It's very hard to believe that I have been reduced to three - that's correct - three pairs of shoes.
It has been a good decade since I purchased my last pair of steel-toed boots, which I retired after my final field season in Vanuatu, and not having feet the size of an average man's, I had very limited options this time around too. My new boots have the same soft padded cushion around the ankle that the last ones had. What I had forgotten was that this exciting 'feature' of safety footwear takes a long time to break in! So for the past two weeks I have been struggling with the new shoes blues. I have ring-shaped bruises around my ankles and I am coping with a broken blister that threatened to turn into some kind of delightful tropical infection earlier on.
Thus I have been moving very slowly around the place, which I have discovered as a bonus is a very good way of keeping my sweating to a minimum. Once the wet weather arrives of course I'll only be wearing my boots, no sandal action likely once the soil turns to slush. I really think I might have been wise to invest in a pair of cute girlie gumboots when I was in Tokyo - but alas, I will have to struggle on and see if they have a pair of size 4 wellies in the back of the warehouse.
Syama footwear collection - May 2007
Thursday, 17 May 2007
Syama Autumn Collection '07
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Hey Ali Raos! Nice to see where you're at. It's looking wonderfully exotic, exciting and, with the heat and humidity, exhausting. All's good here. Fiona got her thesis in 2 weeks ago. Relief. Heading to Sydney next month for a wedding. After 18 months in Taupo, it'll be exotic, exciting and exhausting. Fun.
lots of love....
Andrew Rae!!! Pass on appropriate congratulations to Fiona for me, glad to hear she's over the finish line - and amusez-vous bien à Sydney ...
Yeah right.....quest que cest?
So anyway, you never sent through your co-ordinates so that we could Google Earth you....
Hello gorgeous
How the hell are you coping with only three pairs of shoes??? You poor thing - are you suffering withdrawal symptoms? Feel free to have as many pairs as you like sent to me before the end of June so you can recover appropriately! Alternatively we can make a trip to Seville - we were there last weekend and the shoes were divine!!
Love Trude
Heh there Ali! No dancing shoes?
Or is there a pair of salsa stilettos amongst the hidden stash in Paris that you're not telling us about?
Did you say Seville Trude - oooohhh, I LOOOOVE Spanish shoes. And I was rather hoping that you and Art might have a bit of cupboard space for some footwear for me! It's going to be a fun first week when I leave Mali ... there will be some shopping to do! And I will be seeking some salsa footwear indeed Hart - count on it.
Oh my goodness!! Three pairs of shoes - i'm feeling the pain!!! I'm so glad it's you and not me!!
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