Winter 2008
In June we left our garden to soak up the winter rains and headed to South East Asia. For 4 weeks, Matt, Fela and I made an unlikely backpacking trio, Maclaren pram in tow as we visited our friends in Phnom Penh after I attended a conference in Hong Kong. Actually we did bugger all back-packing, limiting ourselves to about 4 destinations in the whole of Cambodia and Vietnam and just one 3 day tour along the Mekong Delta (so I too could witness people hand making those rice paper wraps: alas, it was the wrong season)
The river tour was not all G and Ts on the deck with a toddler on tow, but was quite lovely. The highlights for the trip for me, however, would have to have been the beautiful streets of Hoi-An, the spell-binding temples around Angkor Wat and the unbridled enthusiasm of almost every person we came across for Fela, his beautiful (huge) eyes and his fine (white) skin. I can definitely recommend travelling with a baby in such a place – there is no doubt that small children are something that bring people closer together – at least outside of the cafes and shops of Adelaide..
Other highlights would have to also include seeing our friends from days in Ghana, Ian and Katya and meeting their exquisite little girl Emefa (born just days before Fela), having access to their TWO nannies, tasty tasty food and finding out I was PREGNANT! (though not so good for the above mentioned G and Ts nor for fish markets)
A lowlight would be getting back and watching “The Killing Fields” and thinking about how all those people whom I’d met and who were running that devastated country were the very same children so frequently featured in that very sad film.
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Garden views and winter sun in Fela's playroom
Fela's other playroom
In June we left our garden to soak up the winter rains and headed to South East Asia. For 4 weeks, Matt, Fela and I made an unlikely backpacking trio, Maclaren pram in tow as we visited our friends in Phnom Penh after I attended a conference in Hong Kong. Actually we did bugger all back-packing, limiting ourselves to about 4 destinations in the whole of Cambodia and Vietnam and just one 3 day tour along the Mekong Delta (so I too could witness people hand making those rice paper wraps: alas, it was the wrong season)
The river tour was not all G and Ts on the deck with a toddler on tow, but was quite lovely. The highlights for the trip for me, however, would have to have been the beautiful streets of Hoi-An, the spell-binding temples around Angkor Wat and the unbridled enthusiasm of almost every person we came across for Fela, his beautiful (huge) eyes and his fine (white) skin. I can definitely recommend travelling with a baby in such a place – there is no doubt that small children are something that bring people closer together – at least outside of the cafes and shops of Adelaide..
Other highlights would have to also include seeing our friends from days in Ghana, Ian and Katya and meeting their exquisite little girl Emefa (born just days before Fela), having access to their TWO nannies, tasty tasty food and finding out I was PREGNANT! (though not so good for the above mentioned G and Ts nor for fish markets)
A lowlight would be getting back and watching “The Killing Fields” and thinking about how all those people whom I’d met and who were running that devastated country were the very same children so frequently featured in that very sad film.
Hawkins Home
Garden views and winter sun in Fela's playroom
Fela's other playroom
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