Up and down the moutains

In response to:Food

2009-01-29T14:47:48+01:00

Hahaha:

"Friends (0)
Phil's freind list is empty"

Haaaaa.

xxx

In response to:Food

2008-04-10T21:50:26+02:00

Oh no! Tis harsh when you lose your cooking mojo. I'm sure it'
s only temporary, but if it turns out to be permanent you can come round mine for a roast anytime. ;-)

In response to:Food

2008-04-04T19:40:37+02:00

yes and about time too!

In response to:Flugel

2008-02-22T12:01:03+01:00

Fucking hell. That sounds awesome.

In response to:Skiiiiiing

2008-02-18T17:34:02+01:00

I'm so jealous. I'm sitting at my desk, bored out my skull! Home computer kaput so just doing a bit of catching up during lunchtime eerm, late lunch ;)

Great to hear you've sussed it. Well done for persevering!
Ciao
Audrey

In response to:In the beginning

2008-02-17T01:45:16+01:00

Hello Cousin :)

Sounds like you're having a great time over there... we had a rubbish ski season in NZ last year - but hoping it'll be good this year... almost time to start thinking about buying a pass!

Well, hope all continues to go brilliantly!

love
p

In response to:In the beginning

2008-02-14T00:27:21+01:00

A right riveting read! Really, it's great to hear how you are getting on and hear things from the otherside as I'm often a 'client'. Only 3 weeks to go before heading to Champoluc in Italy...can't wait... And next time tell us about the ski conditions, and the best slopes, and the best bumps, and... ;)

In response to:Having a vine old time

2007-04-09T17:16:10+02:00

Aww. I want to be there now. Mendoza sounds fantastic!

In response to:Mas Argentina. Mas!

2007-04-05T19:18:44+02:00

I hope you have great fun and enjoyed!

In response to:Get the hell out of dodge

2007-03-30T16:59:14+02:00

Ummm, I suppose Salta is about a 20 hour bus ride from BA. Not that far in South American terms. Do you fly back from there?

Everyone should go. The number of people who said it was the best thing they`ve done in south america is quite staggering. It definetly gets a slot in my top three! I found myself a bit teary at one point but then i have turned into a big mess of an over emotional girl since i´ve been here!

In response to:Get the hell out of dodge

2007-03-30T16:46:13+02:00

Gees, the silver mines sound grim.. I've always wanted to go but could never face the journey to Potosí. Well done for going though, it really does sound like another perspective. And scary as fuck. :-(

Sorry about the blockades (not personally obviously!) but it does sound as if you made the right decision! Enrique's sounds AMAZING, I want to go now. In fact... it's not anywhere near Buenos Aires is it? :-)

In response to:La Spaz

2007-03-22T02:37:35+01:00

No, the same applies to bolivian wine!

For reasons i`ll go into later i´ve just decided to miss peru and head back down towards santiago via norther argentina (the wine region), hurrah. Now i just need to work out how to bring back as much malbec as i can!

In response to:La Spaz

2007-03-17T21:17:04+01:00

I ate it last night, with some fava beans and a nice Chianti. It was delicious. :-)

Although obviously, the bit about the beans and Chianti was a lie. It was pasta, and as far as I can see no wine exists in Brazil which could ever be prefixed with the word 'nice'.

In response to:La Spaz

2007-03-16T13:52:01+01:00

Lots of things are crap on your own. But some things are totally fantastic. Things seem a lot more real and clear when your by yourself, probably because there are no distractions.

But it all feels totally differant than being at your place. It seems like months ago i was there, not just over a week!

Don´t eat that bolognaise, you´ll die!

In response to:La Spaz

2007-03-15T21:54:40+01:00

It IS really hard on your own in South American cities 'cause they're all full of mentalists. Still, well done for being so brave! London/Brighton will seem like oases of calm when you get back. And all those strange wails from the street vendors will be remembered as heavenly music next to those *fucking* seagulls. :-)

Miss you back here! It's amazing how quickly one gets spoilt by having top-clarse cooking an' that. And the best caipirinhas ever... I bought some limes after you left, intending to make them again, but it's crap drinking alone so they're hardening in the fridge! Sod it though, I shall crack one open (poss literally) and raise a glass to you tonight, old bean.

Best go before this comment becomes longer than your post! Besos, chica! xxx

In response to:Life´s a beach

2007-03-08T15:46:49+01:00

I think we both felt the benefit of a little familliarity. Was an oddly emotional moment leaving this morning... back into the throng and not more home cooked bolognais :-(

In response to:Life´s a beach

2007-03-07T17:41:38+01:00

Excellent work as usual Phil. Just a quick note to say how great it's been that you've visited Mish. I know she's really loved having you around, and not just for the cooking ;-) You's a good friend, and she's appreciated your counsel...

Have fun and see you back in Blighty!

In response to:Frogs, hookers, and a brand new country...

2007-02-09T21:37:57+01:00

You nutter!

There were a few rousing choruses of dont cry for me argentina but that was it am afraid.

I will most probably get to the bit which is suitably difficult and hate it and crave the simple days on the truck singing 80s songs and talking nonsense. Only got a few more days of this type of travel left now... scary solo travel coming up!

x

In response to:Frogs, hookers, and a brand new country...

2007-02-07T11:15:18+01:00

Hey you!

