Hi Antony, Happy Birthday for you today , did you get the jist of the card we sent thought of you when I saw it .

this will be the last year for you at this age think of the big one next year !!!!!!! the fire`s must have been quite frightening and now the rain did you pack any wellie`s.

Hope Angela gave you a big Birthday kiss this morning , look forward to reading your postcards and the photo`s are alway`s good will keep the txt`s coming take care look afer each other and happy travel`s

love to you both

Jo and John xxxxx

Hi !

Looking forward to seeing you down here ! Enjoy the trip down - and I'll hold thumbs for lots of sunshine.

All the best

Heike

Hi Heike

I think we must have upset someone in a previous life!

After the fire we had major thunder and lightning, then rain for over 24 hours. The drive down the N3 to Durban was one of the worst I've ever done, a nasty road in good conditions, it was frightening!

Rocky Bay is cold and miserable, difficult to imagine this is the Indian Ocean, looks more like the Cornish coast in December!

We are heading in your general direction, probably taking in some of the Wild Coast and a bit of the Garden route we missed last time. Will give you a ring when we get nearer if we may.

Thanks

Ralph

Hi !

Well - never a dull moment in your travels !! Glad to hear that you - and your reconditioned kit - survived the fire. Looking forward to having you down here again - will definately need to consume lots of red wine to keep warm - as there is lots of snow on the mountains.

Look forward to hearing from you.

All the best

Heike

Thanks Heike for the message.

It will be great to see you and the family again and really looking forward to the whales and some seafood!

Love

Angela

Hi !

Great to read your postcard - Angela !! Super to hear that you will be in our part of the world again soon. Remember that the guestroom is always available (with an electric blanket !!!). Whales have already started to make their appearance - so great excitement amongst the greenies. Our kids - spoilt as they are re wildlife - think its a big yawn. Whales are only exciting when they surface next to you while you are out surfing !!

Let us know when you'll be in the vicinity ! Yep - think the flowers will be amazing this year - there has certainly been more than enough rain in the region.

Chat soon.

Ciao

Heike

Hi Heike

Yep, ice here as well. May go up to the KwaZulu coast at Kosi Bay and Sodwana, St Lucia area as that is much milder.

I assume the flowers will be good this year if the rains continue?

We'll need to go to Botswana for a month before coming back in for the whales and flowers, otherwise our visa will expire before the season starts!

Regards

Ralph

Hi !

I assume that means you are not coming to Cape Town ( where we scraped frost off the windscreens this morning !) - but rather going up north ! I am so keen to join you - this cold winter is just seriously uncool (freezing cold actually!) !!

Have fun and keep in touch.

Love

Heike

Hi All

Thanks for the messages.

It is cold here in Howick, we've lost our UK in built antifreeze after a year out here!

All the ideas of where to go next have gone out the window, we are going somewhere warm!

Keep the messages coming

Ralph & Angela

Hi Guys !

Thanks for the update - and glad to hear that you have survived the cold ! Looks like we're in for a cold winter this year - so much for global warming !! We've had 9 days of cold (around 14 deg. daytime) - grey and wet weather. It hasn't stopped raining. Seriously unusual - but at least the dams are nearly or already full. That is the good thing - the fact that so many people's homes have been flooded etc - is obviously the downside. Luckily were up on the hill - so no problems here !

What are your plans now ?

Hope to hear from you again soon.

All the best

Heike & family

heya guysssssssssssss! hope ur journeys are going well. bin looking at ur pics looks like ur having a good time :). im at nan's with my m8 karly having tea with the oldies haha. ive bin offered a full time job at the lesuire centre nw so that means mre money wooooo. and also if u didnt no ive gt a car now yay :) dads just gt b k from Egypt lucky sod. but me and my m8s are going 2 France in september which should b good get pi**ed hehe. hope u and anthony are keeping well. talk soon and take care love always Hayley xxxxxxxxxx

Angela,

Youre journey so far looks amazing!! A million miles away from Intel Audits.

Keep posting the pictures, they remind me there is an amazing world beyond my desk at work!

Loads of love to you both, Jo x