Welcome to the 2012 trip blog! By my reckoning there is only four and a half months to go before we set off on the trip in January.. time flies by very quickly and before we know it PPJ will soon be embracing us into their beautiful hearts.
This far out from the trip it almost seems surreal that we will soon be in Northern Thailand again. Here in St Heliers and our surrounding area we seem so lucky. But in Thailand at the moment they are going through the worst floods seen for a long time. When you think about it, it seems strange that it was only a few months ago we were hearing about our own natural disasters... and even in Queensland there were terrible floods. It can and does happen everywhere... but the difference is that here in our paradise we have the money and resources to overcome most adversity.
Anyhow.... for myself personally I am extremely excited over the Rugby World Cup! It is coming up fast and I have great faith the All Blacks will win! I also know that in my photo album to be taken up to PPJ I will have some amazing photos of the RWC and it's effect on our nation. Plus I really look forward to playing the boys up there in Rugby again... perhaps the rules could be taught a bit better!
Anyhow.. cheers..
Your blogger Peter Chatteris
