counting down the days!

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heya there, as you all know me and dozing m are trying to prepare for our amatrip around south america. and blimy we are going to miss you all so so much!! but not too much i mean you're all too jelous to admit that you are going to miss us but we are going to miss you. Did i mention that we will miss you?!?
But packing, boy is that hard, what do we take what do we leave behinde? i want to take just about everything, and a spare and dom would be happy with a mosquito net, pair of walking boots and a swiss army knife!
But there is so much preporation to do and half of our budget is being eaten up just getting to the airport! (i mean thanks mum and doms mum for offering funds!!) but we have sorted all of our money our and purchased a few more camera memory cards and i think i will be in charge of the photography! hehe

and for those of you who don't know who we are;
I'm Laura, 18, and just finished my A-levels, and will be getting the results whilst (if all goes according to plan) in bolivia! and then when i get back i have 2 weeks or so before i start uni at Plymouth uni where i will study education!

and Dom is my 21yr old boyfriend, hes just finished his first year at Exeter University studying politics and is a guitar genius!

well we leave on Sunday so you can sit at your computer screens and wait for our next entry!
Love you all
Laura & Dom

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Photos

Beautiful England
me by the sea!

Beautiful England
dom in the lovely countryside!

Comments

[Siobhan]

Grrr *jealousy* Are you going to Chile and Venezuela - they look cool. And Patagonia - very pretty!

[Uni Lucy]

Helloooo
hey! hoping this works! have a great trip! look forward to hearing more and seeing more pictures! :D love lucy x

[VINCENZO D LA FONZO]

ZEE TRIPA TO MA HOMELAND!!!
EH!!!, GRINGOS!,WENNA YOU GETA TO B_R_A_Z_I_L!, DONNA FORGET TO TRY ONE OFA "VINCENZOS" MEHICANO CHILLI BURGERS!!, MADEA FROM "RATTLESNAKE MEAT", OLE!, MAKEA SURE YOU GOTTA BIG BUCKET OF WATER READY COS THEM CHILLI BURGERS ISA HOOOOTTTT!!!!! OLE! ADIOS AMIGOS

[Dom]

Comments and we haven't even left yet! Things are looking good - we have more money than we thought, which means we can fly back to Rio rather than finding our ay back down there from Peru. In theory that means we could trek all the way up to Panama in Central America, through Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Peru, Equador and Columbia. Simon told us Columbia was the closest thing to paradise, in terms of beaches, in the world. Hello tan!

[lauras mum]

so long
i will miss you loads but i'll be a lot richer...but a lot greyer!! keep safe! Love you both! Bev

[Siobhan]

Columbia - also closest you'll ever get to lots of crack, not that you're interested in that. I'm encouraging my boyfriend to be a drugs baron (chemistry student), sounds glamorous.

[Aggi aka Mum]

Hello both!
Missing you already, but waiting for your news with bated breath! Enjoy yourselves and take of eachother, Love you SO much! Mum xxx

[VINCENZO]

EH!! GRINGOS!
Hey! you gringos have no contacted us, so we nota sure if u have landed in theeze beautiful Mother contry of ours?. Its sure "hot" here-about 29, so iza it "hot-chilli weather there hombres!!! Eh!!, gringos we saw R.E.M. supported by IDLEWILD,and THE ZUTONS Eh!,Eh!.... Speak agen soon Hombres, Buenos Noches arriva!!!