Joe's Dad Ryan, Just wanted to say how much I have enjoyed your blogs over the month. Its clear you and Joe have had a great time. Thanks for keeping me up to date and have a good trip back

mum so glad you had the time of your life Ryan. Just want to wish you a safe jourey home and cant wait to see you and hear all about your experiences. Love you xx

Vicky Your map says your in the sea, are you having a cruise now too?!

Soryuju I didn't even see this section before... Anyways, just stopping in to say hi! It sounds like you've been having a fantastic time...I'm jealous of everything you've gotten to experience. I've never even been out of my country's borders before, much less backpacked across an entirely new world. I doubt I need to tell you this, but savor the adventure and keep it with you for the rest of your life. ^^ Anyways, that's about it from me. See ya soon! -Sory

Ryan Noodles are the main food source for poor backpackers - filling and CHEAP which is the best part :P The mountain climb was amazing, so hard but so fulfilling, and yeah, the views are great! Money is going okay at the moment, hopefully I'll have lots left over for souvenirs at the end :p x x x

Mum Hi Ryan, Only just realised i can send you a message so here goes: It was fantastic to hear from you today. I am so pleased you are having such an incredible journey, photos are great! Love the view from the top of the mountain. Cant believe you are eating so many noodles! Take care and Love you x p.s forgot to ask you on the phone, is money lasting ok?

Ryan YATTA! :D

Vicky I got a LLAMA postcard today

Ryan Hey Dave, Joe says he'll have all the articles edited ready for when we get back, he's going to be doing it on paper and make all the changes upon return to England. He'll also give you the finished order for articles and pictures that we need. Joe's requested a front cover "like those you saw on the onion". We've been not taking pictures of Japanese people on purpose even though we've had ample opportunity. Have to start tomorrow :p Good idea about meeting of the bigwigs. See you later Ryan x

Dave W Hi guys, looks like you're having fun! I've finally got some time to work on the LP, and I have a task for you (afterall, as editors you should have a fair share of the work!). Could you take some pictures of Japanese tourists taking pictures of each other/landmarks/both? It's for an article I'm writing. We're planning a get together of all the top people in week 0 so we can get some real work done. Of course this planning only amounts to Vicky suggesting it and me agreeing. I guess you'll be back by then anyway. Enjoy!

Ryan Ya, we've been in Kyoto for two days now :) Shikansen is amazing; we did that TO osaka today, but the local one back to Kyoto, and it took three times as long :( Hey, I'm only going off of what the phrasebook told me :P I'm using it for hello in general :$