Dear Aaron Do you know the way to San Jose? Dionne Warwick once sang. A song that was clearly written in the days before Satnavs because now you would never need to ask. You just plug the address in and Boom! next thing you know you are there. Even if you take a detour to go to the toilet or stop for lunch at Denny's it doesn't faze the Satnav, it just takes a couple of seconds to recalculate and off you go again. The only problem with our one is that the voic...

Dear Len and Atul Thank you for buy us a helicopter ride over the Grand Canyon for our wedding present. It was really good fun and an amazing way to see it. The Grand Canyon for those people who don't know is like a big hole in the ground with a river going through it. It is like other holes in the ground with rvers going through them but being 'grand', it is bigger than all the rest. Mum was a big scared of going in the helicopter so it was a good job we ...

Dear Gabi and Rob Thank you for buying us gambling in Las Vegas as our wedding present. We followed some good advice and put all the money on black. And lost it all. That tactic doesn't work when you are playing poker. (I thought that joke was funny anyway) Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas. A big over-the-top playground for adults. Las Vegas is America's version of Butlins, but like all American things it is not as good as the original English variety. OK, s...

Dear Stuart, Jan, Caitlin & Euan Banks Time moves quickly now. Minutes are passing like hours and hours are passing like days. Before we know it, we are going to wake up and this wonderful adventure will be over. We know this and have accepted it and so are making every day count a little bit more. To help with that, we have used your very generous wedding gift to buy not one but two boat trips out to some beautiful tropical paradise islands. It's all a bi...

Dear Reem, Simon and Aria At the beginning of our trip, back in October, we stayed in our first beachside accommodation on Koh Tao. Who would have thought that five months later, we would still not get bored of sitting on a beach, watching sunsets and enjoying beautiful weather at what is possibly our last beachside accommodation of the trip. Sitting with your toes in the warm soft sand, being able to swim in the pool at any time of day or night, having the to...