The 1000 Day Holiday

Today marks my 500th day traveling. Seems to have gone really fast. but if i try and think of all Ive done in that time, it frys my brain.

Ill have to come up with a list of the top bits.

So after a few days of soley massage and eating. Im starting thai massage school tomorrow!

1 week course covering level 1 thai massage. Depending on how that goes may do another week or maybe two.

To be out of the andaman monsoon is heaven. It is stinking hot in BKK, but at least its not raining as much, and theres sunshine.

 I am loving the food. Cant get enough of it. Chilli everything and such great flavours! Looking to to a massage course for a fwe weeks. Should be interesting. In fact its almost time for my daily massage

Flew into Phuket last night w Jetstar. 

Phuket is a wet hole,  not surprising, especially with the monsoon in full swing. Patong really is another sex tourisim town. poles on most of the tables in bars. Dont think Ill wait around to see it in action at night.

Time to start the daily ritual of the $5 1hr massage.

455 Days down, 545 to go…
01/04/07 Couchsurfing BBQ
02/04/07 Travel Chores
03/04/07 Travel Chores
04/04/07 Dinner w Allister
05/04/07 Catch up w the Sydney crew
06/04/07 Cessnock
07/04/07 Cessnock
08/04/07 Im the new Jesus! or came out of a choc easter egg!
09/04/07 Cessnock
10/04/07 Hanging w Jamie N in Port Macquarie
11/04/07 Port Macqarie, Down Under Nightclub .. ooh yeah
12/04/07 Back to Cessnock
13/04/07 To Sydney! CS drinks
14/04/07 Down to Botany to Kitesurf
15/04/07 Kitesurfing! WOOHOO
16/04/07 Kiting in Botany bay
17/04/07 Fly to the Gold Coast
18/04/07 Kitesurfing the broadwater
19/04/07 Kitesurfing the broadwater
20/04/07 Kitesurfing the broadwater
21/04/07 Weekend hanging w Lee n Tan
22/04/07 Weekend hanging w Lee n Tan
23/04/07 Bad winds no kiting
24/04/07 Bad winds, shopping
25/04/07 Anzac day Dawn service, Currumbin
26/04/07 Fly back to Sydney
27/04/07 Lens B-day at the Bligh
28/04/07 watch the Crusaders game w Allister & Christine
29/04/07 Sydney Art Museum, CS Dinner
30/04/07 UTS Nobel, Shopping, Long Grain for bday dinner – Sydney

Hanging out on the Gold Coast for a week. Chasing wind and discovering how I dont have my kitesurfing muscles any more!

Just booked my flight back into Asia. $439 one way to Phuket! Cheap and tasty.

Dejavu hit me as I arrived in Port Macquarie to hang out w Jamie. Ah yes, I think I stopped for lunch on my east coast trip. And found nothing happening, so carried on!

Never mind. A great couple of days hanging out. Its a bit disconcerting at first; everone loves to chat, and chat, and chat!

All very friendly, which is quite a change coming from Sydney. Although Jamie said when he goes for a run along the waterfront, he ALWAYS gets a comment from people he passes. ‘Ironman was last week’ ‘not far to go now’ ‘keep it up’ ‘shake that ass’

Went out on Wednesday night for a bit of a party. Downunder bar. Karakoe & Pop. The crowd made up of a sample of the  complete demographics of the local population. Jamie pointed out the Port demographic mysterys to me:

There is lots of very young girls everywhere 17-19 years old. very few in their 20′s and then an abundance of 30ish single mothers.

I have developed a theory based on my gorilla studies in Africa.

When the girls hit 20, being a small town they are at risk of being ‘left on the shelf’. So they raid other family goups (Cities near by- eg brisbane) to replicate and keep the blood lines fresh. Much like the head Silverback gorilla raiding the other families for the young females.

Once they have replicated they return to their family group (the Port) for the family support.

Cessnock.

Where the young locals roam to find a husband. I dont feel safe outside.

Hanging w the family for easter.

Tis very odd to be back.

I have a compelling need to suddenly be connected again. mobile, car etc.

quite disconcerting. Cheap flights are going to vietnam.

424 Days down, 576 to go…
01/03/07 Arraial d’ Ajuda
02/03/07 fly Porto Seguro – SP. Uni Orientation party w Marcelo
03/03/07 Trance party at the golf course w Juliana and crew!
04/03/07 Bus to Rio – Stayed at WOTB
05/03/07 Beach day – ipanema
06/03/07 clubbing at Bomba (30reais for 3 hours open bar)
07/03/07 Rio
08/03/07 Rio. Club near Mellow Yellow
09/03/07 Rio. St party in Lapa
10/03/07 Rio, Tour to the forest and cristo statue
11/03/07 Fly to BA!
12/03/07 Detox (all you can eat $4!)
13/03/07 Detox
14/03/07 Run to Boca…Museum (the Club!)
15/03/07 Fine Art Gallery
16/03/07 Run, to Boca…Sunset Club
17/03/07 Paddys Day!
18/03/07 Soccer: Boca Jrs Vs Gimnasia (5-1)
19/03/07 Air Tahiti!
20/03/07 fly BA – Panama – LAX.
21/03/07 Greyhound to San Francisco (Green Tortise Hostel)
22/03/07 Alcatraz, Fishermans Wharf
23/03/07 Chinatown, mmmm. GT Pub Crawl
24/03/07 Farmers Market
25/03/07 Run, Coit Tower, Windy st….
26/03/07 7pm SFO – LAX, 11.40 fly to Tahiti
27/03/07 out to Moorea (Camping Nelson)
28/03/07 Exploring the beaches
29/03/07 Diving with Moorea Fun Dive
30/03/07 Papeete (What a hole!)
31/03/07 2am Fly to Sydney