EASY NATHAN, PHIL AND BROS, NICE TO HEAR FROM U ALL AGAIN HOPE U R ALL OK. I TAKE IT U WILL HAVE HEARD ABOUT THE EARTHQUAKE WE HAD THE OTHER NIGHT THATS ABOUT AS EXCITING AS IT GETS. NOTHING ELSE TO TELL REALLY APART FROM US ALL DOING FINE. KEEP ENJOYING YOURSELVES BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY STAY SAFE. BYE BYE IAN AND JOSH.

Hey Phil et al...

Glad you're having a good time. I'm so impressed by the amount of info on your blog! It must take you ages to write it. Keep it up anyway - it makes for excellent lunch break reading!

I am sooo jealous - I wish I was travelling the world.

Love Jo xxx

hey guys, great update on robben island, and the pics look fantastic. sta travel have been wicked..so much advice and info, ideas and tips, but its even better to 'follow' you guys round the world too! how long are you away for?? we leave september 14th this yr, and are going london, cape town, jo'burg, singapore, japan (whole of south east asia in between) perth, sydney, christchurch, aukland, raratonga (cook islands) los angeles, las vegas, san francisco and then home. we're doin it over a year cos we don't wanna leave anything out, and we wanna spend ages in both south east asia and australia- which also gives us the chance to work in oz if we need to! hoping not though! i'm planning hard and i'm lucky to have friends in jo'burg, japan and oz. looking fwd to your next installment-it seems reassuringly cheap which is nice!!! keep well all of you steph and gary xxx

Mark, Phil & Paul's Dad here.

Hello Hollie, Soph, Suggs, Nathan (nice tan!) Nancy Ellwood, Steph Simcock, Leona, Wegmond, Curtis, Ian (Nates' big bro) & Josh, Lisa C & Adam, Lisa M, Leon, Claire, John McK & Welly & the Bard, Curt (aka Curtis? Our Mark, Paul & of course, Phil. There, I think I've covered everyone. Great, this message board, you can talk to everyone for free.

Okay, that's the pleasantries over, great to hear you are all enjoying it. I had a great dream last night, 3 McGreals and a Taylor trying to cram an Elephant into Philippa's backpack for Josh. (I know, I know - vivid imagination).

Anyway, nice message, Nath and some great blogs from you all, just waitng for Mark and Pauls report from Robben Island, if they are allowed out again!!

I hope the German girl is okay, well done for helping her. Got to go go now, some of us have to work for a living!!

Take great care of your stuff and each other. Bye for now, and bye to the Messageboard People.

Father Nick.

To everyone, see what I have to put up with from my brothers back home!? Now you will understand why I've decided to stay away for so long! No actually its good to hear from you both and that your looking at our blog. It means a lot to us to that our photos are being enjoyed and that your following our little trip. Curt Just watched the Carling Cup Final downtown with some locals and some english (mixture of Spurs and Chelsea supporters-its been so cool how many and how easy it has been to meet so many people over here-if you've been watching the African Cup Of Nations Benny McCathy got hit by a bottle of Sprite and the guy who did it I was chatting to earlier!-it was proper weird!) and I've got to admit that you lot deserved it and played quite well! Ian sorry about the money running out and it cutting us off midway conversation-that phone didn't show the time remaining. Tell Josh that I will bring him back a lion or maybe an elephant-depending if I can catch one! I'll try sum up the trip so far in a way you'll understand...You know the enjoyment we all get when we all sit down around the table after Mum's prepared her good old Sunday dinner? Well that's what its been like ever since we touched down here and I look forward to the next days meal with just as much excitement as the last! Its been fantastic and hopefully will be all the way. Think Phil at the moment is writing an update on what we've been up to so check that out and I'll do my bit later. I'll try ring back as soon as possible, so Curt stay in so that I don't get your answering machine. Hi Mum and Wegmond, I'm ok, so no need to worry. And pass on this blogs website address to everyone to check out our pics. Take care and spk soon. Nathan

its great to see that your all keeping an eye on the blog to see how we're doing!

and thanks for all the message's its great to read them

speak soon

paul

Hiya folks,

Nathan what`s with the super large shades?I guess you need them for your super large head,ha ha jokes!!!You`ve got that Bobby Brown look about you,which you are certainlygoing a darker shade of ha ha ha!!!

I noticed your lips are drying up real quick out there.Hope you brought some lipsyl or vaseline.You`ll need a big tub ha ha!

You taking it easy with beers cos i know Phil will be having to carry you back to your pad after 2-3.But i guess you guys are having a good time from your pics.Glad to see and hear it.

Time to say bye.Enjoy it!

Curt.

Hey all! Thanks for writing us messages - we don't always get time to write a reply but it's cool to read them as we're going along!

Uncle John - shhh stop telling people what we're really up to - people are believing we're actually in S.A. and you're ruining it for us - we only wanted to get away from the chaos of Turley Cote!!

