Hi Alison, your adventure is nearly coming to an end. I'm sure you will be quite sorry, but all good things come to an end. Of course we are all here awaiting your homecoming !!!!! or perhaps you will just stay in Brazil, a lot warmer I'm sure. Anyway enjoy the last leg of your journey Love Agnes xxxxx
I'm going to miss all this messaging and emailing !!!

HI Ali, photos are fab. Im soooo jealous but have to say am looking forward to seeing you very much. Haven,t been to Jo Malone since you left !!!!!!! Keep safe. Lots of hugs .Diane xxx

Glad you are well - I think Chile escaped earthquakes with mostly "just" damage to buildings - not sure about Bolivia and Peru think they just felt the temors.

Pantanal sounds amazing -Was it wet season - did you see signs of the horrid the Hidrovia project (which may ruin the last remaining great wetland in the world and the planet's richest collection of aquatic plants)

The wild life sounds amazing - I hear they have albino alligators, as for the birds "If you can speak toucan, can you also speak threecan and fourcan?"- bad joke Were the storks the swollen neck Jabiru?- the Black Howler monkeys would be amazing to see in their natural habitat ( are they big?) In this part of the world Brazil is best known in the words of the Groucho Marx "Brazil is where the nuts come from." - get some photo's up pdq

Dear Alison,

Thanks for all these lovely postcards from around the world. Have just got your latest from Peru. What an amazing trip you are having and we don't know how you're going to settle back down to a humdrum life in Scotland now. Won't be long before we see you again and we're looking forward to hearing all about it then.

The sun is actually shining as I write this but there is a very cold wind. We have had a very mild autumn, actually very much better than our summer!! You certainly have not missed a beautiful Scottish summer this year.

Keep well. See you soon.

Love, Tony and Isabel

Hola Alison, Thanks for the postcards of Alpacas and Llamas,received this morning, All your post cards have arrived.so far. So Stewart thinks you would make a good " Elf" !!! well maybe I could get a job as one too !!! I am going to salsa dance lessons on Monday, so I'm looking forward to that. I am also going to a Pirates of the Carribean night next Friday for Children in Need, so I'll need to find an outfit !!! We are watching a Kylie show tonight, she looks really great. Better go now looking forward to your next instalment............... Cheerio, AGNES xxxxx

hi alison,

annmarie and i were at the old fruitmarket party for the commonwealth games, amy macdonald, deacon blue, strathclyde policepipeband a few other bands and s few sporting celebs were at it!!! place went mental when glasgow won. if you check ou www.stv.tv.co.uk and click on the video clip for announcement or decision/result clip then look behind the old man in wheelchair when they interview crowd in the fruitmarket...its me and annmarie!!!

hope your having fun pity the clock is ticking for you!!!

you will be okay for work alison, you would make a great elf, lots of demand for them around december time!!!!

lots of love stewart and annmarie

x

Alison

We are fine. Now have internet again so can get back into your trip properly. Was in London today. Mum and dad were down last week and it was lovely to have them. Glasgow has won the Commonwealth Games in 2014. Rest and Be Thankful has reopened after a landslide. Enjoy the rest of your trip. Cant wait to see the photos.

Lots of love

Colin and Karen XXX

Hello Alison,

Thank you for the lovely postcard -- so good to hear from you. And I have enjoyed your postings. It's fun to learn that you have traveled to places in South America where I have also been -- the Andes mountains are amazing. You have a very adventuresome spirit! I think you have a good plan to think about your future once you get on the plane home and not a minute sooner -- things will work out for you. Take care, Susan

Hi Alison,

How are you? Thanks so much for the postcards; I'm still very jealous of your travels! Have sent you a couple of long emails with all my chat so hope you have received them - not expecting a response as I know you've got hundreds of people to keep in touch with. Everything good here. Working full time now which is seriously interfering with my social life!! Hair is getting very long now, as is yours I see.

Take good care of yourself and looking forward to seeing you when you get back. Carla xx

hello alison!!

Finally i am able to send you a message! i am not sure what happened, but a few times the message has not sent!, or as i see below it came up blank!!???

well, you are looking fab, the travelling seems to be agreeing with you. i cannot believe how long your hair is, - can i have some? i have had mine all chopped off , was in need of a change.

me and stewart have really enjoyed following your blog, it looks amaizing.

we were at cairndow last weekend- we took aunty ella up for the day, i think she really enjoyed seeing everyone, and she spent a fortune in the shop!

we are going down to visit colin and karen at the end of the month- we are both really looking forward to that, it will be good to get a wee holiday. we are going to spend the day in manchester then head to wigan, well that is the plan so far... suppose it will all change.

hopefully we will see you before we head down, or if not we will see you when we get back up.

anyways i hope you enjoy your last few weeks to the max!!

lots of love

annmarie xxxx

firstly would like to say i agree with ryan come back and work @ RH! ps he is Emo not rocker lol.

and OMG! @ your donkey pic! lol Donkeys Rule!

Take care Bridget opps i mean ali lol love to auntie jan charlene x x x