Happy New Year Happy New Year to you too - what did you get up to? We partied with some crazy drunken villagers up in the Andes of Ecuador, some dressed in halloween type costumes!
Happy New Year! Hi guys, just a quick note to say Happy New Year to you both!! Hope you had a good one - I'm now back at work and wishing I wasn't!! Enjoyed reading another active journal entry - you're always hiking over, round or through something or another!!! Take care, Rachel xx
surfin USA!!!! well u definately look like a couple of pro's! Plus that's dedication for you staying in a hammock to practice the following day!!! Do you remember our surfing in Aus tash?? All i remember is getting battered by the waves trying to get back out!!
Surf's Up! Its amazing how being dressed head to toe in rubber and riding a plank of wood is so cool isnt it? Sound like your weather was the same as my first surf lesson! Looks like you're having an amazing time! I wondered when drinking Uno would make an appearance! Hope to hear from you again soon, lots of love Andy X
hey hey guys, lad to hear that the dry bag, (more commonly known as a canoe bag, for reasons that im sure your aware of by now), came in handy, but the big question is... have you started a fire with the mag flint yet, i know kev couldn't wait!!!
take care guys.
hey guys sorry haven't been on for a while guys, playing catch up now! all i can say is wow! you've been up to so much, your making sure that your not gonna miss anything aren't you! glad to hear that the rations came to some use....mmmmm, tasty...lol! you both look well, must be all these new experiences invigourating you, (yeh, my spellings crap, i know), but you do seem to be having the time of your lives, i envy the hell outta you two.
im hopefully starting a job in the new year taking care of accounts in a printing firm, untill then im still a scummy doorman, but it pays the bills!
take care you two and speak soon. ps kev when me you and leigh were on msn, that was the first time in about 4 years we all had a chat togher, weird, eh! adios!
Wow!!!! Your diving experience sounds amazing!! I did the basic one you described in Ayia Napa last summer but found it really difficult to control my breathing and control the panicking!! Did the closed water stuff... taking mask off, mouthpiece out etc... but really didin't enjoy it to be honest as felt like i couldn't breathe in enough air! minor problem hey!! definately couldn't have gone down to 30m so well done to you guys! the Jade Seahorse bar looks well cool. Anyway, i'm off to oxford to look at places to live this afternoon so let you know how it goes! Can't believe i'm starting my proper grown-up job a week today!! aaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!
word up pilgrim massive!! Hello! good to hear you`re saving for your trip - we`re missing you too! will look forward to taking the Pilgrim Massive on tour in NZ!! Speak to you soon, x x x x x x x
Hey skinnies! Hey guys, u 2 r so mad trekking up and down mountains in that heat, don't know how u do it! looks really beautiful tho, must have been amazing! Missing u both loads and loads! Job is going well, have got a new little car called buster its teeny weeny and really cute! We have started saving for our new zealand australia trip! rough plan is for early 2008, woo hoo! talk to u guys soon, skype us when ur somewhere with good net! Love u loads xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
wow! u guys are professional hikers now hey?! and yep Fransisco does look like I imagine dad in his youth!!! amazing pics of the butterflies and i particularly like the 5* private bathroom! i assume they handed you towels and moisturiser after ur dump!?!! guess u've already read my email re: getting the job in oxford?! I'm soooo excited! start 4th Dec! anyway, take care speak soon xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hello Rich and the lovely wife Mrs Zoe Kirby! Sorry to hear its rainy in England, but not surprised. We have had a bit of rain too recently as the rainy season draws to an end. Yes Christmas is fast approaching for sure and I know we will definitely be missing all of the family and friends. Hopefully at Christmas we will be on a project so we will have some new friends as an adopted family to celebrate with. Don't work too hard! Love us x x x
Up to date now... Hi you guys. Just spent a wet lunch hour in Southampton catching up with your blog. Very impressed with the amount you have seen and done - most travellers will be put to shame!
Hope you are both well and I am ooking forward to the next instalment. Christmas is fast approaching and we are all missing you!!!
As Jerry Springer would say 'Take care of yourself...and each other'!!!
Lots of love Rich (and Zoe) xx
You and your mum are welcome to visit whenever you like. I am sure with you two here we would be causing all kinds of havoc! Happy birthday to you both for a few days time!
Hey Dawn nice to hear from you. How's farm life? We are WWOOFing at another place in Costa Rica at the moment. We have been recommending MMRF to everyone, so may have some more volunteers coming your way! Falling in a lake was scary but less scary than the prospect of having to spend a few nights in Guatemala city trying to get new passports!
geez louise guys, the whole sinking in the lake thing, you take it a lot more cas' than I would of, I would have been convinced I was about to die, you make it sound like, ahh, so the paddles aren't floating, but hey! our passports are dry, so we're all sorted...
WOW WEE!!! Hi Masha!!! Think you may have my mum coming to visit you soon, I showed her your blog the other night and she loved it!! And if she is coming then I will have to make sure she is all right!! HA HA!! - And now I have woken up - and really should be doing my college work. Happy trekking - keep safe, love Caz xxx
Very Impressed Gemma Nice to see you are keeping up to date Gem. Wonder you would think of some of the plcaes we have visited and what you would have done if you had been there with us?!
I must comment on every entry henceforth! Hiya! Sounds like a random journey to Copan! All to save a few pennies though I guess?!! Shame about the old story staircase, could've been a great old bedtime story for the future kids hey?!! Good news about the Ecolodge in Ecuador... are u still planning to be there over new year?? Can't believe there were no kebabs up for grabs in a small random mountain village at midnight...how rude of them not to provide such a great english cuisine!?!! xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hello Sis! I noted that you had eventually subscribed to receive updates on our blogs! Didn´t know whether that meant you had actually read them though, so congratualtions! It must have taken you ages! Love you Tash x
I love them!!!!! Hiya, yes... I am eventually trawling through ur blog entries!!!! The turtles are fab, i love them esp. the babies!!!! and very jealous that ur sleeping in a hammock! very impressed with ur spice rack tash!
Turtles... Hello! That´s really cool that you´re going to sponsor a nest; the money will definitely be appreciated at the project. We´ve been telling paul about how useful all his stuff has been, especially the dry bag! I´m off to get some more hammock time now! Bye!!
RE: my jaw is unable to meet itself again Hi guys, that cute dog is called´ashtray`(in spanish) - poor dog! Glad we are educating you, will try to keep up the ´intellectual` standard of our blogs!!! Buena Vista Social Club were cool, not sure how many of the band were from the original band line up, but at least one was we believe? They were all getting on a bit though but could still get everyone up dancing! Saw another nicaraguan band in Leon, not sure if they are famous, but they were pretty cool and sold their music genre as national, revolutionary and traditional! Maybe seems a bizarre mix but it was good.... sorry can´t remember their name though!
my jaw is unable to meet itself again WOW (said really loud and lancastrian-ly), i've learnt loads off this blog.. i am also slightly amazed that in such a natural environment you managed to plug in and send a blog! I love the pics - you have a cute one of a smily dog - soz - i should make more of a fuss about the sunsets etc!! Karl is jealous you saw buena vista social club - we told loads of people!! Take care, lots of love Marie x
Kev and Tash
Kevin Pilgrim, Natasha Bagley
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Happy New Year to you too - what did you get up to? We partied with some crazy drunken villagers up in the Andes of Ecuador, some dressed in halloween type costumes!