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Sunday 29 June 2008

Jungle Japes

You haven't heard much from me for the last two weeks because I've been on an Elephant trek in the deep dark heart of Cambodia's Botum Sikor National Park. It was an ultimately unsuccessful Elephant trek, sure, but while there were no actual Elephants, there were fun times and Jungle japes to be had. Who could ask for anything more?

I kept a journal while I was there, which I hope I'll soon be able to *convert to blog*. However, at the moment things are a bit hectic (Justin has come down with mystery fever, hopefully not Dengue) and I haven't the time or strength for deciphering my own handwriting.

Watch this space.

(In the meantime, BBC News 24 tells me Firefox 3 is out- Download that and tell me what it's like!)

8 comments:

Maxz said...

Yayz, the D is back!

It's nice to know that your journeys into the deep unknown have been recoded in some sort of form that'll soon be available to the public, I'm keen to hear more on these Super Ultra Mega Leaches.

Hope Justin gets over his Mystery disease.

Max.

Cleo said...

I'd like to echo the above joyful enthusiasm. Hang in there, Dunc, preferably literally, jungle-fashion, but I guess emotionally may have to do. Miss you loads. You aren't missing anything important here. Oh, everybody is talking about a credit crunch (which I imagine is something between a custard cream and a ginger nut) and all the shops are exploiting it to make money: 'Inflation? Got to SAVE money? Buy this BIG JAR to put all your money in!' etc.
Much love, see you soon-ish,
Bex xxx
p.s. my young(er) brother is going to Japan tomorrow. I have tried to make him read your blog to glean insights but he said it will "prob'ly be, like, alright?" You know how these young people speak.

Kangaroos Loose in Top Paddock said...

Hi Dunc

We too have just come out of the jungle - though in our case it was inside a greenhouse in Kew Gardens. We went there to meet Dad's cousin Hazel, her husband, daughter and grandchildren and had a grand day out with pushchairs and picnics.

It was a great joy to come home to your blog; life just isn't the same without them.

Give our love to the poor sick Justin. I hope it isn't anything too serious and that you are coping well with the practicalities of nursing.

Love Mum xxx

D said...

I just came to the internet Cafe with the purpose of typing up my journal.

I didn't realise till I'd got here, of course, that the journal was still in my rucksack.

Oh, really makes me wonder.

Max- most of the Leeches weren't super, ultra or mega. Just a damn pain. (More on those later)

Bex- Credit Crunch is blates one of those low fat affairs, probably savory and served with a dab of HP sauce. (Is the jar thing true? That's sickening!)

Tell George not to be concerned if everyone seems cold and distant. It's not that they don't like him in their country, it's just that they're petrified he might want to speak to them in English!

Also, what's your adress? No reason or anythin'..

Mum- Justin is a little better today, so hopefully it isn't dengue. Especially as our Jungle friend Kyle booked the bus tickets to Hanoi for 6:30am on Wednesday.

The Kew glass houses are even more jungle than the jungle in parts, but a fraction of the size.

Love to y'all!

Everyone else- I wish you well.

tomjgibbs said...

hopefully justin doesn't have JUNGLE FEVER. whatever that is.

Joel is ill at the moment, and we are in a real city, Sydney.

its nice here, there's no rats or anything. just cleaness.

hope you are all well, except for justin. well i hope he's well, of course, but obviously he's not, so i can't really hope he's well, just hope that he gets well.

Unknown said...

While Cambodia is without doubt a great place, it seems to me that it needs more elephants to fulfill its potential.

Kangaroos Loose in Top Paddock said...

I think I need more elephants to fulfill my potential too.

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