Cliff G'day cobber! How are things going Sammy? I think by now you should of finished your stint doing fruit picking and I guess be well loaded for the next leg of your world tour... All is well here in blighty, with the weather now well and truly entering the winter phase, complete opposite of what your experiencing right now, how is it anyway? You need to update us all of what you have been up to and load up some photo's etc. We were around your folks place for Halloween, Joe and Hollie loved it. Mark did a BBQ, not quite Aussie style, but still good nonetheless. We had plenty to eat and drink as usual and as we were staying over, we didn't hit the sack until 5:30am, we were knackered for the rest of the day, especially as Joe woke us up and 7:00am (1.5hrs sleep...). We have not heard much of your folks in the past couple of weeks as they have started the 'Grand Project' in earnest, i.e. the extension and I expect will be engrossed in it for the next few months or so. Christmas is beginning to be included in our thoughts and as you know here in the UK everyone gets stupid about it already, the Christmas lights have already gone up in Queensgate, Peterborough. Baytree's usual mixture of weird attractions and outright tack has not let us down either. What are your plans over Christmas and New Year Sam? Anyway, I am looking forward to hearing from you very soon and as always wish you well in whatever it is you are up to right now. Take it easy mate! Cliff

Kate hey bro! Seems like your enjoying yourself. Cant believe you actually eat a Scorpion!!!! why?? lol anyhow, im now settled into my new student house, however my housemates are so boring and tend to keep themselves to themselves alot. I hear mark told you about my love life, lol no seriously John is a true gentleman to me so dont worry!lol As for nursing i am starting work on A&E at Lister Hospital in Stevenage for 5 weeks which should be challenging for me. Anyway, i will love ya and leave ya, but please keep safe and no more jumping on bars ok! Will keep you posted with my A&E experience. Enjoy ozzy land. xxxxx

Cliff Sammy, Good to be getting the e:mails from you as well. Liked your latest write up and cool pictures from the Islands etc. How did the job as a waiter go? I bet you that you would get fired, was I correct? I see now that your picking for a few week, how is it going? I see your'e not letting us down then, you have become quite a beer monster, Mark will be proud of you, but you will cost him a fortune when get home, he will have to lock up all of his beer! We have not seen your folks for quite some time now, but they have threatened to have us around for Halloween, this is always a good night and the kids love going round your place as Mark and your Mum are so kind to them, like we're not! The war wound looks well cool and will obviously remind you for the rest of your life of the night you got so drunk you fell off the bar, nice one! Our summer in blighty seems to have ended before it began so we are now turning our attention to Autumn etc. how sad... Anyway, nice to see you are doing all right and hope you manage to save enough cash for the next leg of your journey. Take it easy. Cliff

tobias (the body) patton hey sambo! not got long mate so just a quick one to let you know we're thinking of ya!back in leeds now getting ready for another year of uni (will it ever end!!!) and working. it absolutely sucks with none of the lads here!me and tom are bored out of our skulls! get back to the uk and come and be my friend! actually scratch that stay over you lucky sun of a gun!just dont have too much fun without me!!! take care and stop reading and start picking! toby

Cliff Sammy, As you know we were around Jeanettes on Sunday for a BBQ and met up with the rest of the kinship. Katie was there, she looks really well and sounds the happiest I have ever known, she is really enjoying her nursing and talks with such enthusiam about it. Your Mum and your Mark are really happy and looking well too! We all had a lovely time as the weather was awesome, Jerry's garden made us feel like we were in Italy! Obviously, a major topic of discussion was your leg, I suppose it had to happen though, the only surprise is that it took you so long given that you have danced on quite a few bars in the past couple of months! I hope you are alright from a health perspective and the leg is healing well, I heard it cost you your beer money for a couple of nights... I guess that's why you are drinking water in one of your pic's, first time I have seen you drinking something other than beer. Cambodia looked awesome, you know how much I want to go there myself, I bet seeing the killing fields was an experience you will never forget and one that triggered a number of different emotions in you. From the photo's, the area you visited looks to be Choeung Ek, is this correct? What Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge did to those millions of people was unimaginally evil and should never of happened. What were your thoughts having seen what you did? You didn't mention much about Phnom Penh, did you manage to get and see it? When are we going to hear about and see the photo's from the full moon party? I am assuming it was the famous party on Haad Rin beach on the Island of Ko Pha Ngan? I am expecting great things from you Sam on this one! So you are heading off to Australia in just over a weeks time, what is your first destination? I have sent you my e:mail address by the way (twice now), can you please confirm if you have received it, I sent it via this site in the e:mail tab but you may not have checked this out yet. Try and send me yours via this site using the secure email service and I will respond to it by sending it the conventional way and we will then be hooked up. Anyway, take it easy and look after yourself and Stu of course and look forward to hearing from you very soon. Cliff

