Just over 3 weeks to the trip and i still have to sort out the "best man's speech". It is beginning to look like it will be hastily penned during the ceremony, and will be one of those awful tumbleweed moments which we all seem to experience at some point in our lives! I have resolved that i need to get married at some point to "repay" Adam this favour :D
Also, I still have to get my anti-malarial drugs. I have narrowed it down to 2; metafloquine and doxycycline. The side effects of the former are the two-bob bits, stomach pains, nausea and headaches and the side effects of the latter are the two-bob bits, stomach pains, nausea and headaches, so there is a real dilemma about which one i should choose :S
As if to remind me of the potential dangers of not taking any anti-malarials, it appears that i have been bitten by a couple of those little mosquito buggers, after being immune to them for almost 33 years of my life. Admittedly they are native mossies and are nowhere near as tough as your typical tropical mossies but nonetheless, it has reinforced the need for insect repellent and something more substantial than a pair of union jack shorts and string vest!! Maybe covering myself in Hoffmeister lager might work, because, if experience has taught me anything, it is that no living organism will go near a man who smells of Hoffmeister!
Anyway, before this becomes a catalogue of things i have not done, i need to post a few things that have been sorted since the last post (mainly to make myself feel better)!!
I am all drugged up with immunisations against diptheria, tetanus, hepatitis A, polio and typhoo (which as far as i can tell, protects me against infected tea bags). There was a mild ache in the arms, but overall it was not as bad i was expecting.
And, I have managed to finalise the planned route. It is as follows :-
London-Koala Lumpy-Langkawi-Koala Lumpy-Singapore-Pnomh Penh-Siem Reap-Bang Cock-Fuck It (or, for the more sophisticated, Poo Kit)-Lankawi-Koala Lumpy-London
Timescales are still a bit loose, but i am thinking that I will take a railway journey from Kuala Lumpur to Singapore and look into the possibility of a river trip from Pnomh Penh to Ankhor Wat.
3 comments:
ok so it's now T minus one week! Have you written your best mans speech yet ;-)
Your speech had better be lively, entertaining, thought-provoking and hilarious or I will be very upset. It will be getting filmed and I don't want to waste digital tape on some long winded, rambling monologue.
To motivate you, each guest will be given a card to rate your efforts on style, structure, humour and eloquence.
You have a fifteen minute slot to fill - do not disappoint us!!!
Have an excellent trip! I look forward to reading all about it.... and good luck with that best mans speech too ;)
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