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Great sunset picture.

first and last
As is the norm I have enjoyed your blog and revelled in the photographs. Well done and thanks.

The Journey So far
Chris & Sharon, Great read, looking forward to read the rest of your travels as I am sitting in my dingy little office, where a stingy Ray of sunlight struggles feebly down between the houses tall, And the foetid air and gritty of the dusty, dirty city Through the open window floating, spreads its foulness over all (with apologies to Banjo Paterson

Drinks anyone?
Stick to the beer!Sounds a better option to us. I think we'll have to add this trip to our wish list. It's all sounding fabulous. Soak it all up and enjoy the experiences!

Love hearing about Africa. You must be enjoying checking out the animal spoors! Keep it coming.

Nguzu-nguzu
I had to look at this twice to check that I was seeing right. This looks remarkably like a Nguzu-nguzu. Throughout the Solomon Islands - all provinces- there are representations, usually carved in wood, of Nguzu-nguzu, the shark god, who theoretically protects people. I don't think it works. i had been swimming in a particular area, and asked if there were sharks. Nope. No sharks, and Nguzu-nguzu will protect you anyway. Following week, a small ferry with 96 people went down in the same area, and all of them were eaten by Nguzu-nguzus. Yep.... that one worked!

NT - Wow !!!
Great comments and fabulous photographs - good to hear all is still going well and you will both be so fit. Keep travelling safely.

England calling Queensland
Great to be reading your logs and seeing the photos again. It has made us more determined to add that area to the bucket list for us and the van although your accommodation looks interesting. All is well here, we have had 3 days with Kerrie & Ric and dropped them in London yesterday ready for the England part of their tour. Happy travels, Love from Andrews

New York State of Mind
This is like catching up on your favourite programme - without waiting until next week because you have a few lined up (the advantage of not being blog savy)! This brought back memories - our trip to NY was many moons ago - but the thing that stood out the most to us were the quality of the buskers too! There was a whole band on one street corner and I mean WHOLE band - including full drum kit . . sax ... trumpet ... etc etc. The tube ride from the airport to the city was little scary (with some "off the planet" passengers roaming the carrages - but as I had not slept for two days and was asleep on Barrington's shoulder - he was the one being vigilant and ready to defend! I only got to see the friendly, helpful polite ones too. I can see how you could get used to this :) JD

To Drink or Not to Drink
Love the look of the country side around "your place". And the river at Iron Bridge is picture postcard gorgeous. Have to comment also on your photo of the Guiness at Kinsale. Very artistic and a great reminder of what seems to be a big part of the trip .. . Good thing there is so much walking in there too ! Had a good laugh at your comment about what "made Ireland" also :)

From deepest, darkest Switzerland
Glad to see you had a great time in NY and experienced all that there was to see and do in the time available. Good to be home no doubt especially as you aren't going to WORK!!! I pushed a red button to get out of a carpark today and it worked without an alarm going off ( sorry - couldn't resist) Luv from Us

Memories
Reading this blog made us feel like we were there! I have been looking at buttons on walls recently and everywhere we have been has had a little button just like the one at Newquay. Stobart count currently stands at 29 and climbing. Enjoy New York and don't forget to try the New York cheesecake.