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Adventurous Women Thailand Trip Day 9 – 11

Posted on June 26, 2009 by Sue

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DAY 9 – 24/06/09

It was only a 30 minute ferry ride across to Koh Samui and then a truck ride to our accommodation to Lipa Lovely Resort, which was indeed lovely. Located on the quiter side of the island overlooking the beach….just gorgeous and only 4k from the shopping district of Nathon. So the afternoon was spent shopping, dinner in town overlooking the beach watching the sunset. The next day was going to be the adventurous one! … Continue Reading

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Thailand Adventurous Women Trip Day 4 – 8

Posted on June 23, 2009 by Sue

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DAY 4 – 19/6/09

We awoke to mist settling on the mountains and the quiet of the river, just gorgeous! After breakfast was done, we watching the elephants being bathed in the river before two of the girls set off for an Elephant ride, some of us visited the nearby Mon Village and went onto the Buddah Cave which was very interesting and one of the girls decided another massage was in order. … Continue Reading

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Thailand – Adventurous Women Trip Day 1 – 3

Posted on June 23, 2009 by Sue

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DAY 1 – 16/6/09

We are all very excited as we meet at Perth International Airport, some of us for the first time, so introductions take place and then it’s off to check in! All goes relatively smoothly except Thai Airways religiously runs late (ahhh but not TOO late, so can’t really complain). Very smooth flight into Bangkok which was great as there were a couple of girls amongst the group who were not good flyers – they coped well. … Continue Reading

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I Took A Marriage Mini Break

Posted on January 23, 2009 by Sue

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There aren’t many women who at one time or another haven’t daydreamed of running away from it all. Maybe it’s in the middle of wiping the kitchen bench clean of crumbs for the umpteenth time that day! Perhaps it’s when they find themselves practising their labour breathing exercises just to cope with the traffic on the way home from work, knowing they’ll be late to the childcare centre again. Or maybe, like me, it’s the day they wake up yearning for the time when they were not just a wife, not just a mum, but simply Sue – a person with hopes, dreams and desires just like anyone else.

That’s where I was this time last year. At 43, I’d been married to Brad for 16 years, had two teenage boys and work full-time as a ward clerk at Princess Margaret Hospital for Children in Perth where we lived. It was a good job but one I’d held for 10 years. I was finding the stresses increasingly hard to leave behind at the end of the day.

I loved Brad wholeheartedly, but along the way trying to combine being wife, mum and employee, I’d lost me, the woman I was and, for all our sakes, I needed to find her again. … Continue Reading