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Yay love these posts, ha ha Sinead you're hilarious! love both your writing styles, so fun! I've finally got my new computer and a touch of time to get on reading about your adventures, so nice to see how your whole trip has been! wishing you two the best, and i hope we cross paths again somewhere down the line! much love Brittany

He great post guys! love your writing Simon, 'bits and bob's' ha ha oh you adorable Brit's! So nice to see what you're up to, hard to believe you're on the other side of the world now! I'm flying over to your neck of the woods on Friday, landing in London! Wishing you the best of travels and can't wait to read more! also, SUPER jealous of the Orangutangs, WOW what an experience of a lifetime! check my blog out too! www.borealblonde.com I'll be posting soon about our awesome time on the Salkantay Trek! miss you xoxox Brittany

A Grand Finale
Hi again Si, so this last and perhaps best of your epics heralds the end of the trail (for this time anyway). I must compliment you on a well written and informative record of your travels and many adventures. It has been great for us poor old "stay at homes" that we have been able to travel along with you and to share in some of those hair raising adventures. Each new "posting" has been eagerly awaited, sometimes even with a little frustration when the gap between bulletins seemed a little long. We have no doubt that it has been a wonderful trip and one you will appreciate all your life, the highs certainly have outweighed the one or two lows along the way. We too would like to say a big thank you to your true friend Chris who has been a staunch companion and we have enjoyed the privilege of reading his "so" amusing and interesting accounts. I expect that by the time you read this you will be back home with your friends and family, an event S,i that we are all looking forward to and as you will find out the weather has reverted to the typical British summer "cool wet and windy" by way of welcome home, though rumour has it a high is forecast, though that just might just apply to the region of the Botley household. Well done Si and Chris enjoy the flight home and see you soon. N&G R .

.... home soon YAY!!!
Brilliant Si - can't wait to see you both back home! Love 'n hugs mum xxxxxxxxx

happy belated birthday
happy birthday simon for whenever it was but i'm sure i did wish you one via email. anyway, sounds as if you had a really lovely day and next year if you spend it in a wet and windy wales you can recall your memories of your belize birthday. lovely blog again and really filled in a few gaps! 3 weeks to go and although very selfish of me i cant wait to see you both at the arrivals lounge- in one piece! take extra care in mexico and check your rucksacks carefully before you board that flight- we dont want to find out what visiting hours are in a mexican jail! enjoy the rest of your holiday. is future career decision time looming?! keep safe jackie x

.... Pesky Frenchies!!
Hey Si, glad to hear that you remembered your manners and gave way to a French lady perhaps she was confused - they do drive on the wrong side of the road you know! Sounds like you and Chris are enjoying doing as little as possible it is indeed a hard life by the sounds of it. No green eyed monster here and Gem thinks dolphins are over-rated anyway! (Yeah she might) As for Birthdays in the Caribbean - pfff! Keep it up both - it all sounds amazing, enjoy your final few weeks, take care in Mexico and we will see you very soon!! Lots of love mum xx

hi
all sounds fabulous still. how are you going to adapt to ' normal ' life on your return? not many volcanoes around here i'm afraid-active or otherwise! how many photos have you taken so far-1000's?!!hopefully and how has the diving been in honduras? fabulous i expect.please make sure that honey monster has a shave before return otherwise he'll have to wear a pink carnation at the airport so we recognise him! continue to have fun and keep laughing! are you planning your next campaign yet?! have a lovely birthday on 16th. i was going to say do something memorable but with your track record of dare devil activities i'd hate to encourage you! anyway, have a good one. love to both and keep safe! jackie x

