In fact, it has been nearly two years since our last entry to this blog - two years during which Amanda went back to work in Laos, resigned again a year later and re-started retirement at the Silk Road to continue efforts to open the business. Two years also during which Rob resigned from Africa, learned to fly an aeroplane and slaved over construction of the Silk Road buildings and infrastructure.
We are now only weeks away from opening and it would be impossible to document the many achievements and stumbling blocks we have encountered since the January 2010 blog! Thus this entry and the next few consist of photos only - a selection showing progress on the many tasks completed, the friends that have visited and helped along the way and importantly... the almost finished product to date.
Let's start with a review of 2010... Rob was in Africa, Amanda fresh from climbing Killy did the Busselton Jetty swim and took off to work fly-in / fly-out of Laos. Rob finished up in July and got stuck into construction - really moving us ahead in all areas of our venture. Here are the photos...
