My itinerary

In case you weren't feeling jealous enough already, here's my planned itinerary:
Sunday 3rd December - fly to Singapore
Monday 4th December - arrive in Singapore. Stay there for a few days.
Thursday 7th December - to Kuala Lumpur.
Friday 8th December - to Cameron highlands, Malaysia.
Sunday 10th December - back to Singapore
Wednesday 13th December - fly to Perth
Thursday 14th December - Day one of Third Test.
Saturday 23rd December - fly to Melbourne
Monday 25th December - Christmas barbie on a beach in Melbourne
Wednesday 27th December - Day two of Fourth Test
Thursday 28th December - Day three of Fourth Test
Saturday 30th December - eleven hour train journey to Sydney
Sunday 31st December / Monday 1st January 2007 - stay up late. Have lots to drink. See in the New Year 12 hours too early...
Tuesday 2nd January - Day one of Fifth Test
Wednesday 3rd January - Day two of Fifth Test
Saturday 6th January - fly to Uluru. Look at big rock.
Tuesday 9th January - fly to Adelaide.
Wednesday10th January - South Australia vs Queensland in Twenty20 cricket at the Adelaide Oval
Friday 12th January - fly to Auckland
Saturday 13th January - David and Kathryn's wedding
Sunday 14th January - fly to Sydney
Monday 15th January to Wednesday 7th February - drive up East Coast to Cairns. See large coral reef. Hopefully some big fibreglass animals too.
Wednesday 7th February- fly to Auckland. Three weeks driving around New Zealand in a camper van, seeing all the best sights on both islands.
Monday 26th Feb - go back in time. End up in LA before I left New Zealand.
Thursday 1st March - fly to New York. Spend a few days there, then drive to Boston to see friends, then up to see Niagara and Toronto.
Saturday 10th March - leave New York.
Sunday 11th March - go home for a nice cup of tea.
Monday 12th March - go to the office. A day of chatting to colleagues, showing them my photos and generally not doing any work.

Bonzer, as they say.

So I had a leaving do...

On Saturday 18th November, Paul and I had our leaving do in the Ship and Shovel (or was it Shovell?) near Charing Cross. A number of pints of various different varieties of Badger were drunk by all... well by me and Adrian anyway...

The leaving do did meet all the important elements of one of my parties:

1. It took place in an 'old man' pub.
2. Lots of my friends were there.
3. Real ale was served - and drunk.
4. There was some food - the Indian buffet was very nice! (Although you had to get there early to get some!)

So now I feel like I am actually ready to go away...!