Happy holidays, although I do hope to ruin this politically correct tone by the end of this post.
Internet cafés and my ankle permitting Tomato will be reporting from Cambodia and Laos until around 20 January.
It will be a welcome break from Melbourne where I was abandoned with a twisted ankle, on crutches with a single mince pie and unable to kiteboard ;-(
In transit to Queensland, it was all I could do to console myself at the Gourmet Traveller store (as in the magazine) at Melbourne Airport. What a treasure trove, with the shopfront almost totally dominated by novelty shaped bottles of lurid coloured liquors of some sort. I was particularly taken by the Christmas tree-shaped bottle of some green alcoholic liquid and the brown one in a bottle shaped as a woman’s torso. Unless my memory was playing tricks on me – I was drugged up on ibruprofen – there was also a woman’s torso filled with a creamy white liquid. It was all very tasteful.
Finally, in Queenland where I acquire a cool collapsable travel walking stick, I think the 6kg Christmas pork roast served with ham was worth it.
Yours, desperately seeking laxatives although I think I shall find the answer to this particular problem on the banks of the Mekong. Watch this space.
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I’m beyond jealous that you get to go off traveling, but sorry to hear about the ankle. Console yourself with some interesting Asian beer. (And have a nice holiday too.)
Thanks Kalyn, I was also tortured at home “Miseri” style but have escaped hobbling thank goodness. I shall try and blog those beers.
Hope the ankle gets better soon and that the holiday treats you well – hope to read many posts of your o/s adventures!
Thanks Ellie. Ankle is doing well and my walking stick has a sharp grippy point that also pierces flesh – useful on crowded days at Angkor Thom which is just a little bit feral.