This time last year we were hoping to make a quick trip but it didn't work out. At some stage we'd like to make another trip like this one : click here for Aust trip 2010. "Exhausting but good..." to quote myself.... see below below for full quotes.
These kind of trips are usually both very exciting and very hard. This time around if feels a bit harder as it will be the first time we do it with chronic illness and kids, and also because of the way we left there is a bit of a mental hurdle. It was hard the whole time we were there (almost 2 years) but we kept trying to make it better/hoping it would get better. In the end we had to leave in desperation/ exhaustion.
From our 2010 trip:
"Over the last 6 weeks I've slept in about 8 different beds.
Over the last 4 weeks we've done the watering can presentation about 22 times.
We've seen lots of people we haven't seen for 3.5 years, others I haven't seen for about 8 years.
Some friends and family we saw for the last time in X amount of time as we all live overseas.
It's been our first winter in 5 years.
Lots of meetings and lots of people helping us.
Exhausting time but it's been good to try to get things set up for next year."
"Well my brain is quite full at the moment. Being new in the country it takes ages just to do basic stuff, and I feel tired and overwhelmed. But its also exciting to see people, and there are so many interesting things to look at. I keep running into people when I'm walking down the street because I'm too busy staring at everything. And maybe because people here walk on the wrong side of the foot path. I'm enjoying the foot paths, thats something I miss when in Cambodia. Each day here I feel like I'm trying to organise what I'm doing today and trying to think about what I need to do do get ready for next week as well.
I'm feeling much better than I was earlier on. The first few days always seem to be horrible. "
I'm feeling much better than I was earlier on. The first few days always seem to be horrible. "
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