carolyn Hi Clare, Just to say a belated Happy Birthday, it sounds as if you enjoyed it. You take care of yourself, and keep having fun. Lots of love Auntie Carolyn and Gary xxx

Sally Hi Clare! We've been following your travels and it looks like you're having a great time! Thought i'd drop you a line to say Happy Birthday! I hope you have a great day. Love Sally and John x

Sonni Yes you did get the right day thanks. i had a graet birthday just chilling as much as posible with 2 kids xxxx speak soon x

carolyn Hi Clare, How are you doing? you sound to be much happier now that you have paired up with Polly! You are certanly getting around, even if you do come across some charictores on the way. You take good care of yourself. Luv Auntie Carolyn Im very well thank you, you are right, i am much better now that i have met Polly, we get on really well and are having a really good time. I hope all is well back home and i will talk to you soon! xxxx

Deb Just to let you know me, Will & Ellie are following your travels. They are fascinated and can't believe you went off on your own (not that I want Ellie getting ideas!) Anyway, glad you are having such a great time & keep safe x

Sonni Oh by the way Dad might be right about not getting the e-mails to say you have posted another blog as some are not getting through to me but i am clever enough to check your page myself!!! God knows where my brains came from??

Angie & Chris Re photo 12 - I've been to a few dances in my time and they've looked like that!!!! Sounds like this travelling lark is hard work!! I'm more of a sitting by the pool type I think! Take care and keep updating with photos and stuff. Angie and Chris

carolyn Hi clare, we have been without a computer for a week, so we haven't been able to to see your exciting lifestye. But here we are at 11.58 pm, i should really be getting my bauty sleep, but this is far more exciting. I spoke to Auntie Glenda on the phone this evening and have given her your details, so i expect she will be in touch shortly. Well i must close now some people have work in the morning! all my love Auntie Carolyn

Angie & Chris Wow Clare Bear, what an amazing time you are having. I only wish I had had the courage to go off and do it at your age. Chris went off and did Europe but I didn't get any further than Uckfield on the train! Felt really sorry for you over the washing incident. Mind you, you must have been traumatised if you bought a pink top! At least they came to find you to apologise - either the clothes stank so badly that they had to delay washing them - or perhaps you had a better class of dirty washing and they did intend to keep it. I'll keep an open mind!! Have you planned your travel or are you just going where the mood takes you or where people recommend when you are there? Ultimate destination? Think that is enough questions/abuse for now. Take care and keep posting your news and photos. I have passed your site to Andrew and Lucy so I'm sure they will be in touch too. Aunty (but far too young!!) Angie I should tell you that Mum and the boys came down last week and we went up to where Chris was working to stay overnight and then meet Nan at Monkey World (make of that what you will!!!) We were in a supermarket and the cashier asked me to confirm that I was over 21!!!!! Oh yes!! Hello! Its lovely to hear from you! Next I am heading to Cambodia, there are some amazing things to see there apparently and i have had some good recommendations - all in all its a bit of going where the mood takes me and what other people suggest when you get here, i also have my travel book which is like my bible! its so helpful! After Cambodia im not sure if we are going to Vietnam or back in to Thailand to do the South of the country (which is mainly beaches and little islands) It depends on time as the girls that i am traveling with are only out here for 3 months, so it depends on them really - after Thailand I am going to Malaysia and then in to Singapore as my flight home leaves from there! Busy, busy, busy! Isaac sent me an email telling me that they had come down, I hope Monkey world was fun! I was going to phone Nan the other day as Mum said she was worrying about me but i wasnt sure how long she was staying with you so i will call her next week! I bet the cashier made your day! How funny! they dont seem to care about ID at all here, i havnt been ID'd once, but then i suppose they cant afford to loose custom and money by turning under age people away, and also i dont recall seeing very many young people out here actually, most of the travelers are 30+ i would have said - so there is still time for you yet! Hope you are well, give my love to everyone xxxx

Sonni Hey there sis, Great to hear about your travels and even better to see your photos. Lee highly impressed with the tiger photos. Glad to hear you've made some friends it gives me some piece of mind. Have fun and look forward to your next blog!!!!!!!!

Naomi Hey, Thought i'd send you some love on Valentines Day! Looks like you are having an amazing time - Benson must be coming home soon so make sure you look after yourself. I look forward to your next instalment! Keep having fun, Miss you lots. Naomi xxxx Thank you lovely, i am having a wonderful time, i leave Benson today in about a hour, i am heading over to Laos with Nat, Steph and Audre so its all good, im in safe hands! Happy Valentines day (for yesterday) to you too - did you get up to anything special? Hope all is well back home, missing you too but il be back before you know it! xxx

mum tom isaac sam mark really glad you are having a good time, i do miss not talking to you but this is quite exiting .isaac wants to know what are poi.?and wants to tell you he has a psp nan is worrying about you when you and benson go your seperate ways have you made any friends? we all send you our love and tom said your language, even abbreviated is disgusting. will you be able to get another contact lens?must go, will send another message soon,now i know how. love you, take care.xxx xxx Poi are balls on the end of string that you move around and make patterns with its an old maori tradition but lots of people seem to pick it up while traveling, its good fun! Isaac has a PSP what? i have no idea what that is but im sure it is very nice! Tell Nan not to worry, i have made 3 friends that i am travelling with to Laos today so this is my last day with Benson but they are a good group and we will all take care of each other! I know that my language and stuff is awful but i dont have long on here each time and its a rush to get everything answered and tell you all as much as i can without forgetting stuff so i havent been concentrating on my grammer - that and im a little bit retarded! I bought out 6 months worth of contact lenses with me so that was fine, i just didnt have one with me at the time as we luckily dont have to carry our big back packs everyday, they usually stay at the guesthouse. Talk to you when im in Laos, Love you lots xxxx

carolyn Hi, glad to see you are enjoying life out there! Are you going to bring one of the tigers home ith you? Tak care of yourself. Luv Auntie Carolyn xxx