This weekend was great. Firstly I got rather drunk at a gypsy themed party on Saturday night and danced like a fool a lot. Punch and jelly shots make for a fun night. I was an awful gypsy, because I didn’t really have the time, wardrobe or, to be totally honest, inclination to dress up appropriately. Usually I’d make more of an effort, but it’d been a long day.
We went dog sledding on Sunday, which was wicked fun. Noemi, a French girl we’re friends with, works for a tour company that runs dog sledding on frozen river and lakes in Mongolia during the winter. They’re the only people who do it and it’s an incredible experience. You stand on the sleds and control the speed yourself. I’m still amazed I managed not to have a proper stack. I almost lost it a few times, but managed to hold on. The closest call was when we were going over part of the river that had partially defrosted an inch or two on the top (it’s been unseasonably warm for the last week or so). I slipped off a little, but managed to get back on, but because my feet got a little wet and we were on really slippery ice with no snow cover, my feet didn’t stay on, so I was sliding along on the soles of my shoes, rather than on the sled. Jumped back on ok though, so all good. I got some pictures on flickr now, but my camera died early, so I’ll put some of Dave’s up soon. They’re pretty cool, because the dude that runs the company was leading us and he borrowed Dave’s camera to take action shots of us all.
In the meantime, here are some of my not so cool ones:
Had a bit of a frustrating day sorting things out with this banner design for the official (belated) launch of the TV show yesterday. It’s all paid off now, because it got back from the printers this afternoon and it looks pretty cool. I’ve never had my work printed that big before; the freaking thing’s 1.2 x 1.8m. I’ll make sure I get a photo of myself in front of it once it’s up. The launch is tomorrow and it show be good fun. Got some press coming, some embassy staff from the US and British embassies, sponsors and potential sponsors and random friends. I’ll be sure to get some photos of that too.
It’s been very busy times recently, which is why I’ve been pretty quiet on the site and forum. Looks like it’ll continue that way for a while, which is good, because I like being busy.
Anyway, there’ll be more soon, when I get Dave’s pics from sledding and some from the launch.
great photos – that one on the melting ice reflecting the sky is poster material – and the dogs – love their eyes & yeah, that big pink tongue – hope he doesn’t bite himself!
oh & the pic of you infront of the banner is great & the one with the TV hats even better
Cheers. It was all good fun. The dogs were great. So enthusiastic to run they made this huge racket when we turned up. Then when they were hooked up to the sleds. Then while they were waiting to go…