Me Hi all for the last time!! Eventually arrived home 2 and a half weeks early but hey!! I arrived at Rio with about 300 pound left so went straight to airport to change my flight for later in the week, however flights were all booked up till mid Feb so it looked for a while like i would be stranded in Brazil with no money, however on my second visit to the airport a day later i thought i"ll try the" i"ve been robbed and have no money" which worked and BA upgraded my flight for only 30 dollars and i was able to leave on the Wed night! So that meant i had 5 days in Rio which was cool!! Now Rio to me has the potential to be the most beautifull city in the world, it has the best beaches, an awesome climate, top nightlife, wonderful backdrop of mountains and the sexiest people especially on the beaches. The only problem is it also has 4.5 million people living in vavelors (slums) which are very rough and there is an awful lot of crime here. Rio is definately the most dangerous place i"ve been so far with 2 separte people from the hostel being robbed at gunpoint, but on the whole i thoroughly enjoyed it! So that is the end of my travels, as soon as i arrived at Heathrow and looked out the window a huge sad feeling came over me, but i guess i had to return to the real world eventually!!!

Me Hi everyone how r all u? Left Buneos Aires eventually only due to it affecting my health though, will definately go back one day, best city i"ve ever been to and met some really cool people who i will keep in touch with. Anyway left there and popped to punta de este in Uruguay, now this is place is not like the rest of their country, it is for the rich and famous of the whole of americas and the prices demonstrated that so did not spend too long there, although it has to be the nicest resort i have ever seen. So with money running low i am making my way to Rio but first stopped at Igazu falls, now I"m not one for nature and all that but this natural wonder even had me in awe today and hopefully u will see from the photos how big these waterfalls really are. So anyway still got few days here then of to Rio for final bit of trip, probably bit earlier than i wud like but have spent far too much!!!!!! addios everyone and hope to c u soon take care x

Jordan Have a Happy New Year mate. its a sickner that were on nightshift, but theres always 2morrow for a swift pint! Hope things are well!! All the best mate

Dad Hi Jonny, presume you are off rafting or some similar trip. Happy new year to you (12 hours away here). Just spoken to uncle Bob, he may come up in February. You should have a little more money in your account which we put in yesterday. Your car is fine, we drive it round the tree every now and again. Peru looked great, quite an adventure. Hope to speak to you next year! Dad x

Bob & Linda HiJon glad to here your having a great time. Linda's neice Kim (sisters daughter) is near you at the Falklands, working on NCL cruise ship.We have had a great xmass with Jason / Clare & kids plus Jamie.It actually snowed here in St Ives lasted at least 5 minutes. HAPPY NEW YEAR From all of us

bec Hi jon, Me and mic are back in derby now. Going to a james bond night for new year so it should be laugh. I am already thinking about school and the work i've got to do before I go back unlike some who get to travel around the world. Hope you have a good new year. Love bec xxx

Mum Hi Son. Missing you lots. Becs has now gone back. Boxing day was a good bash. Louise and Ian have got engaged. Everyone was asking after you. Have a good time at New Year. i think Dad and i will be having a quiet one. Ruth and family are coming on monday, so I will be taking easy until then. Love you lots take care!

Me Hi everyone, happy Xmas and New Year. Have just arrived in Argintina, Mendoza to be presise. Just checking out prices to climb Aconacgua and i think it will cost me at least 800 dollars cos u need permit and everything so think i might just settle for a 3 day white water rafting excursion instead! Just bought my first meal, a huge steak to be precise and it cost me less than 2 pound, now thats better! Chile was far to expensive to be travelling around it was over 4 pound just for a macdonalds! Anyway only thing i liked about Santiago was the nightlife as had a couple of mad one with couple of aussie blokes from hostel but not a great fan of the rest of city it was just like any other big city. Anyway will leave u all now i"m sure ur all out partying or reading this witha mighty hangover after partying. take care j x

Mum Your trip sounds very exciting - seems to be getting better and better. I still think your dad could give you a run for your money on the bike but sounds like you might be a chip off the old block yet. Hope you got your electronic birthday card. Who will you be spending Christmas Day with? Everyone is coming here on Boxing Day so if you ring you can speak to them all. Lots of love and miss you. Mum

Me Hi everyone just landed in Chile Santiago. Spoke to someone on phone from work and i think he said i passed my part 2 but it was a poor line so i hope i heard correct!!! Anyway had fab time in Cusco after trail, it was a proper party town which i was able to experience once i was well again! Met a cool Austrian guy who seems to be a magnet for smart women. Anyway travelled to Bolivia with him and we did the death road together which was probably one of the best adrenaline rushes i think i"ve ever had it was well scary at times it involed mountain biking from 5000m down to 1000metres on a dirt track with no barriers and a few hundered feet drop of the side, no room for error!! Anyway after that me and Gerhard (the Austrian lad have decided we r going to tackle aconacgua (the highest mountain in s america) hopefully at start of Jan. Hope u r all well and happy xmas and thankyou for ur bday wishes! miss u all x

Jan (A1 Front Office) hi Jonny, Happy birthday, pleased to see you are enjoying yourself, and not missing us all too much! Photographs are terrific it feels like you have been away for ever.Things ok here not much changed. Pleased we are getting a new boss!. Mick Smith going to Farringdon oh he will be missed!. Nicky and Gordon still going strong. Had our christmas do last week so will try and forward you some of our photos. Have a great christmas whatever you are doing and all the shift send their love. take care. love Jan and Lee x

Bec Happy Birthday Jon, Hope you have a fantastic time. Mum told me about your exam well done! Does that mean you are a seargent or have you still got to pass the final board when you get back?

Mum Hi jonny, Happy birthday, happy birthday, happy birthday! Miss you lots. Have a great time wherever you are going. Love you and massive congratulations on passing the second one.

Big J Good to hear your better mate and had a wicked time on the trail. You know that me and the man like Jay REY would love to be out there with you living it up but we've not got the guts! haha Not much happening here, so your not missing much! Take care mate and remember ... its a jungle out there!! Speak soon, Jordan

Me Hi everyone, Just woke up after a long but absolutely amazing 5 days. Now if i am going to reconmend anyway to visit after doing this trip then it will be for people to do the Inca trail, going by train to Machu Pichu is cool but actually trekking over ther mountains to it was just something else. There were 16 people and 21 porters in are team and everyone got on well together. I won"t bore u with details of the trip but basically it was the most stunning scenery i could have ever of imagined, lots of people kept using the comment, "i feel like i"m in Lord of the rings or something" it was just magical, i doubt my pictures have done it justice. The onbly slight dampener was ther fact the train company were striking and the onlky way to machu pichu is by train or tyhe 4 day trail, so to get home we had to do an extra 20 mile hike just to get home after already doing 50km over 4 days, so last night was a late one and i slept like a baby once back at hostel.