getting down to some hard graft.
getting to know each other.
getting out n about.

Working my way south in Bali, hopping across the water and then working my way north in Thailand.

en route to my yoga course. it’s all about the journey…

Six perfect days at Lake Annecy with my little giselle.
Doing all our favourite things but attempting them at a gentle, relaxed pace.
Breathing the amazing air, drinking (pore-ously and pot-ably) the delicious water, baking in the gorgeous sunshine and then, unfortunately getting soaked in full on mountain rainfalls.
Et après…
Two days in Paris with lovely Kate, doing, er, not a lot but loving every second.

Dad joined me for ten wicked days in Thailand. We stuck to the South, exploring the islands & bays, in fact Dad didn’t spend one night on the mainland!

We travelled light and along the way took creeky mopeds around town (all three of us on that, really…?), ultra-slick speedboats to the Full Moon party and hitch-hiked to the airport.

Although it was out-of-season we met a lot of brilliant people: locals who wanted to share their regional dishes; little’uns who wanted to share our wallets; backpackers who wanted to drink; honeymooners who wanted to chat; walkers who, er didn’t want to walk; hosts and guides who wanted to help, laugh & hang.

update
The UK Ironman triathlon will take place 31 July in Bolton, Lancashire. Around 1,500 athletes will be participating and places allow qualification for the awesome Hawaii 2011 Ironman. I’m writing about this because my best friend Catherine will be competing, but under really special circumstances.
Team True Spirit
Catherine is a rehab instructor at Headley Court, a Defence Medical Rehabilitation Unit. She works her rehab magic (and she does have magic fingers) on individuals who have suffered extreme injuries through military (navy, airforce and army) service.
This year there are …

Seven days on the glorious island of Bali. An immediately calming but strengthening environment.

This time I saw more of the beaches and ventured inland to Ubud – a cruise-y, spiritual town.

Fun times were had on surf board, bike, yoga mat and dance floor. And there was plenty of fuel from the nation’s superb Bintang and anything-with-peanut-sauce dishes :)

I hope I make it back again some day…

An awesome trip to Queensland with Jess seeing the incredible Fraser Island and magical Noosa.

We had premium service on the flight. We had a leaky tent in the middle. We had a night of cottage coziness & did a puzzle! And I’m pretty sure we smashed up some black sambuca on the last night…

A flawless trip; some of my very best times and memories in Australia.

Went for my first ocean swim in ages this evening. It wasn’t an amazing evening for it – bit overcast, fair amount of junk in the water – but I had a nice time anyway, good to get wet and stretch my limbs.
There was heaps of marine life. I saw a few sting rays, big fish, see-through fish, long pointy fish and tiny tiny fish. There were also a lot of jellyfish. I haven’t seen little ones like these before (they weren’t blue bottles). There …