Hi there people - we have been in Koh Samui in Thailand now for a couple of days. Weather is really hot and humid and the beach is nice. This must be the cheapest place on planet earth. A cold bottle of pepsi ( a glass bottle may i add ! ) for about 12 p and a t bone steak meal might set u back a couple of quid ! Before here we spent 3 days on a malaysian island called Penang. This place was a shopaholics paradise - as me and Dill found out ! We spent one day like a couple of old tarts getting our hair coloured and having full body massages ! I FELT PHYSICALLY VIOLATED AFTER MY MASSAGE AND WOULD NEVER HAVE ONE AGAIN !! a 60 YEAR OLD BLOKE BEAT THE s*** OUT OF ME FOR AN HOUR , WHILST I WAS SCREAMING IN PAIN AND OCCASIONALLY LAUGHING WHEN HE HIT MY TICKLY POINTS! CAN YOU BELIEVE IT - HE EVEN WANTED ME TO PAY FOR THE SO CALLED " PLEASURE ' I GOT FROM IT ! Anyway we are stickin to our guns on the enforced KFC and McDonald ban. Howeber this just means an increase in trade for their competitors - like Pizza Hut for example. We went there after a shopping trip that lasted 7 hours and they nearly ran out of food and drink ! Just before i go i would just like to state my funny moment of today , which involved two monkeys on top of a truck whizzing down the high street at illegal speeds - you had to be here to see how funny it was ! Keep your messages comin - you have all been a bit quiet lately - whats the matter ? Take care , speak soon x

Hello jackie i saw your message on tanya's message board, if you want to e-mail me my address is [email protected].

Hello guys, hows it goin? Just sat in my flat at da mom gota bunch girls sat around the tele watchin desperate housewives at the moment in the living room, so i thought id check in ya's! Cant believe you're in thailand already, you move around so fast i cant keep up with ya's! You have got another 2 months haven't you guys?? Anyway, again not much goin on over here unfortunatley just loads damn uni work, so av taken some time off today 2 get some sleep! Went out last night for some reason, and i've only had 1 and a halfs hours sleep over the last 2 days. I was sleeping on my feet! Nothin as interesting as the chap and dil adventures tho, checked out the cool pics also, am soo jealous! As the geordies would say 2You lucky B*****ds like"!! Haha, booked a holiday myself wid a group of 10 of us in july, so i got something to look forward 2, part from workin at Sports Socce 4 12 weeks! Haha, plus am kinda seing someone at da moment back in preston, and she going on holiday too which av kinda lost interest in being long distance. Its all abit complicated, you know me chaps! Anyway i'll look forward to seeing your next instalement of pics, until then take care guys! Keeps us posted!

Hi boys,

How long as it been without kfc or Mc D's? Great to see the pics but trust us we will out do you on photos Howson takes more pics than my mum!!!!has some lovely shots of me and emma doing r bikini lines...em nice!!!We r on magnetic island at the moment its great having abit of a rest and sunbathing need to catch up with your tans but dont think that will ever happen. Take care Love Tan xx

Hi - quick message to Mary Allen and all u others out there - we will never be outdone on photogaraphs by anyone you hear ? Good ! Anyway it is nice tio hear from u Mary Allen - not seen you for ages , hope u r well. We are in Kuala Lumpur at the moment , heading for Penang on a train tonight. An 11 hour journey costs us a fiver each and we get a bed ! How cheap is that , eh ?! We are staying here for a week in a central locaion for 10 pound each - i know its ridiculous ! Asia is quite good and has everything that u would find at home. A kfc meal is a pound , cinema ticket 1.50 , game of bowling less than 2 pound. The people are really friendly - the women too friendly , but you know what their agenda is ! We went to a bar last night and we were being eyed up all night by all the locals - we were scared to talk to anyone ! It is a bit wierd seeing 50 year old english guys with 20 year olds hanging off their arms - obviously not a legitimate thing. Cant stop buying clothes as they are so cheap, however we have banned ourselves from eating any McDonalds or KFC for the remainder of the trip. James was beginning to cluck like a chicken and i kept dreaming of ronald mcdonald so we had to take action ! Gotta go and email a few buddys so take care and keep in contact x

Hi James and Chappy. Its Mary here!! Ha Ha - bet your thinking 'what the hell.......' Got your web address from Booker & Howsons website (cheeky!) and just thought I would say HELLO seen as you are on the other side of the planet!! Cant believe you have been to so many fantastic places - ha ha - beats TAIZE doesnt it Chappy!!! Looks like you're having a wicked time, the pics are absolutley ace - be warned though - the two Tanya's have now updated their website FULL of brand new photo's, so they are now outdoing you both in that respect! Keep having fun, I'm sure you will. Lots of Love Mary A xxxx

Hi guys, sorry its been so long since i've mailed.... been busy, busy, busy with work! You'll be glad to know James, that your braniac sister has now passed here driving thoery test ( 35 out of 35 of course!) so it will only be a matter of time before i am queen of the road! Have to book practical test which I am not looking forward too! Also it seems that i have managed to get tickets for FA cup match between liverpool and man utd next week so am taking the new love of my life.... can't wait to tell him, he'll be so chuffed! I'm really excited too! Do you know any good places to go out in liverpool??? never really been there, would appreciate any tips! Have seen your pics.... very nice! Looks like you two are having the time of your lives! Really happy that you're having a good time. Oh and hope you weren't really smoking that cigar in Las Vegas... very naughty! Australia looks fab but you'll have to send us some pics of sinagapore if you get chance. All that maccy d's so cheap..... sounds like heaven! Anyway better go and ring work and tell them that i can't do the night shift tonight (sick of them ringing me when thy're short staffed)... keep on having a ball, lots of love laura xxx

