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james and donna Hi Ben Looks like you have had a great time. Had no idea that you were going to that many places. You must be shattered i know that Donna and I were knackered enough just going around New Zealand for four weeks! Pics look great-very professional. Sorry to disappoint re Thierry - maybe next time... or not... Great idea though. See you soon James,Donna,Henry and charlie.

Sam Padgham Hey Ben, Looks like you're having the time of your life!! Photos are fab and I now want to get myself a flight to somewhere far far away and beautiful! Continue to enjoy it and take good care x

gary rollingson hi there hen and ali, well guys it certainly looks like youre still having a fantastic time. i'm getting greener every time i look at your site. the weather here is all over the place, a few weeks back Ellie was stomping around in almost 1/2 a foot of fresh snow to her delight, and now she's totally covered in factor 50 sun tan lotion. Ben, if you do try one of the bungies whilst your out there, then make sure you approach it in the same manor that we both did when we were last on hols, that's with loads and loads or alcohol :-), hopefully you won't try and learn to fly on your way down, like how I did:-) speak to you guys soon. from G, N and E. x

louise whittington Hi Ben, No, I did not know all that information about Dunedin! And I too would like more variety of Dairy Milk in the U.K. Good that you are getting an education over there, loved the swimming with dolphins photos. Hope all continues to go well, love Louise x

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charles hey ben, Charles from the YHA Ta Anau here. They finally sorted out the internet in the afternoon that you left. I was looking through some of your pictures and all i can say is horray for editing! great pictures. Now that is a true round the world trip. Anyway, it was nice meeting you and hope you and your brother have an awesome remainder of the trip. I have a photojournal at www.lastpatriot.com if you wanna check that out sometime. have a good one. cheers, charles

gary Hi there Ben and Ali, Hope your both well, it certainly looks that way from your pics. Just been flicking through and it looks as though your having a brilliant time. the ferris wheel was unbeliveable, looks like you've used a wide angle lense to make it look that big. Perhaps a skill we have all acquired with the camera over the year !!!! :-) Also some strange food choices at the market in Hoi AN i'm sure ali tried most things !! also looking forward to a interesting meal now at yours thanks to your cooking course. seems like your spending far to much time at the beach both surfing, relaxing and ogalling some of the other sights you see at the back! the Thai Boxing looked a bit vicious but very cultural. I was expecting to see a cut and paste of stuarts face on one of the guys lol. Your visit to Hiroshima must of left a powerful memory with you both, seems very strange to think that after dropping the bomb that one of the few buildings within the entire city was actually direcly underneath where it went off.... very eerie indeed. At then in total contrast you've then visited Phi Phi Ley beach, which looks absolutely beautiful alhtough the tsunami sign was a bit worrying, but a useful sign to show that you should walk away from the water in order to escape. So is the beach miles and miles away from the mainland as it appears in the film, or is it just around the corner as a peninsula from a busy busy town like the pyramids at Giza? anyway, it looks like your having an absolutely fantastic time and the pictures are certainly looking very good indeed, a briliant log of your travels. look forward to see more of what's to come. P.S. - Quick question, are you planning on a trip to Chicago, when your out in America and what sort of time could that be if you were to? speak to you guys soon, cheers. Gary, Nic and Ellie

Carley Looks like you're making the most of your trip - the photos are fantastic! Am sooooo jealous! Japan is cold and wet today, but hey hoe, we're off to Dubai in a few weeks than back home to drink beer from pint glasses - yay! Take care of yourselves! Carley

Adriana Hello Ben, I hope you are well! Great photos you have in your blog... Keep posting !! Happy New Year to you and your friends there ! Adriana (T&D - Brazil) Xx

Stuart Well i hope you are happy, im covered head to foot in paint, everybone and muscle in my body hurts, i have worked for 12 days solid (apart from christmas day... was not aload to work then!!!) and im f***ing shagged (in the boring way) and what have you done.. nothing apart from gallivant around the world drinking beer doing things i wished i was doing ....LUCKY b******S. Well I hope you are happy with yoursleves. Luv Stuart

Paul How cools this? Look at you travelling round the world and all... you've grown so big! I'm be so proud. It looks like your going to some dangerous places, so don't go out after dark and always hold your friends hand. Don't drink water out of the taps in mumbo jumbo lands and don't forget to change your pant's. Oh and the worlds best skunks off the beaten track so get out of the city guys!

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Gwen Ben! Just read your blog and well and truly chuckled. Photos are great (forget the sights, that green batmobile thing is craaaazy). Keep posting - it gives us an escape from the daily slog ;-)

John Hi Ben Just read your blog posts. Sounds like your having fun. Glad you enjoyed you stay in Japan and I agree with your views on Tokyo. I'm off there in a couple of days for a conference, which should be fun. Also I followed three of those vans down the road the other day, they make me laugh everytime I see one. Hope things are going well for you both John