After nearly four days of solid travelling, by train, taxi, rickshaw and a flight from mumbai to muscat to abu dhabi to bahrain and to paris, we arrived to what seemed like another world. delirious due to the lack of sleep and happiness of coming home, we found ourselves at charles de gaulle baggage claim. We decided we needed some luck and were crossing our fingers there where no problems, and were very glad to see our bags there safe and sound. We went straight to a cafe and ordered pain au chocolat, chaussan pommes and cafe au lait and it was gone in 2mins, we then plonked ourselves in arrivals and waited for westbymumanddad who were tearing up the motorway to collect us. It was great to see them and they were happy to see two smiling (they say healthy looking) people waiting for them, we set off back home in the rain we finnaly arrived and were greeted by a very very old but happy azzy. After a long soak and opening our parcels of stuff excitedly and getting into old comfy clothes we reminisce about our 10 months away.....here are our thoughts...so far best overall scenery. alaska best food. newzealand best drinks. lovedale hunter valley wine. aussie G&T best diving. fiji most moving moment. sunrise over macchu pichu best sunsets. hawaii, 12 apostles oz, mana island fiji best mammal. grizzly bear, jaguar. kangaroo best bird. kiwi, bald eagle favourite travel tunes. jamie cullum alaska. jack johnson fiji onward best night sky. colca canyon proudest moment, dead womans pass macchu pichu best fireworks. sydney new year favourite city. sydney friendliest people. fiji most exciting moment. travelling on top of truck into jungle best hotel. auckland apartment thanks to Tina best beach. tavewa fiji. arambol goa favourite landmark. sydney harbour bridge .......to be continued