Fans are a lifesaver

At some point in the excessive humidity of yesterday evening, I found myself the better part of naked in my hostel room to catch as much moving fan-air as my skin possibly could.
During this time the mirror I passed revealed to me that I had a mossie bite on my chest. I proceeded to scratch it even though it wasn't itchy, and then I realised I wasn't getting any histamines running through my veins; that ol' familiar I-know-it's-bad-but-it-feels-so-good-feel of scratching a mossie bite.

"Why?" - you ask

Because it was my God damn nipple.

I mean how much heat does your brain require before you start thinking your body parts are foreign to your body.

It's too hot, I went to bed at 1.00Am and got up at 4.00AM.
My eyes are tired, but that's about it.
You never feel "Full of life" in this heat anyway, so sleep is optional sometimes.

"Quit your whinging Bean and get a room with A/C"
NO.
I've still got this head cold from the last A/C in Vietnam.
A/C bad.
Fan good.

I took my sleeping bag, travel pillow(Thank you Qantas) and full bottle of factor 25 sunscreen to the street vendors with the "We buy everything" signs.
The sleeping bag wasn't as compact as the the average one, so that didn't fly.
I didn't even try sell the other two, I just gave the bag of stuff to her.
She seemed very grateful, so that's good.
I'm going around the hostel asking people if they want all sorts of things:
Clothes, Organic Aloe Vera gel, Deet/Insect repellant. Even unused throatsprays and some half-used bottles of shower gel etc.
It's good craic, people are very glad to get anything for free, it's like a mini xmas.

It just dawned on me that I remember saying to myself a month or two ago - "I should shtick the highlights and lowlights of the last year on the blog... "
I might just go have a beer and make a wee list...
Yes that's exactly what I'll do.
Stay tuned......

It will appear here in a few hours:

Here it is!
Well I didn't spend taht long at it, just the stuff that came to mind in five minutes before my food came. Here goes(In no particular order I might add)....
I'll get the lows out of the way first, so we can end on a high:

LOWS:

• Getting robbed of my Aussie dollars going through Asia last year.
• Hearing of Henrietta being robbed off the Scots.
• Phonecalls from Ireland - a strange one you may think, but almost all calls(except for most of Mams!) were news of people passing away.
• The silly chain of events in NZ regarding the car, those bastards.
• Running out of travel insurance!

That's about it for lows, onto the highs!

HIGHS:

• Crossing the Nullabor.
• Learning to surf.
• Surfing with Dolphins.
• Becoming a Rescue Diver.
• Terrence.
• Red Bluff.
• Learning to juggle.
• Night surf on our last full moon down under.
• Dawn and dusk surfing too, magic!
• Learning to play the didjeridoo.
• Singing and playing in Melbourne and Agnes.
• Doing a Thai Massage course, albeit very short!
• Laos in general!
• Talking to monks.
• Going down a 70kph water slide - a very big thing for me!
• Seeing certain animals in the wild like: Sharks, Whales, Crocs, Snakes, Walabies, Kangaroos, Wombats, Goannas, Lionfish...the list goes on and on!
• "Teaching" kids in Laos .
• Seeing the biggest Spider I've ever seen in real life or magazines/TV.
• Little Creatures and Little Creatures Brewery, Fremantle, Western Australia.
• Halong Bay - Vietnam, gorgeous.
• Finding hot springs in NZ
• Getting a custom made surfboard!

As you can see, the highs are way higher! And that's all I can think of in five minutes, I'd hate to see the length of an hour high and low list!

I bumped into a guy we met in Agnes Waters' Workmans beach campsite - small world, also on that corner I've met everyone else. Speaking of which Claire, whom I left in Chiang Mai, found me on that corner. It's a magnet for meetings.

So long, and thanks for all the fish.