HI THERE GUYS, SOUNDS NICE AND CHEAP HEY BRUV IF ITS THAT CHEAP YOU CAN GET YOUR LIL SIS A NICE DESIGNER BAG CAUSE YOU LOVE ME SO MUCH. WARREN TRAVELLED TO CRYSTAL PALACE ON MONDAY WITH FIRST TEAM AND STAYED OVER IN POSH HOTEL. HE WAS ON BENCH AGAIN FOR FIRST TEAM THEY WON PALACE 2-1 WITH DANNY DICHIO SCORING BOTH HOW ABOUT THAT BOTH HEADERS AS WELL, DICHIO ACTUALLY WINNING A HEADER. WARREN WAS DEAD CHUFFED AGAIN TO GET ON BENCH AND GOT A NICE BONUS AGAIN... ANYWAY THINGS ARE GOING OKAY HERE GETTING MY ROOM DECORATED PINK AND IM GOING FUNNY GIRLS NEXT FRI WI ME MATES TO MIX WITH ALL THE DRAGS AND GAYS WHICH SHOULD BE QUITE A LAUGH.. ANYWAY KEPP HAVIN FUN YOU TWO.
MY LOVE ALWAYS LIL SIS XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Hi there everyone - been in Singapore for just over 24 hours now and we are having a great time ! Didnt do much last night apart from watch a film in our room and order a McDonalds for peanuts which they delivered to the hotel room ! Between us we ordered 3 double cheeseburgers , 4 chicken wings , 20 chicken nuggets and a chicken foldover meal for about 8 quid with delivery charges and tax included - not bad eh ! Today we have had a great day at Sentosa Island. This place has all the main tourist atrractions on it as well as great beaches and restaurants etc. We started the day by watching a film in a 4D cinema. You put the glasses on etc but unlike the Imax , you have wind blowing in yer face , water spat at you and bugs thrown at your legs in the form of electronic impulses etc ! We then went to view an old POW camp and fort , which was interesting. After a pizza for lunch we took a ride on a street luge track which was ace ! We then went high in the singapore skyline on a cable car ride and also took in some great sights from a revolving 130m high observation tower. We went to an attaraction called the Merlion which also had an observation deck and a short movie on Singapores history etc. We then ate a ridiculous amount of cheap food in a restaurant before watching a quite amazing water and laser show. The water fountains danced to the music whilst animated characters came to life in the midst of the lasers and fire etc A really good way to end the day. Pity we dont have any of these things back home. Tomorrow we are gonna do a bit of window shopping and maybe go for a few drinks before heading to Kuala Lumpur on the 8th. We need to book a train asap to make sure we get there. Anyway love u and leave u all for now - take care Chappy x

Jimmy and Chappy,sounds like a brilliant boat trip you have on guys,so jealous of that one.Jimmy dressed up as Caeser eh Chappy,can just picture that,big fella with a little skirt on!!!And you just covering the Crown Jewels bet it was a right lark,I don't know it's amazing what you sailor types get up too!!!!!So you are heading for the mysteries of the East now are you,now I'll bet that is good.Anyway must go now lads as I have to spend at least two minutes sorting my team selection out for tommorrow,oh the strains of management!!!!!!!!!Take care lads and carry on having a great time.All the best Popsxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Hi there everyone - just come back from our 3 day sailing of the Whitsunday Islands. A great time was had by all ! Dilly dressed up as Julius Caesar for an onboard Superhero theme night , whilst i just had a hat around my tackle. There were no materials left to make a costume ! It was prpobably the best scenery i have ever seen in my life - see through waters and white sands etc. We also did a bit of snorkelling which was ace - jellyfish and loads of other illuminous little things swimming around us. We met plenty of new people , the best of which was a british guy from Birmingham. He was a 7 foot tall Aston Villa supporter ( poor sod ) and really made us laugh. He was a lone traveller so he was shy at first - then we couldnt shut him up ! He jumped overboard whilst being pissed in the pitch black and resorted to calling the skipper a f***** for turning the music down ! we are just in Cairns at the moment , heading for Singapore tomorrow afternoon. Just been to the cinema today to watch Munich ( quite a good one ) and Get Rich or Die Tryin ( think James was dyin as he was watchin it ! ). Anyway gotta head out for a crazy booze fuelled night out so speak to you all when in Singapore x ps It would be nice to hear what you think about the pictures !

Hi guys- how are the sea legs doin !!! are you all salty and brown?? well its flippin freezin and has been for the last week or so here...there was a methane gas scare at Deepdale Retail Park yesterday James...hey its all happenin here !!! we have managed to get the dining room ceiling back on after the leak so its just a big plastering job now.... umm lovely, more mess, but never mind.
Goin for an assessment next week for a casual drivin job with Preston Transport drivin little old ladies and men in big green buses around Preston.....could be crazy!!!!!!!! Anyway thats all the xcitin stuff for now...ohh loved the pics..gonna put them on disc to show grandma and grandad....well done chappy, big pat on the back....well gotta go and eat curry...farewell salty seadogsxxxxxxx
ps James tickets still not arrived yet will let you know asap they do arrive. byeeeee xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx