I left Daryl, Jay and the boat in St Augustine, Florida and flew to England. Having spent a few days there, I headed to Malta for my annual trip to visit my Mum, sister and family.
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| Mum is 93 now and in good spirits, usually at about 6pm, when it is time for a drink! We chatted away the two weeks I was there and caught up on all the news together. |
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| My sister, Jane, is mad about horses and so loved all the space that her new place has. This photo is taken from the roof of the house and you can see that the horses have plenty of room in the paddock, but it is August here and so there is little greenery for them to chew on. |
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| Having so much space, Jane ofter looks after dogs when their owners go away on holiday. There are no kennels and the dogs enjoy running around the garden freely. They often do not want to go home! |
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| The maltese language is amazing, this truck belongs to Sean, who helps Jane with the building work at the farmhouse. It basically says that he does all types of building work with stone. 'Gebel' are stones! It's pretty hard to pronounce too! |
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| Jane was the first woman in Malta to race trotters and still owns one now. So before I left the island, she took me for a ride around the local countryside in the 'charetta'. It was a wonderful trip out and we stayed out until it was just about dark. |
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The last supper before I left to head back to New Zealand and a bit of time in our house there.
Daryl and Jay are also on their way back, but decided to have a break on the way and are spending some time in Bangkok and Cambodia. Having worked so hard on the boat together, they wanted a bit of a break, instead of heading directly home. So we shall meet up there. |