Aunty Elly - we got your first email too and then this - you're way ahead of the others in this technology malarky you know! Thanks for the messages, we're really all having a fantastic week - and we're only 2 weeks into our trip, it's great! Me and Nathan went to Robben Island last sunday but mark and paul are there today as they both had poorly tummies when we went so we will be writing a blog tomorrow of both accounts - it was fantastic though, really amazing, so interesting.

Claire - good to see you're following what we're doing - we're not sure if we're boring people already but we'll just have to keep going and see! Keep watching the blog - we'll be posting another tomorrow and then more pics too!

Leon - howdi! Howz the fax without me??! Tell me if anything changes in fax or hudds - any new bars or anything!! Howz things? What have you been up to apart from going out eveyr weekend and getting drunk - keep my girls in check though won't you! You can email me too - [email protected] Speak soon.

Ian - nathan is getting darker isn't he?! Tell Josh nathan has done nothing but talk about him since we got here - everywhere we go pretty much he's been saying 'I'd love to bring josh here!' - like the aquarium and the football pitch and the beach...!! It is amazing here and we've only done two weeks....there's so much for us to see and experience, we're having loads of fun - but not being stupid so Leona doesn't have to worry. Keep checking the blog - we check it as much as possible, just don't always have the time to reply.

Steph - Cool, what's your plans and your route?? We're taking the Baz Bus from Cape Town to Jo'berg which is a really good way of doing it - not sure iof you've heard of it? Have you actually booked naything yet? We used STA who are really really good at advising you. Keep checking our blog anyway and feel free to ask anything as when we set off we were clueless so we're just picking things up from people along the way - you meet so many who give you tips and advice.

Nancy - It's ace thta you've been on here!! I was well pleased when I saw your message! Send me an email and tell me one of your stories of what you've been up to recently and when you're next going on holiday! I will post a blog on here tomorrow hopefully for everyone to read so keep checking. Stay in touch xx

Lisa Mid - Thanks for putting a message on dude! Of course i have to take pics of the food - there's loads more i haven't put on but i think i'll keep those for me!! There's just too many yummy places to eat at! Hope you're well - keep checking this and facebook me or email xx

Lisa C - Woohoo, glad you managed to get on here and check it out. We were at the beach other day (36 degrees i'll just let you know!!) and nath said 'i wonder what lisa and adam are up to....?' - ha, some things will never change!! Hope you're well, I'll email you properly soon but keep your eye on our site all the time too xx

Mum/Dad - i got your emails back so it worked!! At last! So I'll speak to you soon, hope all is well on the farm - howz chip doing?? xxx

Hey weary travellers!...

Well, Filey has never looked so appealing! To think I missed all those cliffs and stuff. Nice move pretending you're all in sunny South Africa!

Sounds like a blast, and noted the serious drinking going on! Here in Canada it's a balmy 82 degrees and the sun is constantly shining, day and night. Pool is open and at 80 degrees. Just passed several Moose drinking in our pond!

No, must tell truth McKay! This morning minus 19 with wind chill! Snow on ground since December - will it EVER go away!! Sod this Canadian winter stuff...on my way to airport for direct flight to Capetown! Have fun, stay safe but take risks...

John, Elly and the Bard

Hi everybody,

Look at this - aunty Eleanor doing a blog thing!! (well, she thinks she is anyway).

The photos are fantastic and we're so pleased that the first stage of your adventure is going so well. It looks an amazing place and you must be so excited about going to Robben Island - be sure to let us know how it goes.

Look after each other and stay safe.

Take care

Lots of love

Aunty Eleanor and Uncle Johnxxxx

EASY NATHAN, PHIL AND BROS, JUST COME UP TO MUMS TO LOOK AT YOUR PICS AND MESSAGE BOARD. IS IT ME NATH OR HAVE YOU TURNED A LIGHTER SHADE OF COAL. LOVE ALL YOUR FISHY PICS, BUT YOU KNOW ME NATH AND ALL MY WILDLIFE PROGS. ANYWAY JOSH IS MISSING YOU AND KEEPS ASKING ABOUT YOU. DID YOU GET MY TEXT ON SATURDAY MORNING OR WAS IT JUST COINCIDENCE. MISSING YOU ALL LOADS, BUT HOPE YOU ARE ALL HAVING LOADS OF FUN. 80p FOR 2 BOTTLES OF BEER BETTER GO STEADY NATHAN £1.60 AND YOU'LL BE FINISHED. ANYWAY I'LL KEEP IT SHORT AND SWEET. STAY SAFE AND STAY IN TOUCH, LOTS OF LOVE IAN AND JOSH......

Hey cousins and Nathan, well what can I say, I'm soo horrendously jealous, it looks like your having an amazing time already. The photos are fantastic, keep them coming.

Can't wait to hear all about your adventures - stay safe and keep in touch,

Love Claire xx