It sounds like you're having an amazing time, even if it's "way too easy". I guess it can't be challenging all the time or you'd be too worn out to enjoy it. Just to see these places is awesome. Always a humbling experience I find.

I hope you haven't been to Buenos Aires and not danced through the streets Madonna style singing "What's new? Buenos Aires..."

In fact, in case you have, and before you say you don't know the lyrics, here they are:

What's new?
Buenos Aires? I'm New
I wanna say I'm a little
stuck on you you'll be on me too

I get out here, Buenos Aires
Stand back
You ought a know whatcha get in me
Just a little touch of star quality

Fill me up with your heat with your
nose with your dirt over do me
Let me dance to your beat make
it loud let it hurt run it though me
Don't hold back you are certain to
impress tell the driver this is where I'm staying

Hello Buenos Aires
Get this just look at me
dressed up somewhere to go
We'll put on a show

Take me in at your flood give me speed
give me lights set me humming
Shoot me up with your blood wine me
up with your nights watch me coming
All I want is a whole lot of excess
Tell the singer this is where I'm playing

Stand back Buenos Aires
Because you oughta know
whatcha gonna get in me Just
A little touch of star quality

And_______ If ever I go too far
it's because of the things you are
beautiful town I love you
And_______If I need a moment rest
give my your lover the every best
Real eider down and slience

Your a tramp your a treat
you will shine to the death
you are shoddy
But you're flesh, you are meat you
shall have every breath in my
body
Put me down for a life time
of success
Give me credit I'll find ways of playing

Rio dela plata Florida Corrientes
Neuve de Julio All I want to know

Stand back Buenos Aires because
you ought a know whatcha gonna get
in me just a little touch of
just a little touch of
just a little touch of
star quality

Continue to enjoy, go crazy and make friends with frogs. Oh and hi laura and katie. Love em x

In response to:Wounded she struggled back to civilization...

2007-02-01T20:15:28+01:00

bloody hell, it swallowed mine too... how anoying... But very much impressed by being into your allotment in mid jan!

In response to:Wounded she struggled back to civilization...

2007-02-01T15:03:12+01:00

Well, I've already written you one very nice comment, but lost it because this comment leaving thingy seems to be very naughty. This time I will copy what I write so that I son't lose all my words..

Sounds like you're having a great time. The [penguins, although you obviously saw too many, sound really fun. I saw some off the coast of Australia, and that was also a little wierd.

Nothing here has changed. Am getting a little obsessed with my allotment, so maybe this summer they'll be a big BBQ there so I can show off all my hard work.

Well, look forward to hearing more about your adventure.

In response to:Going Solo

2007-01-29T17:08:39+01:00

*gives a big round of applause*

It's propah scary striking out on your own, eh? Kudos to you for doing it in a country where they don't speak English - I did it for a oucple of weeks in NZ and that was 'challenging' enough!

Glad you got to experience the top end of the bus market in LatAm; the bottom end is very, very different. Did you get the steward bringing round the whisky nightcap at about 10pm!?

In response to:Penguins march to the end of the world

2007-01-25T17:39:03+01:00

Yay Penguins! I am satisfied, your trip has been worth it.
'tis good to hear that a penguins walk is hilarious. I once saw a man slip on a banana skin... and it was just so extraordinarily funny!
I can see you at the edge of the glacier, did you whip out a specially prepared preserved Tin of Keiths laugh (canned laughter?)
I can see you openinng it... that booming cackle, echo, bound resounding about and the whole of antartica crumbling dismally into the sea.
Who needs a tin of the stuff, if you try, i bet you can hear it from where you are!

work as you can guess is v. dull

In response to:Towers of pain(e)

2007-01-24T13:20:18+01:00

You wouldn"t believe the number of jokes about "meat" there have already been. It never gets tired, just like the one about it being chilly in chile... yak yak yak.

In response to:Towers of pain(e)

2007-01-23T17:34:25+01:00

Hey Phil, glad to hear your having a good time. Enjoy all the meat (nudge nudge, wink wink!). Lots love Vix x

In response to:more meat than you could poke a meat stick at...

2007-01-19T22:23:52+01:00

Er yes I think you missed the point. My baked beans were better than your fresh trout and salted pork and volcano and EVERYTHING OK????

In response to:more meat than you could poke a meat stick at...

2007-01-19T22:04:19+01:00

don´t most mornings breakfast is weird cornflakes, tinned fruit and luke warm tea. The people running this camping malarky can´t cook for shit. Well at least it stops me stuffing my face.

In response to:more meat than you could poke a meat stick at...

2007-01-19T22:02:04+01:00

mucho mucho caipirinhas!

Photos up now (well some)

In response to:more meat than you could poke a meat stick at...

2007-01-19T22:01:00+01:00

I was hoping it was going to be more simple than it seems to be. It´s like an internet test. leave a message and you pass, you´re a nerd ;-)

Counting the days to brazil now, it´t bloody freezing down here!

In response to:more meat than you could poke a meat stick at...

2007-01-17T21:53:01+01:00

HA thats nothing, yesterday I had beans on toast for breakfast. Not just any beans minds but beans baked slowly to release their sweet flavour oozing over a bed of finely ground twice baked wheat smothered in a generous helping of slow churned bovine lactose (euugh enough now). As I ate I gazed out over the wild valley of Patcham at a raggedy old man walking what appeared to be a mammalian dog beast with at least 4 legs! It was raining.