March 2006 Archives

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We stayed at the Novotel in Patong Beach - Phuket, a very nice hotel we booked on the airport when we arrived in Phuket, saved us 40$ AUS per night. Normaly I would have complained and tried for a better room when looking over construction, but seeing this beach was hit the most during the tsunami we thought it was a little bit inappropriate. It was good to see they are working very hard to construct a new beach and boulevard area.

One of the 3 pools, guess who is playing basketball :)

My tropical suprise ^.^

A german, french and 2 dutch man were playing golf.. lol Could be the start of a joke hey.. but this was serious, very serious, on a hot day I got booked in with these three Phuket residents and members of this most beautifull and amazing Phuket Country Club. The meaning OB (out of bounds) in golf now really means Out of Bounds, as you just dont run into that jungle to get ur ball whithout getting eaten alive by massive ants or other dangerous species.

Mister Driver... Saaawwwiiiiiinnnnngggggg... had a nice callaway graphite set with a kewl default driver!

My sweet caddie! RESPECT! , poor lady went through massive efforts to get some of my OB's back.. lol

Tomorrow more...

After a nice pit stop for about a week in Thailand's - Phuket (5 nights) and Bankok (1 night), we are save back in Australia!
Leaving The Netherlands was though as seeing everybody immediately combines saying goodbye again. The flu made it awkward the last night before take off to Thailand, but Max's miracle stop-cold from Indonesia helped me a long way.
I’ve decided to prepare some pictures worth while watching and will post them as separate entries on my blog to give you a general idea about our trip. We thank you all for your hospitality and it was absolutely fabulous catching up again.

Cheers and Thanks - Till next time.. !

After a stunning 36 hours travel, and classified as the worst trip in our travel history.. we finally arrived in super cold The Netherlands! Worst trip is a bit harsh but yea.. it wasnt the best. First part from Sydney to Hong Kong was with the most cranky crew i've ever seen on a plane, the entertainment system wasnt working properly and we got bitten by tiny little bugs.. Ally got absolutely attacked.. and this was with Qantas.
When we had a stop in Hong Kong we told the crew, who seemed not to care and just said w'll have a look. Ally went for a shower on the airport.. that was on the other end of the airport... we almost missed the take off and had to run with the crew member running with us just like the TV show "Airport" lol..
The second stage was better towards London Heathrow, although they couldnt get the entertainment system up and running properly, but luckely we didnt see any bugs.

In Heathrow we arrived with 25 minutes delay, and due to the new security slots we ended up in a massive que going from plane to plane so we missed our connection to Amsterdam. We got rebooked for 3.5 hours later.. with two 5 pound checks for a free koffie with cake we had to wait a little longer.
I missed my parents on the phone and by the time I got a hold of his mobile they already were in Amsterdam.. :(
Arriving in Schiphol finally after the delay, we found only one suitcase back.. apparently the other one was still in London.. grr..

They were going to courier that one asap to our house, what ended up tobe the following morning.
As the suitcase that was missing had all our clothes, I arrived in winter wonder land on my flipflops.. lol
Anyways.. were here and safe, warm and in great company!
TTYL ..

Nog een uurtje en dan op naar het vliegveld in Sydney voor de reis naar Holland.. woohoo.. !
Via HongKong en Heathrow London, moeten we dan Zondag ochtend NL tijd aankomen...
Heb je berichtje gehoord Pa, .. ik zal geen melk voor je meenemen hahaha!

SEE U ALL SOON!

Ow there are new pictures @ gerlagh.com! Aparently Suzette was over in Bali to visit Patrick in December last year..
Anyway Patrick has started a new brand for Clothing called Revolver, very excited to see some work soon.. tobad the old pictures are gone he had on his site.. He already made some fantastic Tees, did some modeling himself and had some fashion shows going on, plus already 2 stores are selling his work in Bali.. superb!

found this photo somewhere.. love it :)

Héhé jarig achter elkaar, blijft toch leuk.. zussie ook jij gefeliciteerd metje verjaardag en dat jij en Martin maar veel plezier beleven in jullie nieuwe huissie!
Namens mij en Ally..