dave hey Jane-y u'll get the ticket and cant wait 2cya back in brum xx

colin Hello!! we i go away on holiday for a few days and u seem to have bneen in 3 -4 different countries!! Brazil sounds rather exotic altho from what u say its full of drunkards? sounds a bit like Bham City centre on a weekend. It sounds like ur enjoying urself which is great. Well what are you missing here? well, the waether is good - not at all like a british summer; its sunny and warm!! the business is makig a further 260 redundancice next month so there lots of worried people about at the moment. My typing is still first-class :-). im off to see John Dormer later - i tthink you know hes noww a partner in a law firm in Leamington? Paul Allonby passed his tax exams at the first attempt which is great. everyone else is ok i think. Most people are /have beeb/are shortly going on their hols, so its a bit quiet around here!! Im not keen on boats myself so i hope u have a better time of it than i would. does it make you quesey?? Take care colin

colin Hi Jane Gosh , u do get around!! Chile sounds very nice. I dont know a lot about the country however Chilean Merlot is a very nice wine i think!! Did u say u were off to Africa on the bus? i thought that was a different continent? As u know my spleeing and typing is pretty poor so i hope i dont offent you too much. Keep the blogs coming - theyre very good :-) its interesting what you say about the journey itself being the most important part . That sounds very philospohical. i suppose you learn a lot about yourself really.

colin Hiya. sorry to hear you are not well again. (what have you been eating????). i imagine you are getting quite a lot of culture shock travelling around different continents and countries. How long r u in NZ for? neve been mysrlf although it looks lovely. Your photography of India was really impressive by the way. So will u be going on the hobbit trail? All relatively mundane here - lots of news about MPs fiddling their expenses (yawn). not much else to report really. Weather's getting better. No ones died of swine flu. (yet) Were those your dirty feet by the way on your photos?? Take Care Colin

Jennifer C Hi Jane. It sounds like you're having a great time. I just read your blog about Udaipur and I'll have a look at your photos next. Good luck with the next stage of the trip. Jen

colin hello. U sound very happy!!!! india sounds really nie and it must be nice to also have friends to stay with too i expect. Whats happening here? well, weather's improving; its actually getting warm now (well 20ish degrees). THe budget was this week which highlighted to everyone inthe UK what a mess the economy is in , so not good. the whole team is reducing its working days by a day a weekk from next month - not good either, but better that losing ones job! Michelle was 40 today - shes off to New York for her birthday. Its bank holiday next week so we all get an extra days holiday - yay!!!! hope the bus journey goes well Take care Colin

Jessica Tay Hey Jane!!! You have been gone for yonks now and everyone is wondering when you are getting back! Big hugs from everyone over here what is the rest of the plan for the last few months?? When are you back?? I am going off without tom for a hen weekend, my second ever weekend away without tom! :) Take careeee xxx

colin good to see you are better!! What have you been imssing here? (i hear you cry). Well, not a lot - clocks went forward for an hour last week so we are officially in BST. Actually , the weathers been ok recently. Its Easter next weekend so we all get a couple of extra days holiday - yay! Jade Goody's dead - but you probably jknow that. It been all over the papers here and on the TV - can;t understand why really? Came accross one of your emails earlier, whcih must have been one of the last pieces of work you did for me. The ground floor of the office is still closed following the fire!! Im fully expecting you to come back married or engaged with all the attention you are receiving. I dont think ill ever be a writer by the way. Enjoy!! Colin

colin Hello Sorry to hear you are unwell. Sounds pretty bad!!! at least the locals and the place you are in sound ok? where are you off to next then? you take care of yourself. Alls ok here by the way. Weathere is typical spring weather ie lots of stuff all in the sanme day. Works going ok although we are making lots of staff take time off to cope with the downturn. same old stuff really! colin

colin i dont know! upsetting taxi drivers now! you will get a bad reputation!!! know what you mean about being templed-out. Rome's a lot like that; you see so many amazing things it all gets a bit samey after a while. Enjoy!! Colin

jazz hey, hope that you are doing well. sounds like you are having great fun. we are hoping to follow in your footsteps (albeit in a different direction) at somepoint in the future. let me know if you need any help when in delhi or mumbai as have many a close friends in the hotel and politics industry.

colin hello!! so youve got the bug then? no, i dont mean the bed bug, im talking about teaching. I suppose by the time you get this you will have moved onto other things? where are you off to next? all pretty qute (ie boring) here, so not much excitement i can share with you!! Pnom Phen sounds nasty..

colin Hiya. looks like you might have sorted out your life's vocation then? good to see the teaching things going well. Im sure all the kids love it and soinds like you are too? Cambodia looks beautiful from what i can determine from your writings (which are all first-rate by the way). Good luck with the teaching Colin

SK Hi I enjoy reading your blogs. Very thoughtful and sensitive. Funny too. Well done. Please keep it up. Waiting for your writings about Singapore (if you are coming this way).

colin Hello motor bike - sory, Jane. Happy birthday!!!!!. Sounds like the culture shocks are becoming more, not less, apparent? good to see the weather's improving - its still nasty here , windy, raining and cold. Im trying really hard to improve my typing. Hope its a bit more legible this time. Best Colin