stand on the toilet to have a shower. 1st day and i'm already complaining. I suppose we're still trying to ajust to everything.
We had a nap and woke up at 4pm (Indian time) and got dressed and went out. The second we got out of the hostel we met this young, really nice guy that we started talking to. He recomended a restaurant and we had a meal there for about 1,50 euro and it was really tasty! We both had to buy a dress aswell to wear, just to respect the indiand and not to show too much flesh. Also we wont be able to get into any temples if we don't wear clothes that cover. So we thought we might aswell by the proper gear!
We booked our tour aswell today, so tomorrow (friday) we're doing a city tour in delhi, and friday we're heading off to Jaipur, Agra and Nassira. This tour will take about 5 or 6 days. It will be absolutely amazing. I'm not sure if they will have any internet around there, but I'll try and update asap!
But everything is good, very hot but we're trying to cope.

Big smelly hugs to you all!

Angela & David

Dएल्ही मैं बाज़ार पहजर्गंज

(Delhi -Main Baazar- Paharganj)

You know pictures do tell a thousand lies. This street looks dirty in the picture, but in real life it's bloody filthy and smells like rotten eggs mixed with human poo!

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The Day

We're now at the airport in London Heathrow, eating Gordon Ramsys amazing chocolate peacan brownie! The flight to London from Dublin was a bit bumpy and David nearly threw me out of the window because of asking him "what's that noice, why is it so bumpy, why is he going down already??" I'm scared of flying and this is only the first flight! I say - Good Luck David!
Only 1 hour left before departure! I'm getting a bit nervous. But sure, there is no going back now is there? We land in Delhi tomorrow morning at 6.20 and will be staying in Delhi for 3 nights before doing the Golden Triangle as they call it. So i will say good bye for now. An 8 hour long flight is awaiting us.

PUSS PUSS to you all.

Angela & Davi

Soon soon

HERE WE GOOOOOO!!!!!!

The day before the Big Day

Yesterday morning we woke up at 8. We went back to Dublin to get the last load of belongings. I didn't think we had that much stuff left, but we managed to pack the car full again! So today was the last day the apartment had the joy to see us! It was so empty and it even had that echo sound, especially going in to the toilet and closing the door! (Just thought you wanted to know that)
We also managed to Say good bye to Ronan and Mark one more time and we also went to Agatha's for some lovely lunch and we quickly popped in to my old au-pair family to bounce on the trampoline and say good bye!

The "Master bedroom"

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I will so not miss that kitchen

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The Pary Room

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We got back to Longford and had a lovely fish-barbequeu and then we sorted out all the things we had brought from Dublin and put them in storage. Believe me, traveling like this is not easy!
Today we went in to Longford village to post some stuff and we had a lovely lunch with Uncle David and Tatyana.
Now what's left to do is to pack the last bits and pieces in to our backpacks, give david a haircut (more like a shave) and then we're going with Tatyana and Vince to a Restaurant in Wineport.

Angela & David