Hi Alan, What a journey, what amazing pictures. We allway think of you Tuesday nights, and when Claire said she had word of you we all laughed and cheered. Sooo far away yet still with us in our hearts. Loved the waterfalls - one of my anbitions is to stand under a waterfall - yes I know we have them in Scotland - but they are freezing here - I mean a tropical one - so waterfalls are very special to me. Alan if you do manage to find yourself - can you look for me as well. All my love and a bif bear hug. Cluniexxx

Hello Alan !

Quel voyageur tu fais et que d'aventures!! J'espère que tu viendrs un jour dans mon pays ! et que l 'on puisse partager tes aventures en français !!.

Je t'envoie mes plus belles pensées et t'embrasse fort !

A bientôt

Maryvonne

Sarcastic whistling? You've created memories for a bunch of people that they'll never forget, although it rather sounds as if some of them will be wishing they could! Wish I'd been there!

The geysers sound stunning, as of course, does the rest of your Chilean ramble. I love the idea of the veniculars all over the place - they're one of my most favourite wierd and wonderful pieces of machinery in the whole world. We have 2 in Hastings that I love to play on.

Great that you're meeting interesting people - they sound as if they're all adding something important to your search.

Hope you survived the L OOO N G journey. Waiting with baited breath for the next blog.

Hugs xx

ah ha word has got back to us that you were seen at the dancing in Chile. undoubtedly in yer kilt. just know that our spies are out there. way ta go Alan we wondered how many you charmed! and everyone sends love and laughed and cheered when the report came in. x x x

well the power of three certainly has its place . 3rd class and we all settled inot the familiar. Everyone had a good class and some kids even came and asked " are we doing such and such"was chuffed about that. actually planned the whole thing myself so felt i took another step forward on this learning curve and so am happily satisfied for now. hav booked dates for the village hall so will take the next big step eeeeeeeck!!!!!!!. in two weeks

happy munching and crunching adn swingin that kilt up hills and down dales!

Hello! Hope you are having a great time. Enjoying reading all about it and seeing all the great pics. Enjoy the rest of your journey x

My friend,

Great stories and pics. Trip obviously agreeing with you. Glad you meeting new people. Cheryl was queen of s***head during her travels, she lost 15+ games on the trot! How did you do? Sorry not emailed as yet, will get to it soon. Take care in big city. big hugs.

hi lucy - ta for email, will reply asap. I'm crap at writing back - apols x

Hello Alan, dommage de te sentir en danger vis à vis des pickpockets mais je crains que ce ne soit le cas un peu partout dans le monde non ? Tu as certainement rencontré ici la différence fondamentale entre le Nord et le Sud en ce qui concerne l'expression des sentiments. Il faut dire que ce n'est pas une caractéristique anglosaxonne..... En ce qui concerne le papier WC, je peux te rassurer que cela se fait également en Grèce, question de pression d'eau. Ici rien de chaleureux (je parle du climat) mais bien dans nos coeurs pour toi. Moustache a une petite amie et donc est encore plus lunaire que d'habitude. Je me renseigne sur les études d'astronaute. Love. Christine

Wow it seems you have really turned a corner. way to go the happiness that comes through is great.glad your playing and challenging adn generally enjoying being you. but did you really bumboggin in yer kilt ya maddie.

you must have reaaly blue blood to not feel the cold.

not much has changed here alan. the holidays are over Ems sadder than ever to be doing back to school. Had a very in the moment holiday meeting up with folk and simply hanging out doing bits adn pieces.

guineas growing. blah blah of life in the domestic . but i know it all helps to know we are all in the same rhythm when you are away.

Yes the BBC's april fool was fun but not as fun as Em and I getting Kenny!!!!!!! hurray !!!!!

happy refinding your spirit and easy to be around self. happy upward adn onward.

lovethe thought of a boat full of cows. x

Hello Alan

Read your last blog with intense envy - what a trip! I have myself experienced "bumbogganing" on several occasions and would agree that it has a tendency to dampen the undergarments - from both sides! I note that we've even got a non haircut related photo now - progress indeed.

All the best

Malcolm

Hello Alan !

Je viens de lire tes escapades avec ton groupe d'amis, je suis heureuse, car en te lisant, je sens que ton énergie a changé, c'est génial !!, tu as retrouvé de la joie en toi et ton humour me fait rire !!!!!! merci , merci, et merci encore, de partager cette aventure avec nous tous.

A travers ton expérience, tu réunis plein de gens qui t'aiment, et c'est juste que tu sois aimé, c'est le juste retour de ce que tu donnes....... Surtout Alan, ne change pas !!!

Je t'embrasse et t'envoie un peu de soleil de France !!!

Abrazos

A bientôt

Maryvonne

I read all these deeply spiritual postings and then Andrew G's (expletives partly deleted!) Take's all sorts of friends I suppose!

Going back to penguins, the best April Fool this year was the BBC's feature on "new" footage of penguins in flight -with David Attenborough expressing amazement!

Sorry Alan, do you mind if we just talk amongst ourselves?