Random Too

OK , so we're in a mall at the internet place with a zillion kids playing games on the computers, must be a hundred computers here. But they charge like $2 /HR so we ain't complaining. Manado is kind of growing on us, it seems quite nice, pretty clean (lots of garbage as always, but that's every where.) and surprise, lots of crosses, we're guessing it's fairly christian here and the dress!!... first time we've seen short skirts anywhere, no cleavage still but lots of leg. We are going to make another move tomorrow over to Palau Bunaken for a week of diving before.....insert lots of crying and over dramatic wailing here (wailing, does anybody use wailing anymore, or for that matter, does anybody really still wail) we have to come home. Not sure on the reliability of the internet over there, so this may be one our last posts for a while.
  I just wanted to comment on a few things that happened a while back. So on Gilli Air , there were a ton of cats , but it seemed like only one dog, who followed tourists around, I'm guessing, hoping to get a meal and yes, he knew which people were tourists. Speaking of dogs, apparently they serve dog here in the local market, apparently a local delicacy. I keep saying apparently, because we're not going anywhere near that.
   OK this is stupid glen stuff, but I'm sure the Jimm's crew can relate. We're at a restaurant in Ubud, relatively speaking, the restaurants there are a little more expensive, but really, still quite cheap. So I order a salad to start and the whole snapper as an entree. After taking our order the waitress comes back and PRESETS my cutlery, FROM THE OUTSIDE IN!!  ( I wish I could get bigger capitals right now) AND SHE BRINGS!!!!....A FISH KNIFE!!! whens the last time you even saw a fish knife. I started tearing up right there, and this is in flippin Indonesia, in the middle of nowhere Bali. By the way, the waitress at the restaurant where we ate last night, preset our cutlery as well. on the other hand if they're flirting with boys, or talking to someone else, you pretty much have to throw rocks at them to get some service.
  I can't think of what else I wanted to write about......Oh wait , ok one more for dad.
  Just cause I know dad might get a kick out of this , ( carrie didn't really think it was that cool) on the way to Manado we flew on a MD80, I remember these planes from my childhood ( of course indicating how old this plane must be!!!) MD stands for Mcdonell Douglas, which of course no longer exists.I was thinking more of childhood memories rather than the age of the plane, Carrie the other way round.
  That's all I got for know, hope everyone's well

love to all 


carrie and glen