tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5501789621740434852.post-72709020910516748542008-06-29T10:00:00.001+10:002008-06-29T10:09:46.037+10:00The last holiday Firegazer and I took together, alone, was in June 1997. It was, I admit, a fabulous holiday to Southern Africa to celebrate the end of his MBA. Aaaah, the gin and tonics sipped by the poolside watching the Elephants come to drink at the waterhole. Aaaah, being stampeded by Elephants a few days later and taking refuge on a large termite mound while our guide clapped loudly. Yes, clapped.<br /><br />Today Firegazer and I leave for our first holiday together since that time. It is an early celebration of our 15th wedding anniversary. We hope it will be uneventful, in a good way; that lots of books get read and that we are not stampeded by anything.<br /><br />We are off to Faaaar North Queensland to check out the reef and rainforest while my parents stay at our house to look after the kidlets.<br /><br />I'm taking the following books:<br /><br /><em>The Botany of Desire: a plant's-eye view of the world</em> by Michael Pollan<br /><em>The Gathering</em> by Anne Enright<br /><em>A Thousand Splendid Suns</em> by Khaled Hosseini<br /><br />See you in a week.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5501789621740434852-7270902091051674854?l=easternmax.blogspot.com'/></div>Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00831936165024410678doyouspeakamylanguage@gmail.com8