Julian So glad to see your travels are going so well - you appear to be having a lot of fun together. The wine tour looked very well behaved (a case of judicious editing for the blog I wonder??). I am looking forward to seeing your pics of Buenos Aires as it's a city I would love to visit. Ed is going up the Great Barrier reef at the moment, loving every minute of it, and has totaly fallen for Oz. I'm still keeping my ears open for work for Emma - when is she returning? You would never believe it but today (April 6th) we woke up to a winter wonderland and thick snow was falling in London - most of it had melted by the afternoon however. I am just starting down at Shepperton tomorrow on a new job for an animation company which should be interesting. Let you know more when I've started. In the meantime enjoy the rest of your travels and keep sending the photos - we love'em. Julian x

concepta Hi Claire and Emma I heard from Marie today and she says that you are now in Chile, too bad that you missed your cousin Christopher, as he was in southern Chile (Punta Arenas) for 2 days after leaving the Antartic , today he is flying into Equador and will be landing tomorrow in the Cayman Islands and then back to Canada. Hope your adventure is going well, Looks like you are having a wonderful time, great to see all the photos and updates. Take Care. Concepta

aunty angela As you wend your way to NZ I'm beginning to feel really envious - hope you love it as much as we did. Only problem was we did not want to come home! Oz looks amazing, and obviously higher on the happiness stakes than China. I now know why I haven't been there. Looking forward to the video and the stories you haven't told us yet....!!!!!! Enjoy......Lots of love, Aunty Angela

Big Sis Hi Guys Great to see your latest photos, looks like you are having a fab time especially with the pics of those lovely men! Missing you loads sis especially our chats but good to hear from you today despite the queue to speak to you at granny's house.Kids are getting really big especially Oliver who starts his solids tomorrow so roll on mushy food! The joys of motherhood. Have fun Love Em

mam & dad Lawson Last pics good, noticed lots of the hunks!! You both look well, the warmth of oz was much needed. Carry on the good work in New Zealand, all here waiting for your next instalment. The flowers were brilliant thanx lots of love em mam&dad xxx

concepta Hi Claire and Emma what an amazing journey you 2 are on, I know Christopher would love to travel where you to have been to, but he is still in the Antartic until March. Her wants to go to Russia and China too so I will give him the link to check out your pictures when he comes back. The pictures are amazing, it is great to be able to keep up with your travels. Take care and will keep in touch. Love Concepta and Brian

Julian What a wonderful journey you are having - despite the boats (best to stay clear of them I think). I love the change of expressions between China and Oz; the home comforts and warmth make all the difference. The close up of the Chinese food confirmed why I have never gone there but the pandas looked fabulous. I have just heard from Ed who has had a fascinating tiem in Cuba (loved all the music) and is now making his way through Guatemala and Mexico by local buses - horseriding and climbing into volcanos etc. It's great tracking the progress of all you guys around the planet. You are doing so well with your blog, I don't know how you find the time to do it but it's appreciated this end. Enjoy Oz and try the Bridge Climb and helicopter flight over Sydney + tour up to Blue Mountains. Julian x

Marie Casey-Baldwin Hi Claire & Emma, Your trip so far sounds amazing. What a great place to start. One day I want to see the 'Great Wall'. Keep the photo's and updates coming and take care of yourselves. Love, Marie & Fred

aunty angela Last entry a bit scary....but would make great film so far....how is the Chinese coming along, no doubt you've learned some expletives along the way. Are there many other westerners about - or are you the highly visible ones? Take good care....you are going to have some great tales to tell by the end of this journey. Lots of lovexxx

mam =dad lawson hope ive done this right, last entry scaryyou did the right thing run like hell worry about it later, never mind still going on a cruise?? look after yourselves xxx

nana + granda Hope you are ok, it wll take me time to get used to this. granda Jim xx.

Julian So glad you've found time to write your blog and download photos 'cos it's great reading all about Ice Station Panda. It looks as if you had the whole of The Great Wall to yourselves; so surreal, so freezing with no snowman in sight. It's really weird seeing you both on what appears to be another planet altogether. Happy river cruising ....looking forward to the pics. Make sure Lawson doesn't go overboard! Julian x