Hi guys.

Thanks for adding us to your list. Have enjoyed the NZ blog and photos very much. It has really whetted our appetite as we arrive in Auckland in less than 2 weeks now. If you get a spare 5 mins drop me a mail of things we have to see and things to take a wide berth of.

Hope you were good house guests as plan on repeating your trip through the Peru gang! Especially Ben after Richard took photos of Alices puppies....

Anyway when I get round to it I will post some Pacific Island photos. So far Easter Island is amazing, if a touch expensive and Bora Bora and the Cooks are apparently more expensive and just as amazing.

Ian & Faye

Things are pretty boring in Dullsville, Thomas and myself are are engaged in hard physical labour, i am fencing - suprise suprise whilst Thomas in helping father - they supposedly had a mild disagreement with regard to Thomas' digging technique, it was resolved by father assuring himself that thomas was adopted!

 you have lost your position within the company as john green is a machine!

 life could not be better as far as im concerned (thomas) because im going back to uni, i managed to fall into the old well trodden path of ken vareys over the christmas period. we both thankyou for your fantastic reports of the weather, it really cheers keith up when he returns off the hill saturated with rain! i on the other hand love rain and all that is moist so i feel no bitterness to these reports! ...

 oh a couple of last notes from me, look after sarah! As i do care about her as well (contray to what she may think) and buy some more muscle building powder as i have run out, or more to the point you have run out. i now look like like a wall of beef cake! bye bruv miss ya, luv ya, thomas x x x x

 MORE LIKE A WALL OF VICTORIA SPONGE !!!!!!! (Keith)

Happy New Year chaps - take care xxxx

happy new year!!

you might notice that janet has starting mentioning my name more, this is because i asked her about missing sarah's "female company" ??!!  she swears it was a typo but feeling a bit inadequate....   hehe. just kidding. 

 Seriously though, everyones missing you both and christmas seemed quiet without you.  New year sounds like it was a bit more exciting for you than us, but we had a good laugh with john and emma etc in waddington (and my mum and dad at one point!)  I go back to uni in a week, which is terrifying because i have only done one of my FOUR essays.  (why am i on here??) So you'll have to keep posting what you are up to so i have a good excuse to be distracted on the library computers.  Speak soon, lots of love xx

ps - photos of the new hair please sarah

Hello, Richard and Sarah,

Happy New Year and it sounds like you had a good festive period.  Been meaning to get in touch and say hello for a while.  Enjoying the updates and photos are top class as everyone has said earlier.  Very jealous that a) I'm not currently travelling and b) it's raining like hell here! I've moved down south now and currently living in Buckinghamshire working for a newspaper, so all's good here too.

Take care of yourselves and keep sending the awesome updates.

Rich

Hello! Happy Ney Year! photos are awesome ........ so envious! How are you managing to do so much - rafting, sky diving, some cave-like underwater thing, swimming with dolphins, chilling on beautiful beaches!!!! Wow!

 Katy is in NZ now, and Mum is joining her there in 3 weeks --- everyone's abandoning in my house of need -- dissertation life is HELL!!!!! Enjoy every minute! You're soooooooooooo lucky!! xx

Lovely to read your journal as usual and great to catch up with where you are.  Looking forward to seeing some more piccies when you get the chance..  Let's see this haircut then!

Dad took Becky back to Newcastle on Friday and I've done 3 days at work which really feels like 3 weeks.. yawn!!  Its now really quiet here so I suppose time to get on with some more jobs.....

Lots of love Mum XXXXXXXXXXXXx

Happy New Year!!

We had to look up the diamond & coathanger!! I bet it was fabulous.

Everyone in WR

Hello.

 HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU BOTH!

Just been checking out all your pictures,my mouth really was wide open while looking at them!

the sky diving and 'mirror lake'... absolutly amazing, ! bet its all going way too fast for you both!

Love Jeff

xx

Hi there,

Just a quick msge to wish you both a very Happy New Year

Im definitely feeling the back to work blues so your photos are proving to be a very welcome distraction! 

I was back home for Christmas week which was lovely and then back in Shropshire with Wayne for New Year which was good fun.  Oh and I got a guitar for Christmas so with any luck ill be able to play a little tune by the time you get home.  In fact i think annie & haze are secretly pleased ive gone again so theyve got some peace & quiet from my practising, although as dad put it he doesnt even hear it when i play as he blocks it out - gives you a fair idea of my standard of playing so far!

Keep the photos coming & take care

Love Clare xx 

Hi ya

Just got internet working again and having a flick through all the photos and sent messages to notice just before christmas mum thought she had sent you a message from us all wishing you both a happy christmas and great new year so sorry for the delay !!!! But we were all thinking of you both whilst having a few beers back home.

Anyway Christmas has pasted back to work and reality!!

It was great reading about your rafting, sky diving and parachute jump but that did just sound scary!!

Looking forward to your next lot of pics take care of yourselfs

Christine xxx   

Hey guys!! I've only just got round to reading some of your accounts! it was interesting to read about Bolivia ( i must say you were more positive than Alice!!), and am really looking forward to NZ after hearing about your adventures. We are having a relaxing time with friends and family here in Bs As, and feeling extremely hot! Good start to the new year anyway.

Look forward to hearing more of your travels. I hope you are enjoying yourselves as much as we are.

Lots of love, Happy New year

 Faye and Ian