Hi you two, sounds like everything is going well over in the hotter climates!! It is cold over here! I only remember signing up for the teaching lark so i got to get a free tan in the summer - not standing outside in the freezing cold!!
All is good here though still out enjoying the London life and have alot of xmas parties to get through. me and a couple of the girls at work are having to organise our staff xmas party so on a mission to sort that!!
Am sat supervising a yr 11 coursework lesson with some of the most horendous girls you can imagine!!! Ahh teaching is bliss!!!!

Take care you two
little sis

we have moved into a house with no windows and are eating stray cats and bits of food out of our beards. not really, just a quick note to say hi! wondering where you're going to be over christmas and if there's an address so we can come, i mean send a card! Plumbing is getting there and teaching is over for christmas so lucy's being lazy and is watching a lot of daytime tv. Olly went back for steve hunts wedding which was great and he played golf with dan and drew which made dan quite bitter. Its bitterly cold, hope you're nice and warm... we're dreaming of mountains and log fires but its not happening yet. lots of festive love, we'll pull a cracker for you... Olly and Lucy xxxxxx

Have made it to La Paz, Bolivia and loving the change going from a comparatively rich country Chile (what a great place Chile is) to the poorest country on the continent. We wanted to say a big big thanks to Eugenia, Rosa, Jorge, Cristobal and Julia - the Chileano family we stayed with whilst studying Spanish - who were the kindest people anyone could hope to meet. They made our stay in Chile truely memorable, helping us out when they didn{t need to and putting themselves out for us. There is an open invitation to any (or indeed all) of the family to stay with us in England at any time in the future but as they did point out to us, we first need to get a home of our own again when we return.
Stew & Rie, glad to hear nothing has changed back home with the old uni group!!! do you have any further advice for Bolivia, we go to Tiwanaku tomorrow and then try to catch the bus to Cochabama then to Oruno for the train to Uyuni (salt lakes), up to Potosi and the silver mines then back to Uyuni for the train south to the Argentinean border. Have a great time in Las Vagas, we hit there next March so we (again) be hitting you guys for advice. Sorry!!! Mart & Sarah, thanks for the message, glad to hear you guys are relaxing down in Oz and will have a hot Xmas like us - isnt it strange seeing decorations up and hearing carols in 30 degrees of heat!?! Have a great Xmas (we will send you the DVD of us (Pausie as a harlet in a saloon bar and JB as the drunk at the end of the bar). Just been checking out your photos (how many reef photos??), love them
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Hola chicos, great to see your photos of Valpo cos we were there on Rie's birthday. Didn't make it up to Vina del Mar, so glad you did it for us. Went to Guernsey last week to meet Fin. He is bostin (still talk brum!!) and they are relly happy. Bren is fine, loves his new job in the 'imaginarium' - no, seriously thats what they call it. Please take merciless piss. Mags on true form, knocking drinks over and puking all of the next day. We are off to Las Vegas on Thursday for a wedding, so the rucksacks will be on duty again!! xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Hiya guys! Wow! just read your last few posts.. sounds pretty exciting eh?! Also sounds a bit active too, horseriding and dodging bullets.. maybe you could make a Western soon? Quickly working ourselves into Xmas holiday shutdown mode. Weather here in Sydney is scorching, luckily we are a stones throw (Olympic standard) away from Coogee beach where life will be hard over the next few weeks! Love to you both. Mart and Sarah x

Ola Chicos! Just a mini mini message to say a HUGE HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO Becks (my sis) from us both - was lovely to speak to you and Jimbo just now and hope to catch up with Luke soon! (Lukie hope you saw our reply to your lovely message below??) Gregor, uni sounds hectic and hope that its all worth every bit of learning... for when you design a new house for me and Juan!! Ol can do the plumbing which has already been agreed!! Of coure we´ll pay you, just in Chilean pesos - the millions will be rolling!! Went horseridgin yesterday and oh my poor ar$e, I can barely move today and J, is an absolute natural, so there´s no doubt today he´s a cowboy and im certainly walking like one after 4 hours of not just walking, not just trotting or cantering, no no, but GALLOPING through rapids and through the hilly countryside of Pucon - something we have learnt in UK and most other countrys it takes 3 years to achieve the galloping level! Check out the photos if you dont believe it! If you´ve never ridden before and you´d like to try it out i suggest a session on the "Crazy Bull" at your local fair ground will be a good trial! We´re off to do some more homecooking in a mo - first tme in 3 months and boy does it feel good to have some food a la JB! Big hugs all round Paus and Juan XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Hi guys,

At last I've lost my message board virginity! Sorry its been ages, very slack indeed, I know. Must add though that I have been working my b*****s off so please forgive me. The only reason I have time to write to you now is that my brain has turned itself off from work and holiday mode is creeping in (bad brain, no) I only have two weeks left, thats 9 days till the end of term and then one week to get all the holiday work finished before Chrimbo. No time after with birthday, new years and holidays abroad booked in, so have to be a speedy gonzales. Am doing really well, still going for that first, even thought the grades dont count this year! Don't think i could have done this 5 years ago, so am positive it was the right decision to go back.

