hey granny, monica and lizzy! monica, you cannot expect chocolate if you tell the truth and don't endorse the myth that i still have lush chocolate dark brown hair! plus, i'd eat it all before we got home anyway! so depressing that we can't buy anything yet because we'd have to carry it for ages! lizzy- hope the raspberries and strawberries made up for spending the day with a geriatric alcoholic! teheeeee i lvoe you really gran, and helen was very impressed with your message! i'm sure aol will work next time, it's great to hear from you.we'll write a blgo of what we've done today now, but will save photos of cologne for when we've got a few more! love you all lots xxxxx

Fantastic photos-keep them coming! Pleased you met with Anne but did you have to eat in McDonalds!

Have just returned from Emma's film premiere which was grat - Emma L, Ros and Jenny were also there. Emma & Jenny getting ready to fly to Ghana tomorrow(Friday) via Amsterdam.

Life and weather here just as you left it only a dat to go before the weekend.

Love Mum

Hello! Are you going to bring me some chocolate home as a present? How come your hair isn't dark brown anymore? have fun! xxx

HI1 I sent you a message this morning but aol was being difficult so it was not sent. Glad tohear all is going well and that you did not take up residence in the chocolate factory.Lizzy has been down today and took us shopping and also took rubbish to the dump for us. We were able to feed her on raspberries and strawberries from the garden. Keep the information coming and enjoy life love Granny

Hello! i think the chocolate factory sounds like much more fun than anything cultural. i went to one around there, maybe it was the same one and it was huge! had an incredible chocolate fountain. am at grannys at the moment. granny says hello, she sent you a message this morning but it doesn't seem to be there! mr minch is being spoilt he got a whole chicken breast for dinner cooked specially for him! xxxx

Hello! Hope you're having a fantastic time and haven't killed each other yet! You had better take loads of pictures cos i want to see all the places you've been when you get back. (How is Harriet coping with 1 bra?!!!!).

Love reading your messages, keep in touch - have a great time.

HEllo! hope the trips going ok, i've read some of ur blog. Hope you still haven't caved into blowing all ur money on Coffee! u been checking out all the sites porpper or just running past them trying to see them all? Also just check ur bags to make sure ur not carrying £400,000 worth of cocaine, u know like those two girls in Africa? the customs people don't like it when u do tht...trust me

Hey! Hope things are going to plan and you got there ok Hope you have a fab time and enjoy the freedom and time to chill! Will keep an eye on what you're doing, don't do something I wouldn't

Love Jess xxx

Hellooooo! hope you're enjoying yourselves but dont go getting too high...on caffeine! i know what you're like!! and im putting in my complaint about the lack of photos now because apparently the power supply in Ghana is a bit temperamental so if i get to check this site i want some funky inter-railing images to entertain me! i liked your comments from the uk about potential for killing each other btw :D i wonder if me and jenny will have that problem?! also im afraid you'll be disappointed with me because with all this preparation for the lessons we're doing i think ive used roughly half of the amazon rainforest in paper, eeeek! but its for a good cause! anyway, back to packing and organising lessons - me, jenny and emma are hopefully going out for lunch though, yay! continue the blogs you two, love emma xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Hi hope ur both having fun. Here i can hardly contain the excitement after weeding granny's garden and the prospect of selling fish and trying to share 3 cars between 5 people who all work in different places (this includes "communicating" with each other as my mum has pointed out- not 1 of our families strong points). Well that sounds pretty moany and it's not actually that bad as I really quite enjoy working in the fish shop as everyone is so lovely, and I get to hear excellent singing from the the old sea dawg- Norman. :). Also hoping to go fishing with Ailsa and Robert (Step sis and her husband). I haven't yet admitted that i'm not that keen on seafood, and am stealing myself ready to eat an oyster, eeeww ("you should taste what ur selling the customers" i was told)!!!! Eeeks, I'm drawing the line at squid- vom, I was completely put off it when i had to fish (boom boom) a slimy congealed mass of it from the sink plug hole! Hope to hear of ur escapades soon, lot of love mad xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Hope the crossing went well. Have a fabulous time.

Mum and Dad

Heloooooo, 1 day to go!!! Thank god, then the party can really begin....only joking! We'll miss you LOADS, no more over analytical walks with Minch! Which, we're off to do now.....

xxxxxx