Hello Mat I've loved all of your pictures so far, it's nice to be able to see where you are and what you are up to. Can't believe it's only been a week but i'm sure time will go quicker when i've got more used to you being away. I didn't spend any less on the shopping this week and finding it hard cooking for four not five or six(not forgetting Sarah). Sarah came for dinner last night and stayed over,it was nice to see her. Anyway I love you a lot and think about you all the time but hope you're having the time of your life. xxx

Mat, Southampton University rang (we think to say that you had an interview, but Dan took the message and wasn't really sure) Neither me or Mum were in so Sarah looked up the contact addresses and I have today sent them an e-mail to say that you are definately interested. I have asked that they contact me by e-mail to arrange a date for an interview (if that is actually what they were trying to do). They did ask Dan to let you know, and to get you to contact them, but we don't know who it was that rang. Once I have found out I will e-mail you with the details.....lets hope it was an interview !!!! Well done if it was !!! Hope all is still well with you all. The pictures are great...we like the waterfall ones best....looks great. Hope the train journey wasn't too bad. Speak to you soon.

Hi mate love the pictures it looks great, a bit better than camping in Cornwall anyway. Have a great time and keep safe Love the Nash clan

Love the sunset bridge picture and Buddha Bowen!!! Hope you enjoyed the trekking and didn't encounter too many snakes and eight legged fiends. Look forward to your next update.xx

I think you are truely amazing! I have know doubt you will see fantastic things and some pretty dubious too. Hey ho, makes for great stories when you come back home. I can honestly say that spiders do very little for me, I have got over my running from the room in mad hysteria but lets face it ours are pretty lame, if they gave you a good bite you problably wouldn't notice. Thank you for you update! Glad I wasn't there to see you off, I would have bawled like a Gywneth (if you catch my drift). Love The most honorable Awadzi's of the home counties

Hi Mat, Glad you are enjoying yourself now. I would expect that Bangkok won't be as bad second time around....you will sort of know what to expect and will have acclimatised yourself to the abject poverty causing the people to behave as they do. I imagine that some of it was the fact that you were at the start of your trip and were expecting (hoping) for it to be a nice experience. Once it is all over and you are back here, the smells and the people trying to sell you things ! will all be part of the experience and you will be bigger as a result (and after all, that is what it is about...the experience, rather than having a sanitised holiday !) By the way, the photos didn't come through...they must not have loaded up properly. Don't delete them from your camera until we confirm that you are doing it right or you may loose all the memories. Have a good few days trekking.....speak to you soon.

MATTHEW!!!! megan gave me the website address ... nice to know i can keep in touch with u lot while ur travelling-- glad u got to ur first stop safely sounds like ur having a great time already !! (lucky b*****) its come around so quickly -- only seems like yesterday i was telling jim to make sure all u lot are careful - watch ur bags ( i heard they have a habit of planting drugs in thailand) and making sure u all hold hands when u crossed the road!! this is only short and sweet im afraid gotta go and have lunch ... o yea .. i crashed my car last tuesday (my poor baby!!0 say hi to the rest of the gang hope u have a great time Leah xxx miss ya

Hi Door Mat/Master B, Think I am going totally mad, I may have sent you an email instead of posting a message.....what more would you expect from Dippy Debbie, I just don't do technology!!!! I apologise if I am now repeating myself. England is very dull and gloomy today so weather wise you are not missing much. I have spoken to mum todayand caught up on your travel news todate. Joe will be really envious that you have seen the Little Britain man, he loves that show. Joe is now in London somewhere watching his other passion, Arsenal football club. Josh is upstairs pretending to do his homework!!! Adam is out with Georgia Richards his new love and Mr P is surfing the net from his armschair and doing a Tesco internet shop!! Anyway I am off to cook tea now, I am looking forward to reading further journal entries, have fun. Love Debbie and the Pugh gang xxx

hi mat, missing you already, are you having a good time in Thailand so far? hope you are- anyway see you soon- (well) - bubiieee xxxxxxxxxx

Good morning i think Sarah asked me to tell you that she found someone new and we turned your room into a gym so theres need coming home really sounds like your having an intersting time yes ha I wish i could say i miss you but this is probably the most of seen and talked to you all year Im trying to think of interseting things to tell you but you havnt been gone that long and nothings happened. Hope you have a good time c u in May!!!!! ps this is probably the most or only messsage youll get from me so appriciate it im takin time out of my busy sittin and watching the tv schedule to write this i hope you know!!!!

Hi Mat, Just read your first journal entry....keep them coming. Good to see you made it safely. We actually got home last night before your plane was scheduled to take off !!! Have a great time, and it would be good to see as many pictures as you can load up. Have a good nights sleep (check the bed for ladyboys before you go to sleep though!!!) and we will message you again soon. Have a great time.

Hello Matty... you're flying to Bangkok as i'm writing this! What a horrible goodbye, so many mixed emotions! I'm so sad and so happy, i can't wait to here all your stories!! Good luck sweetheart, you deserve to have the time of your life. Enjoy every moment and have no regrets. I'll be safe at home, waiting for you to return, thinking of you always. I love you and i love you, take care xx xx xx xx Sarah xx xx xx xx