Mark Sam What took you so long to try out the local health care facilities? You will be pleased to know that your mum is just about stable now...! Very quiet here, at last some sun after all the rain. Went along to London Road at the weekend, The Brewery Tap is still standing and the JHB was as sublime as ever....Posh played what was basically a Man Utd reserves side although Hargreaves did make his debut for them so an o.k. afternoon with Posh losing 3-1. The season starts this weekend so will just need to check that the JHB is still alright. Take care - please! Mark

tobias (the body) patton! chickadee!how are you young man!?still alive after the full moon party?i bet you have a none stop smile from cheek to cheek after that shinanigans eh!we`re just rocking out in mexico soaking up the incredibly hot sun and getting well into the surfing!your blogs sound amazing mate...drink, drink, drink...awsome!say hi to stu for me and take care dude. toby

Cliff Sammy, Nice one mate, enjoyed the commentary and the pics of Vietnam. Awesome price for Beer, 8 pence is ridiculous, I bet you got your fill and then some? Pleased to see you are taking in the sights etc. and still having a great time. What is the arty s*** about with the photo's? I cannot wait to see the pics from the party!!! where to next after this? We are all off to Jeanettes on Sunday to celebrate her last year in her forties (big 50 next year). We should see your Mum and Mark there, not sure about Katie! It should be a laugh anyway, I think Jerry is doing a BBQ, so you know what a giggle that will be... Take it easy mate. Cliff

Kate Hey Bro! Guess what!..... I finally got your lovely card lol its now the 14th July by the way... Thankyou. I must admit you did make me quite sentimental when i got that card. I have had a great birthday i.e went to brewary tap for meal/lots of drinks with mates which was a laugh!! Hope your well and having a great time (you sure look like you are from the pics!!lol) bye Sis xxxx

Cliff Hey Sammy, In and around Laos looked wicked, the pics are great! You are looking well, as are your buds. We are all well back here in the UK, although you may have heard that we have had nothing but rain during the whole of June and July does has not really started any better, pretty depressing really. You certainly look as though you are having a great time and I look forward to hearing about and seeing the pictures of Hanoi as this is a place I would love to see, Vietnam is definitely somewhere I really want to visit in the future. I have some friends that have been to Hanoi and they tell you have just got to go to and see Hoan Kiem Lake and take a bus ride out to Cao B?ng on the chinese border with Vietnam to see the Ban Gioc waterfall which is supposedly spectacular. Close to Cao B?ng is the Nguom Ngao Cave which again is meant to be a great place to visit. Anyway, great to keep up with your adventure of a lifetime and look forward to seeing your next installment. Stay safe, Uncle Cliff

Kate Hey bro, Your such a poser!!! That pic of you on the moeped @ petrol station was classic lol............Anyhow, as for me i am currently crafting on a cancer/medical ward for a month, with only two more weeks to go. Im enjoying it but the 12 hour shifts/night duties are heavy at times! Oh and your famous on my ward coz ive shown my fellow nurses your website during a night shift once! Hope you continue to have fantastic adventures and oh by the way, miss ya bro. Sis xxxx

Gillis' Hey Sammy, Good to see that you're keeping well and having a good time, you certainly seem to be mixing it up with the ladies! The scenery continues to be stunning and I am looking forward to seeing pic's of Laos and the surrounding area. We are all keeping well back here in Blighty although the weather is crap at the moment and cannot wait until summer finally kicks in. The rest of the family are doing well also, Sid and Ivy have just returned from Scarborough but I do not think they enjoyed it too much and have moaned since. I must say, the quality of your reporting continues to be exceptional. Maybe you have missed your vocation in life and perhaps travel reporter is more your thing than being a personal trainer for some fat old rich bloke! Take it easy, Gillis'

Vered hi boys!!! its vered. remember me? sorry it took me so long to email you but my sister took forever in giving me ur address. so looks like ur really having a great time. we went to the full moon party. absolutely crazy. u guys should head over there on june 30th. definetely an experience

wesley hey dude hope you are ok. it looks as if you are having an awesome time. sorry its took so long to hear from me. the photos look good. you aint missin much this way on look forward to hearing back from ya. take care and be safe.

Dad Way -Hi man Sam! Don`t know why I gave you that compass! For some reason you gave me the impression that you would be in the bush and outbacks with 1-saucepan , two sticks for lighting a fire and a mosquito net!! Considering this is only your fifth week on-route; I hope you`v got a good supply of glucose pills?? I must compliment you guys on your photography skills, looking forward to seeing a talk talk video though. Life in the northern hemisphere of the world (Newcastle Upon Tyne) continues to be eventfull. Jac, George and I are fine. Keep up the blogging Sam. Be Good!!! Dad