Its raining in Wales
Hi there Si, what a great read, the adventures keep on coming. Hard to get one's head round the time warp of the IDL but as you say you've done it so it must be true! The mud slides do bring to mind some great mental pictures, hope you have plenty of good ones to show us "stay at homes" when you return. As to Volcano Boarding, perhaps your "Nan" might have a go, though I doubt it, as for me I think I might give that one a miss!! Now its time to make "you" a little jealous (ha ha) and tell you about our latest travels. A week spent in Somerset was very good, we enjoyed some great walks on Exmoor, though the weather was a bit cool, Mike, Cal and James will vouch to that as they slept in the awning. Next on the agenda a week to the wild wastes of Wales, Snowdonia in fact; where "indeed to goodness" it is living up to expectations and is raining (so what's new about that). Fair to say it has not rained all the time and we have managed a few ventures off the beaten track and enjoyed some walks in wild and rugged scenery. A first ever visit for us to Penrhyn Castle was also most enjoyable. Sadly though the "long hot" summer which we enjoyed in April does seem to have deserted us, perhaps even permanently, maybe you could parcel and bring something of the tropics back with you when you return in July. Si, that's more than enough from us, suffice to wish you a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY for the 16th, we will miss you at the PARTY!!!! Take care, Stay safe, love from Nan and I,

Volcano Boarding......
.... seriously Si what is your problem? Do you have to try that? I'm sure there is no need you know - how about a nice little walk somewhere - much more sensible! (Yeah well its a mum thing - we worry). Have a great time anyway and take care, tis good to hear that you are both OK and have finally had a decent wash by the sound of things! Keep the blogs coming and enjoy your birthday on the 16th! Miss you loads lots of love Mum xxxxxx

Hi Si sorry for not replying to your fantastic blogs, both you and Chris have done and seen some truly wonderful things. You know that I would have to be tranquilized just to get on the plane! I would have to be already dead to jump, sorry be pushed! I cannot really imagine how terrifying a fall of 16500 ft would be! As for the utter stupidity of the things called bungy jumping and canyon swinging! well no amount of money could cross my palms to make them happen! So I am not going to pretend to be jealous of those idiotic types of activity, but the rest sounds just brilliant and such experiences. I know we will have to await your pictures and they will inevitably struggle to capture the sights but your words really evoke the atmosphere and the excitement . Keep up the brilliant blogs, you and Chris stay safe.

hello simon. new zealand sounds amazing. better than austrailia? all those fabulous treks! i'm really envious. how many photos have you taken?!! hope you remember where they all are! good to know the troublesome two are back in buisness! look after each other and enjoy the last leg of your trip. might be slightly different different culture and ways of doing things there compared to very laid back and accomodating asia. take care of each other and stay alert! love to both jackie xx

wow! mr action man!
hi simon. what a busy boy you've been! and good for you for not letting bad luck pull you down- every cloud has a silver lining! - even hurricane clouds! everything sounds fantastic-apart from bungee jump. no thank you! i'd have joined you on all that fabulous treking though. it'll make the trefonen hill walk which i do annually, seem a tad tame! hopefully you've achieved most of what you wanted to do in new zealand and are now ready for the return of 'the ellis' to add extra essence to your further travels!!! how is the facial growth? chris is getting really fed up with his [ i'm sure he's overexaggerated and its a bit of bum fluff!]he wants to keep it til he meets up with you though! soooooo competative! enjoy the last 10 days in new zealand and hope the fuijian rendez vous goes ok and you actually recognise each other! two robinson cruesoes wandering around the arrivals lounge! take care, especially in central america. well done you jackie x

Sky Dive, Bungee ....
....all in the space of a week! Actually your descriptions sound fantastic - almost make me want to have a go! Sounds like you had the perfect day to jump from a plane and I can't wait to see the dvd and photos you nutter! All is good here, the weather has been amazing during April warm and sunny - no nasty hurricanes in the UK! Your Dad has some fairly momentous news which I will let him tell you about - tis good news but you will be floored to be sure!!!!! Enjoy the next couple of weeks and take care - perhaps try keeping your feet on the ground for a bit. Love you lots! Mum xxxxxxxxxxx