Ed ARRIVED BACK IN THE UK ON THE 31ST OF december 2005 @ 06.10. THE PARTY IS OVER.....OR IS IT :o)

Ed Thanks nutty nic! a belated happy christmas to you too. have a great new year! xx

Nic of Nuts Merry Belated Xmas Eddie! Felt the need to leave you this little message as its snowing like you wouldn't believe right now and its proper Christmassy! Hope you had fun and Xmas wasn't too weird in the baking heat. See you in Jan, Nic xx

Ed by the way it's 8pm and that was me xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

merry christmas everyone. will be giving you guys a call tomorrow(hopefully i'll be sober but bare in mind the 7 hour time difference....) jim will be getting a call too. (i'll be sober for that! normal time )can't believe it's christmas. feels so weird being sweaty and hot and the sun shinining on a beautiful beach. see you soooon xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

mum MERRY CHRISTMAS ED, & a Happy New Year. Be good, and don't drink too much? Have fun in the sun lots of love mum & dad xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

DB Hi Bro! Just one last week fo work then crimbo! yes! Shame you're not here won't be the same without you- Stacey is taking your place in the house this year! Off to Tenerife Monday, will probably give you a call on sunday anyway, look forward to speaking to you. P.S. Sorry about the spalling hehe, Loadsa Love, wee Darren Birney

Papa Hi Ed!! How about this phone call, your dad gave you the number to my friend in Thailand. He really would love to hear from you. I insist you don't leave Thailand without phoning him even if you cannot meet up. He and I will both be disappointed if you do not do this. Best of luck on the rest of your trip love you loads Nana and Papa xx Hope to hear from you soon. auld papa God Bless x Nana sends her best talking about you all the time x

Simon Glad it's all going well in Laos ! I'll have word with my mate who opened his own cafe / chill out bar in India, cos he keeps raving on about Goa at this time of the year......probably because that's where the Indian people go for their hols ! As for Crimbo I'm sure it doesn't feel like it normally does because of the temp.... needs to be a bit chilly and maybe a bit of white stuff floating around ?!! Anyway enjoy ! :O)

Ed Hey all. Leaving laos tomorrow and heading back into northern thailand. Dad>>>>>Yep all is okay. Laos is beautiful. getting on the slow boat to thailand tomorrow which will take 2.5 days to get to the border. real journey. then heading to chang mai and hopefully doing a 3 day trek in to the mountains where different hill tribes are based. My flight home is Tuesday 24th January 2006. Si>>>> not sure where i'm spending xmas yet. its not gonna be a big deal. doesn't feel anything like it out here. might try and hit a beach somewhere but as yet unknown. Think we are going to Goa in India for NYE though which could be different ;O) Claire>>>>>>how's it going. been a long time! I'll email you when i get to chang mai (sunday/monday) got plenty of advice to give ;O) hope you're well. you'll love cambodia. xxxxx O)

Dad Hello ted hows things ? not heard from you for a while.how are yuo getting on in Laos your not missing any good weather here !!! Have you any idea when your homeward leg starts its just that mummy & daddy will have to stop those bare naked parties (bet the neighbours will releived) haha PS You look well in your photos. Got to earn some corn now !! speak soon son !! take care son

Claire Thought I'd have a look on here to see where you have been, what you have been up to, etc. Looks like you are having an amzing time! Fantastic photos. :) Particularly interesting to see the ones of the effect of the tsunami on Phi Phi - everyone I know who went there went before the Tsunami and I wasn't sure if I could trust the info on websites run by Phi Phi hotels etc. The longtail boat trip you went on in Krabi province looks amazing too. Would you mind emailing me the names of any hotels and guesthouses you stayed in that you particularly recommend (or particularly recommend avoiding) in any of the following - Bangkok, Krabi, Phi Phi, Penang, Kuala Lumpur, Melaka, Singapore? Sorry for being so cheeky. I'm off to SE Asia in January - doing voluntary work in Phnom Penh for a couple of months then doing a whistle-stop tour of some other places - so at the moment I'm trying to get as many tips as possible from people I know who have been there. Glad to see you are having such a good time anyway. Any idea when you will be home? Claire x

Simon Just wanted to say hi mate !! Glad things are going well for you at the moment after your hard couple of weeks a while ago. Everything is cool here.... work is same as, nothing really to report. can't believe you got mashed for Tim's birthday, not like you ! ;O) Just building up for crimbo here.... what you at for crimbo ? If your running out of mp3's for your player, then let me know if theres any choons you'd like and I'll email them to ya ! Laters :O)

Ed hey Nat. yep all is cool here. had tims birthday the other day. got steaming the night before and had an excellent meal at 'mama's restaurant' in Laos which is officialy THE friendliest place in the world. Everyone here so far is so unbelievably friendly. Hi Dad>>>>Left Cambodia a few weeks ago. Spent 3 weeks in Viet Nam which was excellent. Met up with quite a few buddies we've met travelling as well as the guys that used to live with us in Sydney. Just arrived in Laos, very beautiful. Went on a trekk today with a local village elder and interpreter. Tasted some of the local dishes for lunch and visited a stupah (buddhist temple) Currently in Savanakhet and moving on to Vientienne, the capital of Laos.

Dad Sorry about that last message meant to say We were up in Glasgow i was up for CELTIC V rangers we hammered them 3 0 by the way I was with uncle Joe & Jonnie Mac great day ! Nana & Papa were looking good and asking after you as were Grace and Billy the girls were asking about you to. ANYWAY SON GOT TO GO FOR NOW TAKE CARE SON X