Bindi

Dear Ma,

New Blog showing the slides we found from Ma's time in India in the 1960s...

Scanned and edited by yours truly. I prefer viewing them as the original colour transparencies, but the process was fascinating and some of the images are just fab!

www.tia-pakhi.blogspot.com

Dev

Haz and I took a romantic trip to Devon, strolled along many beaches and drank many drinks.

It were royal good times.

Arte de Calle

Art from the corners of beautiful Madrid.

City Of Angels

We ventured onto the public bus system and inevitably got it wrong. The F.I.E.R.C.E. bus driver took us under her weave and gave us a free ride round the city, all we had to do was nod politely at everything she said, for fear of being dumped in the wrong part of town... So thank you Miss Thang, your zest stays with me till this day!

L.A. was full to the brim with kool kids just waiting to front their own clothing line/viral sensation.

Plus, I was in Graff Heaven... mmmmm. But that's a whole diifferent blog post!

This song reminds me of L.A.

New Zealand : Middle Earth

(view from the parachute)

Picking out theses photos was a real struggle, could have posted a hundred from Kiwiland.

TOTES BEAUT.

Apart form the obvious memories (jumping 12,000ft out of a plane, hiking for 8 hours up a glacier, jumping the world's 2nd highest bungy. I wouldn't want to show off...) my fave has to be having a sleepover in a 24 person bunk bed.

Ever felt comfortable enough with 24 people to sleep with them all at one time?!

Done.

Soundtrack is MGMT cuz we're the cool kids.

Aussie Aussie Aussie

(this photo is actually our reflection on the surface of the Sydney Opera House)

Provan and I took to the East Coast of Australia, sleeping on sand and dancing in waves- mostly to this song...

The greatest memory has to be when we were snorkelling along the Whitsunday Islands, at Longford Spit. Swimming alongside wild sea turtles, stroking their shells and holding their fins. Looking beneath us and seeing dozens of them sleeping amongst rocks and coral...

BEYOND beaut, and for a novice swimmer, quite an achievement.

It was all 'The Little Mermaid' had promised, and so much more!

Thailand- Same, Same... But Different.

To be honest, the music in Thailand was tacky and irritating at best. So I pick this one, the final song played at Lotus Bar, Koh Tao on each and every night.

Beach mats, candles, beer... and Miss American Pie.

In Bangkok, we put our lives in the hands of a man I fondly refer to as 'Death Tuc'. He rode his tuc-tuc like a true Hell's Angel and actually mowed over a motorcyclist during our journey.

We just had time to exchange an awkward glance with the poor motorcyclist at our feet before Death Tuc was off again, leaving him in dust.

So yes, we were involved in a Hit-and-Run.

India- "Ami Tomake Bhalobashi"

As for the song, well it wouldn't be right if it weren't 'Desi Girl'. Click here for a mooch (WARNING! cheesy dancing IS compulsory.)

As for a memory. Well, here's one

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