Saturday, April 19, 2008

Jim's last night in town...

Well... time has certainly flown since being back in Oz.

4 weeks and 1 day has gone in the blink of an eye, and I'm now a married man and have attended another mates wedding in the time since, so it's certainly been all action stations in the land down under!

Tomorrow the big honeymoon begins, starting with 9 days lazing away in sunny Fiji (fingers crossed for some good weather - bring it on!), then followed by a 3 month extravaganza in South America, starting in Chile, then flying up to Ecuador (enjoying a cruise amongst the Galapagos Islands and a trip out to the Amazon jungle to an eco lodge), then making our way down through Peru (Inca Trail here we come), Bolivia (salt plains a go-go), Argentina (steak heaven!), then finishing up in Rio, Brazil for about a week before flying back to London and joining the rat race again.

I'll hopefully keep this blog up to date with my travels along the way, so stay tuned for some crazy stories & adventures!

Each time heading back to Australia it feels like it's harder to leave, this visit being no exception. Especially having so many good friends at our wedding reminded me of all that we left behind when we moved overseas, so unexpected surprises aside, we'll be touching back in Oz in about two years... I can only imagine it'll feel like two weeks...

Monday, April 14, 2008

Another weekend another wedding...

So I survived another wedding, this time it was for a good mate Lachy over in Adelaide.

It was an outside ceremony followed by a sit down reception at the Glenelg Golf Club, and after initially being a bit skeptical that we wouldn't know anyone else, we met some great people and the day (and evening) was a complete success by all accounts!

Less than a week till we fly out to Fiji for the start of our honeymoon & then our travels around South America.... I can't wait!

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Wedding: Check... Honeymoon... errr... just about


To everyone who made it along to the wedding on Saturday, I sincerely thankyou from the bottom of my heart. I am so happy I got to share this special day with so many close friends, and all expectations were completely blown out of the water - the weather was great, the photos were great, the ceremony was fantastic, the venue was amazing, the speeches were truly touching, and the band rocked the house!





What more could you ask for, well... a special mention must go to the bride, Suz.

My jaw absolutely hit the ground when I first laid my eyes on her wearing her wedding dress, and from that moment I didn't want the day to end and to date it truly was the happiest day of my life hands down.

I got a sneak preview of the photos today, and I can't wait to see them printed out - if and when I get my hands on some digital snaps I'll try and get some up here...





Now the waiting game begins until we head off on our extended honeymoon/adventure in approximately 19 days time, luckily this is broken up by another wedding over in Adelaide in two weeks time which I'm really looking forward to.

Let the fun & games begin!