Happy new year Happy new year to you both. Simon is interested to see what he would look like with a beard!!!!. Still having amazing experiences I see. Including travelling to the future.............23rd of Jan! Where next?
Love Judith
Love the photo! LOVE the photo with the orange contrast and black and white in the background. How did you do that to the picture - Adobe Photoshop? Or was it your camera?
Merry Christmas Hi
Still looks like you are having a great time. What an amazing experience. Just want to wish you a happy CHristmas from Myself, Paul, LAura, Simon and Kat.
Enjoy it wherever you are.
Love Judith
Broken windscreen Health and safety not quite the same abroad is it! When we were in Romania we travelled on a bus like this..also seats were not fastened down, air con meant having the doors open and some of the students with us sat on the steps leading to the aforesaid doors. Cracked windscreens were the order of the day too - not quite as mashed up as yours but there were def cracks in it. I think we are too cossetted in the uk!
love Judith
-6 a heatwave then? Hi You two look to be having a great time. really interesting keeping up with what you are doing. You are going to regret making comments about it being freezing out in Mongolia.......In britain we have bee down to -12 on a regular basas for the past week or so.!
Love Judith
how very arty of u damo. did u mean to catch yorself in the mirror or was that just a fluke..... any way keep the threads comin and the pics, really nice to keep a track on you both. have a wicked christmas. love to u both xx
EVERYONE Thanks for all your comments and messages it is so great to get them and to know that people are actually reading the blog. we are missing people but having such a fab time lots of love xxxxx
My personnel friend Damo
Missing you at IP all the crack as gone. When you in Aus i go there in April - Sunshine Coast could arrange to meet up - take care
Jimbo IPL
Skype Hello! Great updates on your travels, sounds like ur having an amazing time. I've just joined skype, but dont really jnow how to use it- could you drop me an email with ur skype number on it and we'll try to get it setup and arrange a date to chat, will be good to catch up. Speak soon, jarv and jane x
The bus journey nightmere! Hey guys, loving your updates...keep them coming! Sounds like your having a blast.
Glad you're all ok and can look back on the journey and laugh, i told you there is always a nightmere journey...or two!
I've just read a couple of books by a guy called Rolf Potts, (check out http://www.rolfpotts.com/books.html) vagabonding and marco polo didnt go there, both really good for different reasons. Try and grab a copy whilest your away, vagabonding is a must for anyone backpacking!
Anyways take care and keep the blogs coming!
Seed Stacked Chris
Just shown ben the picture of you and the dog...he jumped straight up on my lap I think he actually recognised you! Me and Ben are proper Jealous!!!! Love to you both x x x x
I'm sat here with ten fooking layers on and a bean bag that you heat up in the microwave - I'm well Jealous :-)
Look after each other and keep safe and have the times of your life.
Bromley out
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Hi glad to hear your still having a good time! Some great things you are seeing. It's thick snow here can't get to work today it's that bad!!! went to Spar at 06:30 to get some provisions and shevles were bare then so just came back with a pack of fags!!! You know me get the essentials. Ha Ha. It was up to my shins can't believe it. John's reusing to leave the house or to get out of bed for that matter.
It has been taking over an hour to get from town to winterton.
We haven't been up to anything here meant to be going to Lincoln Christmas Market tomorrow on a bus with my mum think that will be a no go, and I am supposed to going to Newcastle on Sunday for my birthday with Bry but all the trains are disrupted. Great as I have already pre booked everything and paid!!!
Speak soon keep safe love Mel xx
Hi Guys,
hope your both well, i've been following your blog and getting itchy feet, me and bry could well rob a bank and be off again soon (if only). Just sat up watching the cricket like a sad b###ard, just looked out of the window and we have a couple of inches of snow, which means i will be hibernating for the weekend and probably the rest of the winter.
China must have been a bit of a shock to the system, you are suposed to break yourself in gently with some easy countries to travel, but you guys just threw yourselves in at the deep end. I wouldn't mind checking it out myself sometime, i dont know if i could handle all the lung butter being coughed up though!!
Friday night and no beer, busy with course work all this weekend. Proper burnt my hand today and still hurting, i put a fring pan in the oven to finish off a dish i was cooking, took it out with a cloth and put it on the side, 30 seconds later i forgot and went and picked it up like a plank, blisters on all fingers and across the palm of my hand, i bet the neighbours thought i was killing someone!!
went to london at the weekend and we stayed with chap for a night in maidstone, it was really good to see him and i think we will be spending new year together, not sure where we will end up though. Have you decided where you will be staying for christmas?
Anyway, cricket is getting quite exciting (honest!!) so i'm going to sign off, keep the pics and comments coming, they are the only thing reminding me that there is a life outside of work at the moment!!!
NICE hello mad
i like the look of your latest entry best it looks well chilled and peaceful-for a change! the beaches and general scenery looked really pretty, shame le dragon ruined some-only kidding mary!!!!X, was ace to speak to you both the other week, thankyou for ringing me it was really good to hear from you, its fukin freezing here at the minute-(friday 26-11-10 @1pm) gunna snow this weekend if it doesnt today and gunna be like this for at least two weeks!! having a paperwork day today so its pretty chilled and flange is workin this weekend so i rekon it could be a propperfogargeme weekend with some hardcore xbox!!!! nino n bry came down for a day earlier in the week and we got pissed was good to see them and we had a laugh! bet your glad to see the back of china from some of the photos and your text on the blog it dont look like a place i have any desire to visit! however some of the stuff looked really nice and cultured and im bet your glad you did it. you both look really well in your photos-are you growing a beard r kid, have you shaved since you left? im gunna attempt this skype thing after writing this-finally! any way gunna love you and leave you take care of each other my bezzy mates and hopefully speak to you both asap all the best love BENNXXXXX
How terribly exciting Ey up me old muckers!
Ooh get you two in China. Isn't the t'internet marvellous! I feel like I have experienced a little bit of your exciting trip now. In fact the description of your hostel accommodation reminded me very much of the hotel I stayed in for my honeymoon (it was a pig farm though).
Keep up the good work - love to you both
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Hi Pat Thanks for the message. We are having a great time. Good to be out of China!!
Can you remember the advert for peanut butter
"Sun Pat, Fun Pat, our son Pat"
Just seeing your name reminded me of that daft advert!!
Hope you and the family are well, send our love xxxx
We are a fun loving couple embarking on a life changing trip in the search of enlightenment and self development. However, the reality is that we are both probably mad giving up our jobs in a recession to go jaunting around the world encountering hair raising coach journeys and unwelcoming doses of the trots!
I am the more highly strung of the 2 who is always late where Damien (Dim) is more laid back but a stickler for timekeeping... good job that opposites attract - I can already feel a few heated debates coming on! Anyway I anticipate the majority of those looking at this will already kno... full info
No Filth Please
Mary and Damien
Hi red-rose34 thanks for the comment on the photo. I did the effect in Photoshop (not that good with a camera yet!!) Glad you like it