2002-2005 (c) GetJealous.com, All rights reserved. http://www.getjealous.com/shelster/rss.xml Hi everyone, as you can guess we are back in the Uk and trying to fit back into normality, hence the lack of input into our blog... busy busy busy! but we will try to put the last few posts on the site in due course. Hope you are all well.... Love Jonty and Shelley http://www.getjealous.com/shelster http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=479036&go=shelster Jonty said:We are all up relatively early for a weekend. Mandy whips up a lovely breakfast of fruit salad, French toast and bacon after which we bid them farewell and hit the road to the Transkei. The Transkei is a former homeland of the apartheid government. (Basically it was one of several countries within South Africa which amalgamated with South Africa after the inauguration of democracy to fo... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=479036&go=shelster Sat, 23 Feb 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=479032&go=shelster Shelley says: After a lovely stay with Uncle Steven and Aunty Ann it was back out to the highway to our next destination Durban. Unfortunately whenever we are in the Durban area we are always pressed for time and today was no exception as we would be staying there for only one night. It was important that we went shopping to get presents for Neo (Catherine"s new baby- our nephew) as there w... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=479032&go=shelster Fri, 22 Feb 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=467300&go=shelster Jonty said:After going in search of a pharmacy and photo shop for Mr Weintrop in the morning we started to make our way further south to Vanderbeilpark to meet up with my cousin Ingrid. In the greater schemes of things I would never have ever considered visiting Boksburg or Vanderbeilpark, they are just don"t rate very high on the tourist hot spot list... but exceptions need to be made when ... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=467300&go=shelster Tue, 19 Feb 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=464411&go=shelster Shelley says: So luckily after 17 straight hours of sleep I was feeling chipper again. We said our goodbyes to Chris and Jackie as they left for work and we headed to the local mall for yet another session of shopping. It"s so nice for us that the pound is so strong against the rand but not so great for SA. We had done a cheeky last load of washing at the Melcks so had to head back to do a... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=464411&go=shelster Mon, 18 Feb 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=464405&go=shelster Shelley says: Luckily Chris felt well enough today to venture out with us to do a bit of retail therapy. I wanted to get something nice to wear for his 30th Birthday party on Saturday and was not very optimistic due to my tendency to struggle to find anything suitable and lose my patience. But today was a triumph! After struggling to find any suitable length jeans, South African women"s le... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=464405&go=shelster Fri, 15 Feb 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=463968&go=shelster Jonty said:After breakfast we bid Jan and Mark farewell. We had spent a great 3 weeks together travelling the South Island, now it was time for us to make our way across the island to Christchurch to start our long trek to South Africa. To get to the east coast we need to pass through the Southern Alps which was bound to be an epic journey. And it was! The road cut through the mountains providing... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=463968&go=shelster Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=463966&go=shelster Shelley says: The idea of “Puzzling World” has excited me since we first heard of its existence back in Melbourne. I desperately wanted to spend some quality time having my mind tricked and puzzled by optical illusions and mazes and puzzles. I was not disappointed when we headed there this morning. As you arrived you immediately saw “The Leaning Tower of Wanaka” which st... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=463966&go=shelster Sat, 9 Feb 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=462748&go=shelster Jonty said:The previous evening I had asked advise about ascending the mountain. All I got was “after the tree line of the forest you enter alpine conditions and that we should go prepare in case of bad weather.” The hike to the tree line near the top of the mountain is a 6hour return journey but I doubt Mark and I have much more in us than to go much further than that anyway, so no ne... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=462748&go=shelster Fri, 8 Feb 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=462177&go=shelster Jonty said:New Zealand is truly an adrenaline junkie"s paradise. Every corner you turn there is a company offering you some sort of extreme experience. So yet again when in Rome... we are now booked to jump out of a plane on our way to our next stop, as you do... We need to be at the airport at 10am, which is a couple of hundred kilometres away. In the New Zealand scheme of things, places don... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=462177&go=shelster Thu, 7 Feb 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=459574&go=shelster Shelley says: After a restless night due to recurrent thoughts of the incredibly terrifying and mind blowing experience of canyon swinging, we took it easy this morning getting washing and administrative tasks fulfilled. We helped mum and Mark move into their new apartment “there had been a mess up on the bookings”, and had an early lunch in preparation for our next super surged activ... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=459574&go=shelster Wed, 6 Feb 2008 12:00:00 GMT