Whirlwind TOU-EERRRRR

Hey there boys and girls!

We are sitting at an Internet cafe in Porto right now, soaking in the ancient history, amazing architecture and beautiful Portugeuese women!!!

The last few days have been action packed!! The second day in Bangkok saw Matt and I buying suits from pushy Indian taylors ($200 each suit, extra pants, waist coat and 5 shirts each). We then cruised around a bit - chilling out, drinking cheap beers, and attacking BUCKETS with a few shots of RedBull and Vodka in them (about $12 Australian with 6 shots or so). We got incredibly out of controll, enjoyed our time on KhaoSan road, and got hustled by locals.

Matt, funnily enough, got hustled by a 7 year old. The bet? 500 Baht. The challenge? Thumb wrestling. Best of 3. Who won? The little boy the first game... then a stalemate for 20 minutes which was then called a draw by both hardy competitors. The video? Comming up!!!

The next day we flew to London an caught up with EL OSSOOOOOOO Nicos!!!! Great to see him again, but it appeared that the signs of aging in London (the weather) had caught up with him. We met up with an old school friend James and hit up some pubs - how showed us professionally how to smash a pint. We kicked on until the early hours of the day in central London, getting progressively more smashed and out of controll. Luckily, none of us were arrested... or stabbed.

Funnily enough though, I was not allowed to wear my black American Apparell hoodie in London. Apparently all the Louts and Chavs wear them, and having one on is a sign of dickheadness. I promptly removed mine and gave it to Chris....

We also met up with Alex who took us to a local pub. The sheer oldness, plush chairs and cosiness of the pub (not to mention the awesome QUARRYMANS SAMMICH) blew me away!!!! I love London and will hopefully be working there sometime son!!

So after one night in London we flew to Portugal. We stayed with Andre´s amazing family (Tony and Maria). The most INCREDIBLE garden I have ever seen. Tony has a natural ever-lasting water source next to his house, and it feeds his gardens day and night, making the greens so plush that they would make Augusta curators jealous.

We ate chicken, drank Agua Dente and home made wine, we chilled in an amazing guest house and simply enjoyed the views. We capped off our second night in Porto with a death-defying ride (5 boys, 3 seats, 1 ute) from Arcos town to Andre´s House.

I think I came back with an extra few hairs on my chest.

Speaking of which, the food in Portugal is amazing. The chicken is great, the wine is simply incredible and the people are friendly as hell. Could not have asked for a better country to start our trip off in.

Now we are in Porto. The city is old as hell, and it is amazing to walk the streets with such old cobblestone buildins around me. Lame as it might sound, but it is still hard to believe I am here. It is a bit of a culture shock but feels heaps like home.

On a different note, no health scares for any of us, we are all kicking on, drinking, eating and sleeping to our hearts content. Much love to HOME, peace out, P-town DOWN.

P.S. Currently uploading the photos to Flickr now, will embed them when I get a chance. HOLLAAAAARRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!