Jeff and Carissa Roach Hi Linda and Ger, Hello from Minnesota, we have been enjoying your blog and the pictures that go along with them ever since we met in Peru/ MacchuPicchu hike. I think both Jeff and I have to admit-we are a little jealous. What an awesome experience. It seems like you both just had a blast, and saw some pretty neat things. Glad to hear you made it home safely. We are still planning a trip to Ireland around Sept. 2010! So hopefully we can see eachother when we come over to that side of the globe. Can't wait. Take care you two!!

Roisin have a safe journey home.great blog. hard to believe your year is up. weather pretty good here at mo so hopefully that will break ye back in gently. see ye soon x

Ciara Hey Lin and Ger! Were all very excited about your home coming! You must be winding down at this stage of your journey! I really enjoyed seeing all your gorgeous photos and interesting blogs. Chat soon love Ciara xxx

Catherine G Hi Guys, Hope all is going well since, yee really should enjoy the last leg of it all cos its just such fun here!!!! safe travelling C

Elaine Hi Guys, Hope ye enjoy the last leg of yer travels! Hope the nice weather we're having here at the mo, continues when ye come home! Love Elaine

Eugene Hi linda & Ger Cant believe Linda jumped into the lake, the water must have been hot!!! Fantastic photos and videos, interesting blogs, it will be great to look back over in the future.Looking forward to seeing you both soon. Stay safe.

ROISIN just reading our blog after a few glasses of vino! sad i know. but it did give me idea if you can afford a few nights in a five star hotel as a treat. as its such value for money in asia etc. than back at home.it is such a nice treat.think of it as a post engagement treat or pre wedding treat. well worth it though.

geraldine India looks amazing lads,hope ye got to Thailand safely...hsve a great time...only a few weeks left...loking forward to seeing ye! Love mum xxx

Joan Lyons Hey Linda and Ger, Im so sorry on lack of contact i got ur message on facebook a while ago.We have found a lovely apartment in the city just off Swanston streetonto Franklin street its fully furnished ad has gym facilities in d complex rent is gd too so happy out. Will take pics soon and put them up on facebook. I'm good im working away with agency for now and getting regular work which is gd. Im working in some really nice hospitals the staff are lovely which makes life so much easier and doing my job so much easier. I work mostly in Epwoth hosp which is just 2train stops away and 10min walk from there. I really like that hospital. I have worked on one ward few times that the staff recognize me and say "hey Joan ur back again". I really like working on that ward work is similar to home which is great. I find that i more confident now going to work i really gained great experience in Cork University hopsital that im not fased by my work load anymore. Its the first time i have felt really confident about my work skills and the experience i have gained. I was working with a newly qualified staff nurse and he was concerned about a pts low BP post op but i explained she's young, healthy fit, post anaesethic and on morphine for pain all contribute to low BP but by the end of the shift her BP had returned to normal.It was only then i realsied how much experience i have when ur working with someone so newly qualifed. Im really happy with work at the moment. Im off for the weekend its my birthday today so goin out for Indian later with Ross so really looking forward to that and have got spoilt with lovely gifts and cards. Tomorrow Catherine and i are going for a facial then lunch so it will be a nice day too and on Sunday hopefully we'll go and see Billy Elliott the musical and im hoping to go and see Wicked before it leaves Melbourne in august so still have time yet to get a ticket. I think that is everything upto date in my life i love all your pictures there fab and your so creative with taking pictures and u blog is so informative its excellent your truely having a wonderful yr traveling and you have both seen so much im so jealous would love to travel Indian pics are amazing from there. keep safe and enjoy the rest of your travels and ill look forward to reading the next update in ur blog. chat soon Love Joanie x x x ps Ross says hi

