Mum Hi darling - Your friends are a bit idle about sending you messages!!  Loved the account of your Singala NY - totally charming - different - somewhat difficult for you - but what chudos for them!  So glad you went - well done!  Love you - and all your idle friends!! Mum x

Olly and Kate "Adopt Sri Lanka"  Wow does that mean you get to meet Madonna and other famous people. How exciting. Glad things are going well, sounds very exciting. Sitting in cold wet Edinb*****, Sri Lanks sounds just the ticket. Love Olly, Kate and nippers 

Stacey  I'm rubbish! Have just e-mailed your work address so hope you can pick that up still. It's long weekend so writing reports - can't believe you gave this up!! Hope you're good darling.  Stacey xx

Ed and Selina Hiya Laz, Great site and love all the photos - looks like you're having loads of fun. Very envious and a far cry from our current world of potty training! Ed wants to know if you've done any diving. Will miss your half term visit next week. Will try and e-mail you directly with more news. Love Selina, Ed and Luke xxxxxx

em jf am so extraordinarily jealous - looks amazing - just make sure you stop by Oz on your way home, preferably innn january when I'm back on the bottle!!!!  lots of love j-f's down under

Mum Being as how your parents are very old and technically pathetic, we have only just sussed out your photo albums!  Brilliant - except the parties look just the same as London - Edinburgh - Hants - Wilts - etc etc.Great fun - want to see more of family...LOL MandD - Whizz Kids!!!

Phil Hmmm, not sure about this travelling lark.  Judging from your photos, there seems to be far too many foreigners floating about for my liking.  I think I'll stick to Zones 1&2.   Enjoy Phil xx

Bill Where have you gone?  I've nobody to dance with at weddings!!! X

Monie & Dully ...oh and 1 more thing. Free entry to the elephant polo tourn, with free hire of all oiliphants for all 6 chukkas, 3 other players, all my sticks and gear and flights to Galle. ;) lol, m&d

Monie & Dully Looks rubbish. And what's with all the pictures of flowers? I want visions of educational transformation, children who grow in stature, intellectually and socially, reformed school systems, concrete schools, flat screen PCs in every educational establishment, mobile phones on every child, and finally, the end of the civil war. Can you do that? eh?

Cathy Hi Laura,  not sure if you're checking texts and normal email, so I thought I'd post a message to say hello and that I am about to write you a 'normal email' so we can gossip about really exciting private things and noone else can read them!  lots of love Cathy x

Si Hi Lazza, Have been checking out your site, very cool.  One thing though, I thought you were heading to Sri Lanka to save the world?  It seems all you've been doing is getting lashed and photographing turtles heads...  Not to worry, the world has been looking after itself for a while now, I'm sure it will be OK until you are more in the mood for a bit of saving...  How is the kite surfing coming along???  can we have some photos of you ripping it up? Sixxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

ed lucy and bump Watcha mate, Thought i would drop you a line. Sri lanka is an awesome spot as i rmember. Lucy is due in 2 weeks. school holidays have started so plenty of surf here and an endless list of jobs to do. no surprises over in oz apart from a few visits from purves's and family for xmas and the ahses army who are pretty thirsty i hear. always a spot in it for you. Will send you a snap of the nipper when it shows up...lots of love...the watsons

George Don't know where my last message went, but anyway, love the pictures of teh turtles - wow.  That food looks amazing at the market - do you actually know what to do with it once you have boutght it?  Expecting loads of local recipies from you when you return !!!  Miss you always, G xxx

kingy what's with the automatic sweary word censoring asterix nonsense? is that a school teacher thing?