Total Solution South Pacific

Darcy15 said:
Believe me Bee, I am terribly prone to motion sickness - can't play computer games 'cos they make me nauseous :eek:

.......but a 3000 passenger cruise ship is a very different beast than a ferry! I have never felt unwell - even in 12ft seas trying to dock in Shanghai! They are huge vessels, and extremely well stabilised.

I've lived and worked abroad too - though not as exotic as Africa - I lived in eastern Canada for 2 years, nursing there. Interesting experience, especially the -25 winters and the snow! :D

Where are you from originally, if you don't mind me asking?
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Oh wow, that sounds really good actually, maybe I could get away with a cruise some time hehe. I have always fancied trips to interesting places like the Antarctica and I definitely want to see Alaska at some point. Sounds like you have had a very interesting life so far Darcy, Canada is also still on my to do list. So is Greenland and Iceland.
I'm from nowhere interesting, I'm from Germany. So although you can't detect an accent in my writing, you might read the odd "alienisms" as I call them. Have been in Britain for nearly 10 years now, came to Wales on a family holiday when I was 19 and loved it. So when I got home, I finished my apprenticeship, did an intensive college course of English and Spanish and training in international administration etc, packed my car and booked a one-way ferry ticket to Britain. That's when I discovered I get really sea sick :p
Although I have sort of settled here, I am very much a free spirit and have worked in all sorts of odd jobs to keep myself going, and am not overly concerned about the distant future. Things have always worked out for me, I work hard and am content with a modest life style but I do like to save up and explore a bit. Even if it's just little trips here and there, I have done some mini trips to Denmark, Switzerland and Italy and I enjoy just taking the car and going some place.

I do like my own company, but am quite sociable at the same time and when it comes to travelling, I always go with my best friend. We tend to go off on very spontaneous trips, one time she accompanied me to the dentist and it was a Friday, nice sunny early summer weather. So we decided after the dentist to just keep driving and ended up in Devon where we camped in the car for two days and lived on chips and bags of salad. We probably smelled a bit funny when we got back but it was great. We both make friends easily and since our trip to Africa, we are still in touch with people we met out there and visit each other. You don't have to be materially rich to make life-enriching experiences. I have always done everything on a small budget but never wanted for anything. And that's how I intend to carry on in my life. Sorry it got so mega philosophical. Oh dear.
 
Wow Bee. What an interesting post and also what an interesting life! How often do you see your family? I don't see a great deal of my sister who lives in america but we do tend to speak on the phone every week.
 
BeeBeeSee said:
Oh wow, that sounds really good actually, maybe I could get away with a cruise some time hehe. I have always fancied trips to interesting places like the Antarctica and I definitely want to see Alaska at some point. Sounds like you have had a very interesting life so far Darcy, Canada is also still on my to do list. So is Greenland and Iceland.
I'm from nowhere interesting, I'm from Germany. So although you can't detect an accent in my writing, you might read the odd "alienisms" as I call them. Have been in Britain for nearly 10 years now, came to Wales on a family holiday when I was 19 and loved it. So when I got home, I finished my apprenticeship, did an intensive college course of English and Spanish and training in international administration etc, packed my car and booked a one-way ferry ticket to Britain. That's when I discovered I get really sea sick :p
Although I have sort of settled here, I am very much a free spirit and have worked in all sorts of odd jobs to keep myself going, and am not overly concerned about the distant future. Things have always worked out for me, I work hard and am content with a modest life style but I do like to save up and explore a bit. Even if it's just little trips here and there, I have done some mini trips to Denmark, Switzerland and Italy and I enjoy just taking the car and going some place.

I do like my own company, but am quite sociable at the same time and when it comes to travelling, I always go with my best friend. We tend to go off on very spontaneous trips, one time she accompanied me to the dentist and it was a Friday, nice sunny early summer weather. So we decided after the dentist to just keep driving and ended up in Devon where we camped in the car for two days and lived on chips and bags of salad. We probably smelled a bit funny when we got back but it was great. We both make friends easily and since our trip to Africa, we are still in touch with people we met out there and visit each other. You don't have to be materially rich to make life-enriching experiences. I have always done everything on a small budget but never wanted for anything. And that's how I intend to carry on in my life. Sorry it got so mega philosophical. Oh dear.
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What an interesting life you have led :D

I would never have guessed that English was not your first language - puts my very basic German to shame!

You're much more of a free spirit than I ever will be - much as I have travelled the world on my own, it has always been in a very planned way. There is absolutely no way I could just go away spontaneously like you - I'm a great planner and maker of lists :rolleyes:

I think you might like cruising - I had some very preconceived ideas about it, but was proved very wrong. As a solo traveller I find it just so stress free. Oh, and Alaska is just beautiful - and was my first cruise!
 
Glad to see you've had a good day, well done on the bike workout xx
 
Well done Darcy. Your getting good at this exercise lark ;)

All this talk of travelling is giving me itchy feet again. x
 
Susie58 said:
Well done Darcy. Your getting good at this exercise lark ;)

All this talk of travelling is giving me itchy feet again. x
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I impressed my self this evening - straight in the door and on to the bike! :D

I know what you mean about itchy feet - 89 days to my cruise! :)
 
Another parcel arrived today :)

I love all things oriental, and have always wanted a cheongsam as I think the tiny Asian ladies look so graceful


........so I now own a beautiful red silk one! :D

It is teeny tiny, so let's see how it goes

........and there will be piccies of me in it somewhere down the line - I know I'm not 5 foot tall for nothing! :D
 
I will have to look that up to see what it is.

I see you bought new shoes as well, better than food treats & will last longer ;) !!
 
Oooh, very sophisticated. The lady singer in Vietnam was wearing something similar to this but cut like a tunic & trousers underneath. Shame her voice didn't sound as nice as she looked. A bit too high pitched for everyone's liking lol x

You will look lovely Darcy x
 
Darcy it's beautiful...I love it
 
Susie58 said:
Oooh, very sophisticated. The lady singer in Vietnam was wearing something similar to this but cut like a tunic & trousers underneath. Shame her voice didn't sound as nice as she looked. A bit too high pitched for everyone's liking lol x

You will look lovely Darcy x
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Thank you Susie :)

The Vietnamese ladies costume is called an Ao Dai - very graceful :)
 
Susie58 said:
Oooh, very sophisticated. The lady singer in Vietnam was wearing something similar to this but cut like a tunic & trousers underneath. Shame her voice didn't sound as nice as she looked. A bit too high pitched for everyone's liking lol x

You will look lovely Darcy x
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Ha! That's so true about the singing... Hard nit to look puzzled or even pained when listening to them. It's definitely a distinctive kind of voice. My OH says he feels like Elvis when they force him to do karaoke! X

Ht 5ft 1 Start wt 14st BMI 37. Wk1 -18lbs, BMI 33.6 Wk2 -2 BMI 33.2, Wk3 -3.5 BMI 32.5, Wk4...
 
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