HOLIDAY TRANCE

Ok, so a bunch of you have been wondering about the holiday.

For starters I have to tell you - living in Balikpapan is great - but, it is a very isolating place, and every once in a while a person just has to get out. Out of here. And right now flying is super cheap to almost anywhere from here. (One of the few pluses to the Global Slowdown - all the airlines are trying to get people o fly.) And hotels etc., etc. have some pretty good deals going on right now too. For us - that's great!

To say the least our holiday was fantastic! Except for plane ride #1 with the kids from HELL. I'm sure 6 kids should NOT be jumping over top the seats on the plane or screaming their heads off the whole trip. No wonder their parents had to fight with them to put the seat belts on when we landed - "..... you let them go wild the whole time leading up to it". Doh!

Everything got better after that. Even all the time spent waiting in the airports didn't match that. We had a fabulous view of the Andaman Sea for the majority of our trip. (yesterday's photo) And even did the photo thing in front of some very, very tall towers. (today's photo) Can you guess? Collected sand, sunburns and loads of photos too. Did some real shopping, ate lots of pizza and just pretty much acted like tourists on the loose. It was great. And the best part of the whole trip - was hanging out with some of our very best friends. Thanks so much to both of you guys - you're the best!

Today: Still working on coming out of the holiday trance. Maybe tomorrow? or maybe the next?

I have no idea what I'm doing today. But tonight is Girls Night Out. Going to meet up at a place called Open House. And we'll see what happens from there. Sorry other Me - you're on your own tonight.

Good to Go!