Mary Lyons Greetings Linda and Ger from a flat but beautifully lush green Claregalway. Sorry for lack of contact but technology holds very little appeal for me. Your mam and dad keep me updated but now that I have looked at your photographs which are amazing this this is a poor act that follows. Truly I am very happy for you both. You planned your travels very well indeed. All very well in Claregalway thanbk God. Aine has finished her exams but the job situation for summer work is very bleak. Hopefully she will get her nursing in the autumn. Patrick is grand but no job. Vincent and I are still at work which is good. Actually I finish for the wsummer on Friday 22nd - Joan and patricks birthday. Joan, Ross and Catherine are enjoying Melbourne. We had a wedding in Killarney at the weekend. We had a very enjoyable weekend indeed. Vincent, Aine and I are off to Teneriffe on 7th June for two weeks. We are eagerly looking forward to it. We are hoping for endless sunshine for the two weeks. We have another wedding on 27th June so I trust I will sport a natural tan this time. It is a Galway wedding so no travel involved. Life can be pretty uneventful when you are not travelling!! Same old story - different day. I'm not complaining. I am so happy that all is very well with family, relations and friends. I have plenty of occupational therapy between the flower garden and the vegetable garden. Patrick decided on a vegetable garden this year so we are looking forward to home grown organic food. It should taste delicious. I had recent contact with Deirdre, Ciara and Eoin. D is thrilled to be finished her course. She sounds very happy indeed. Ciara says that Donncha is getting very big and is very responsive now.She has a budgie for entertainment. He seems to provide great fun. Eoins teaching practice went really. He loves the teaching and will make a lovely teacher. Your mam and dad had a lovely holiday recently. We all benefit from a complete break away from home. Well Linda and Ger your time is really fleeting and so I hope and trust that ye will continue to enjoy every last minute of the time you have left. You will be able to write a travel book illustrated with lovely photographs. Slan go foill. Gabh mo leath sceal nach raibh me i dteagmhail libh le fada on la. Bain taithneamh as taistil ata fagtha agaibh. Ghra i gconai o do aintin Maire agus chlann Ui Laighean o Baile Chlair na Gaillimhe.

Roisin Well am green with envy. india looks fantastic . the colours are just amazing.well the ould edinburgh summer is back: rain one minute and sunny the next. the delights you have to look forward to when you return. so enjoy the good quality beach time in goa. is that your last stop?

Ciara Hey Linda & Ger I'd a great look through all your photos and your blogs. I loved the one's of ye in the lake with the elephants, it looked deadly and the pictures of ye at the Tajmahal, it was like something ya'd see in a post card! Have your bums recovered? We laughed when we saw the sandy beds in the dessert how did ye sleep! The veg curries sound yummy, Mam made lovely cabbage and bacon there, bet Ger you'd love some! Donncha is great, he's getting plenty of attention at home, he made strange when I came home on Wednesday, and Mam says he's getting as cute as a pet fox. Meeting up with the girls to night, so it should be a bit of craic. Hope your having a nice relaxing time in Goa. Cant wait to see ye, Love Ciara and Donncha xx

Catherine Lyons Hey Lin & Ger, Sorry I haven't been in touch recently, your blog is great, I'm green with envy at all the wonderful places you have seen & are about to see in the rest of your travels. All is grand, I'm settling back into life in Melbourne, currently job hunting & have few things in the pipeline but I have to wait & see how things go! Went to an AFL game last night in Etihad Stadium with Joan, Ross, Paul (a friend from homes bro), his GF Claire & a fellow Galwegian who is in my room, Caoimhe. It was an exciting game & over 50,000 people too made for a great atmosphere, despite my team losing! Afterwards all the bars near the stadium were jammers so we went into one off King St then Joan & Ross headed back to their local & Caoimhe, Paul, Claire & I headed to Elephant & Wheelbarrow in St.Kilda, it was a lot quieter than your Mon Neighbours Trivia night but it was good fun, there was a good band playing! Wrecked today & not up to much probably jus chill in front of tv tonight. Off to catch up with my Aussie friends I met in Vietnam tomorrow, they are cooking a full on Sunday roast so yummy, I won't say no to that! The blogs are great, I'll check out the photos another day as battery about to die on laptop. Enjoy the rest of trip in India & wow, ye won't feel it until ye are back in the Emerald Isle. Love Cath x P.S Thanks for the WIFI tip for McDonalds, best travelling tip I've got!

Roisin hehe the elephant got u good an proper ger. looks fab.

jenn Hey ger and lin, Thanks so much for ur texts.I'm fairly bad at d moe for d credit, not gettin much babysittin and have free calls and texts to vodafone so never seem to hav any wen ye text, sorry!I'm takin d fotos in bit by bit over a few days to distract me a bit from the boredom of study. My first one 2mro...philosophy of ed and history of ed in one exam...u feel my pain lin!!!Havn't been talkin to eoin since he started tp but Id say hes grand, he didn't seem nervous at all.The fotos are unreal and will be great for me and you Lin in ou religion classes on Hinduism and Buddhism!God, I sound like such a nerd!R ye looking forward to coming home? It's behinning to drag a bit now, not seein ye...especially since we havn't talked on the fone... but it shud fly to the day that ye r home so enjoy!!!