Sitting in a hostel room with a bottle of cheap nasty rum, believeing this would be the last night of our amazing journey we decided to try and sum it up...

So RTW - Everything will be Fine.

363 days ago we started our quest.New bags, new clothes, hair straigteners and our Sunday best!

16 Countries later & 28,000 miles. Theres been many ups & downs, but mostly huge smiles!

We've seen desserts & monsoons, & continents .... four. Sunrises, sundowns & so much more.

Spent ALL of our dollars but gained many lbs! And loved ALL of our adventures on our "long way round"!

Been sunburnt, windswept & eaten alive. New foods, new friends & learnt how to dive.

Extremes in temperatures, sickness & bone breaks. Sadness at leaving & even heartaches!

This most amazing year has happened too fast. Though we have loved every minute, we know it can't last.

We hope the memories don't fade with time. But at least we always knew that " everything would be fine".

This adventure has finished, it has come too its end. But it's created two people that will always be friends.

For they've seen each other naked, & wiped away tears. Washed vomit from poolsides, & tried to calm fears.

They've jumped from 12,000ft & slept at 18c below. And experienced many other things that noone else will ever know.

We hope you've enjoyed sharing our round the world trip. But we're feeling quite sleepy now & think we deserve a kip!!!

To our family and friends at home, we love you very much. And to our new friends from our travels, we hope you stay in touch.

So now it's back to the grindstone to try and pay our massive bills. All our love always Karen and Gill xxxxxxxxxxxxx