This last weekend I came across plenty of interesting travellers. These included an Aussie woman who had been working in Bangladesh for 2 years and was heading back for the last 6 months of her stint there. It was fascinating to get her insights into a country that we normally hear very little about other than the frequent natural disasters that it seems to endure.
There were a couple of Aussies heading off to Thailand to live and work there. One of these was a teacher who already had 'Mai Pen Rai' tattooed on his arm. This is a common Thai saying which loosely translates to 'Never Mind', 'No Problem' or 'No Worries' as us Aussies commonly say.
I also chatted to a guy who had been in Sydney to be part of the crew on 'Black Jack' in the Sydney-Hobart yacht race but unfortunately couldn't take part due to to being unable to complete safety requirements in time. He was pretty good spirited and not too upset about it.
A Dutch guy I spoke to who was flying home on Malaysian Airlines had come all the way here for only 3 days. And he was proudly wearing his Dutch clogs footwear at the departure gate.
Among the other visitors on their way out at the weekend were an Indonesian girl who had just got married here, more Asian students on their way home and a lot of people who had been here to visit family or friends.
Till the New Year.
Peter
Souvenirs Australia Warehouse
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