Great to hear your return date the other day, don't know whether its a secret so I won't say any more!

Has been to good to speak to you , but the line has been so bad both times that i hope its third time lucky next time we speak.

Thats all from me, hope you guys are still having a ball

Gx

just wanted to say at everyone, we love your messages, keep them coming.
Mums, Dads, Grandparents, missing you guys, love to all and hoping Bolivia is cheaper to call from than Chile!!!
Congratulations to the following over the last month on their gua gua (pronounced waa waa in Chile and means Bambino, nino or generally sprog) Phil & Amanda (on Ben), Sarah & David (on Finlay) Parm & Gan (on Rohan)
Ken & Kellie, Hope you guys are still well and work isnt boring you both too much (especially you Ken) and we are so excited about getting up to your city. We now fly into Seattle from Chicago on Wednesday March 8th and have to be in LA for Wednesday 22nd March giving us 2 weeks to visit one of my best friends from school who lives in Portland, Oregon see you guys, then go down through San Fransisco to LA. Can{t wait.
Rie&Stew, keep living that dream in Bath, we have our fingers crossed for you both and cant wait to return and spend that drunken evening comparing tales of lost cities in SA (and obviously the times when we were drunk). Also Helen, hope you are well and loving having them back in the UK.
Antonio&Erica, hope the wedding plans are going well. We miss you guys and are looking forward to checking out your recommendations in BA.
LinneyBin, how are things since your returned, have you gone back especially after all the snow we have heard about in the UK? We haven{t received your photos so can you resend them to hotmail (Pausie).
Jeff, Happy 30th and good luck with the new job mate. We can{t wait to see you, Mardy and the bump in March.
Meredith, we hope we can touch base with you guys in the states. Chicago is the nearest place we fly into (get there on 4th March until 8 March), time is short as our funds are rapidly declinling. How close is this to you??
Pam&Gan, hope Rohan is still doing well and looking forward to when we can see some photos of him. We are hoping you are both getting a little more sleep now.
to all our siblings!!! hope all are well and looking forward to a mad Xmas. Dont get too excited over Santa coming, he has to come alot over this time but he will not leave you out!! Little Sis, we have kept looking for Spectacle bears but the most we have seen so far is the photo we have in the Inca Trail section of our photos!
Steve&Em, bet you guys are still partying and doing more DIY on your place. Steve, any photos of your handywork would be good..
Cheryl, if that travel bug gets really bad you and Rob will have to come and join us, Paula M, your wedding photos look beautiful and Tazzie, really glad to know you and Shaks are as in love as always.
Jimi,Lynnie,Jackson, how are you guys? Jimi, how is the new job? Jackson, hope you arre keeping that room warm for usn and Lynnie, how are you dealing with him being at school now???
Off to do some rafting (level 4 which is supposed to be big) so all keep living the dream (as Jimi tells me).
take care but take chances
J&P
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Dear Luke, thank you sooooooo much for your lovely email - we are missing you all too very much and the good news is we are half way through our trip so we will be able to see you very very soon and now we have changed our flights we will be home a whole month before your 5th Birthday in May next year : ) !!! We wish you all the very best as a snowflake in your nativity play, please ask Mummy and Daddy to send lots of photos. How´s your bro James?? I saw the photos of you and cannot believe how much you have both grown! I am so happy that you are enjoying school and it is lovely to hear about your friends, i bet everyone loves you just like me and Jon. I will hopefully speak to you in 3 days time on Mummy´s Birthday. Take care my little sunshine nephew and please can you give James and Mummy and Daddy a huge hug from us - here is a REALLY REALLY BIG HUG for you too, we love you so very very much. XXOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Hello lala & jon

come and see luke,we miss you.
I love you so much. I like school its fun.My friends are jennifer,ellie,adam,henry and felicity. I am looking forward to christmas and I am going to be a snowflake in my nativity play this week.

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Hi Jon, Hi Paus....
Sorry to hear about the terrifying ordeal in Columbia....but we're glad you both are ok. It's Friday...im stuck at work. It's been snowing a bit here in Vancouver which means the mountains are ready for boarding. Whistler awaits you!!

Hi darlings. Glad to hear your spanish is going well and that you are enjoying yourselves still. We have been trying to conact you by phone since last weekend but no luck so far but will keep on trying. I am just about to go into my hotmail to see if I can send you a message.As you have heard weather rather cold and we have our fist taste of snow on Tuesday/Wednesday this week. Dad is in France at present but we both have a week off as from 3rd Dec so we will try and do some Xmas shopping. Dad will love it!!! Grandad is fine as are we all. Nan & Grandad Bryant also send their love and I am still keeping them informed by sending them your messages by post. Hope to get some photos downloaded onto Dads laptop so we can show them. We have got the webcam but not sure how it works - Dad will have to get that sorted. Well loves, just to let you know we are thinking of you both constantly and following your adventures. Keep safe - love you! xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx