Our two sons, Michael and Joel, have been off studying/travelling all year! Michael has been doing a Masters in Environmental Engineering in Singapore, taking time out mid-year to travel through the Central Asian Republics and Iran. Joel took a semester off and travelled for 5 months, mostly overland from SE Asia to Europe! He had a wonderful time travelling through India, Pakistan and Iran. I was blessed to have been able to catch up with them twice this year. The first time was when I met up with Joel in Kathmandu in April to do some trekking and the second time was when my sister, Linda, and I decided to take Mum on a holiday to Singapore in October to celebrate her 80th birthday. Linda's son, Tim, joined us and we spent a week exploring Singapore
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