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Found out more about what we’re doing…

We’ve been updated by Projects Abroad about what we’ll be doing. Deb’s working in the orphanage with babies as young as 2 months up to kids aged 18. She’s been assigned another nurse who will take her around and show her what to do. Sounds tough but very rewarding.

Meanwhile, I (Glen) will be at the bear sanctuary (which also looks after wolves I’ve just learnt) where I’ll be feeding the 40 bears, cleaning, build fences, clear scrub, plant trees etc. Sounds like a lot of hard work actually. I hope they provide moisturiser for my soft, delicate, IT hands.

The photo is a bear in the sanctuary. I’ve named him Boris. I think I’ll give him a hug when I get there… nothing bad could come of that, could it? He’d be only 400kg and those claws would retract like a cat’s. I know bears. Boris the Bear

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Itinerary So Far

Here’s what we’ve got so far…

  • Sep 26 – Adelaide (leave @ 8am) to Perth to Dubai
  • Sep 27 – Dubai
  • Sep 28 – Dubai
  • Sep 29 – Dubai to Munich
  • Sep 30 – Munich – Oktoberfest
  • Oct 01 – Munich to Stuttgart
  • Oct 02 – Stuttgart to Bucharest to Brasov
  • Oct 03 – Brasov – meet with host family
  • Oct 04 – Brasov – start of volunteering
  • Oct 05 – Brasov – volunteering
  • Oct 06 – Brasov – volunteering
  • Oct 07 – Brasov – volunteering
  • Oct 08 – Brasov – volunteering
  • Oct 09 – Brasov – volunteering
  • Oct 10 – Brasov – volunteering
  • Oct 11 – Brasov – volunteering
  • Oct 12 – Brasov – volunteering
  • Oct 13 – Brasov – volunteering
  • Oct 14 – Brasov – volunteering
  • Oct 15 – Brasov – volunteering
  • Oct 16 – Brasov – volunteering
  • Oct 17 – Brasov – volunteering
  • Oct 18 – Brasov – volunteering
  • Oct 19 – Brasov – volunteering
  • Oct 20 – Brasov – volunteering
  • Oct 21 – Brasov – volunteering
  • Oct 22 – Brasov – volunteering
  • Oct 23 – Brasov – volunteering
  • Oct 24 – Brasov – volunteering
  • Oct 25 – Brasov – volunteering
  • Oct 26 – Bucharest
  • Oct 27 – Rome
  • Oct 28 – Rome
  • Oct 29 – Rome
  • Oct 30 – Rome to Genova
  • Oct 31 – Genova to Nice
  • Nov 01 – Nice to Monaco
  • Nov 02 – Monaco to Paris
  • Nov 03 – Paris
  • Nov 04 – Paris
  • Nov 05 – Paris to Rotterdam
  • Nov 06 – Amsterdam
  • Nov 07 – Amsterdam
  • Nov 08 – Rotterdam
  • Nov 09 – Rotterdam to Dusseldorf
  • Nov 10 – Dusseldorf to Berlin
  • Nov 11 – Berlin
  • Nov 12 – Berlin
  • Nov 13 – Berlin
  • Nov 14 – Berlin to Ireland
  • Nov 15 –
  • Nov 16 –
  • Nov 17 –
  • Nov 18 –
  • Nov 19 –
  • Nov 20 –
  • Nov 21 – London
  • Nov 22 – London
  • Nov 23 – London (13:45) to Dubai (0:25)
  • Nov 24 – Dubai (2:45) to Singapore (13:45)
  • Nov 25 – Singapore
  • Nov 26 – Singapore (22:25) to Melbourne (08:45) (overnight)
  • Nov 27 – Melbourne (12:05) to Adelaide (12:55)
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Back in AU

Quite the straight forward flight on the way back to Sydney. We scored an emergency exit row so we had heaps more room which really made a difference.

We got chatting with one of the flight crew and asked about the drunk guy who got thrown off on our way over there. Apparently the Fijian courts weren’t open on the weekend so he was kept in lock-up then deported back to Australia. No word on what his punishment was.

The flight attendant went on to say that apparently a passenger had uploaded the footage to Youtube. I confessed to it. Had a few other attendants come up to me throughout the flight asking about it or saying that it’d done the rounds of Hawaiian Airlines. Kind of amusing really.

10.5 hour flight was long, but bearable. I’m pretty sure ex-moto gp rider, Daryl Beatie, was on our flight.

We’re currently in an airport hotel in Sydney awaiting our flight. Just keen to get home now, rather sick of flying now.