Nic Hey you. Have been reading the blog, being excitied by your tour around asia whilst I am stuck in an office. Sounds like you're having an amazing time, and hope it keeps going well. So sorry to hear about the arm, but..... seeing as people reading this won't know any better, couldn't you have made up a story? Anything other than slipping on a toilet floor Stephanie! Keep having fun, try not to damage yourself any more. Love Nic

Sarah Taylor hey steph, glad to hear your having a good time our east - have to write about Vietnam for my dissertation and its not as fun as being there thats for sure! Sad to hear u missed out on a pingpong show in Thailand - but ur going back there right??! I was dragged to one in Bkk - quite an experience! Bye for now xxx

Sarah it all just looks amazing out there hun, hard to imagine lots of it - your family, Tom and Claire out there - i'm glad they've all been out there to look out for you x I can't wait to catch up with you properly, not really sure where to start - i'm still on London - no worries! I really wanted to come out and see you too - i'm not knocking it on the head just yet - it's just that my schedule for the next six months is so tight - it's gonna be hard to sort out but I really want to x Keep looking after yourself out there, keep looking out for all your messages and i'll write properly soon x Love you always xxx

The Harpers (Barbara and co) Hi there, enjoying reading the accounts of your travels and glad you are ok. Sounds as if you need a bigger supply of suntan cream!!Natalie has sent you an e-mail ( hope you get it) to provide you with a more detailed account of our comings and goings. Your trip sounds fantastic, would love to come and join you for a while!! Enjoyed meeting up with everyone at the party, weather was brilliant. Keep well Asia explorer, fancy being afraid of friendly spiders!!

Sandra & Anthony Dear Steph Your trip looks great we are really enjoying seeing it. Ta for postcard and e-mail. We had a great time at party with all the family. Hope your tan is coming along and hair dryer getting plenty of use. We are busy here, lots of parties at the moment, 60's fancy dress this week. Getting ready for our produce show, Anthony is polishing his onions and feeding his proze marrow! All our love Sandra & Anthony xxx

Ben Glad to see they have percy pigs out there and hope that youve indulged yourself with plenty! Jet skis - how good are they?!! Am going next week, can't wait! Take care hun and have fun...

Tom Hey honey - I'm coming out to see you on the 22nd of August for two weeks. Hope you're well and I'll speak to you soon.

Steph Sarah - Krabi is in the Monsoon Season at the monant and will be for the next few months - very Wet. Better to stick to the East Coast. Ko Tao is the best diving place apparently - and it's really cheap to get qualifications out there - one person said it's one of the cheapest places in the world!! Will be there on Thursday - will let you know what it's like x

Steph Thanks Tom!! I'm not sure Tom Jackson is ginger - I'll have a look at the photos!! As for the Ping Pong show - we didn't see the ping pong bit (which is the thing i was most curious about!) but we did see some other strange things!! Nothing camera worthy though - the girls were a bit scruffy! Sarah - Would be really cool to see you in November! Might be in Vietnam at the begining, but will definitely be in Thailand at some point. Planning to go to Ko Tao in a week, which is a really good diving place too, so will ask around then about good diving spots! Congratulations to your cousin on the baby and the quick labour!! Missing you both x

Tom (not the ginger one!!) Good work honey! I hope you manage to make friends now Tom has left. I'm sure you'll be fine (no gap year heroes though!). Did you get to see the ping pong show in the end? If so, where are the pictures?!

Sarah I'm so impressed Steph, you're a brilliant journalist! I'm glad Tom is out there with you, bet you are too - sounds like a few hairy moments for which it's handy to have a man around! Well, it's all quiet here on the western front. I saw your parents last weekend to pick up a cat box, was really nice to catch up and we're all so proud! I'm planning to come out to Thailand in November, sounds ages away but it's realistic. Just thought i'd come to say hello, hear all the stories round a jungle fire then maybe catch a few dives - there's a place called Krabi which someone told me ages ago to visit and some marine conservation projects. Anyway, latest news - still looking for work can you believe! My cousin gave birth to another ginger baby and called it Rory! Plus her labour was only two hours - i'm sure that must be some kind of record? Captain is taking me out flying next week, i'll let you know how it goes - the opera at the weekend was lovely, a very British event, made me glad to be back x So much to tell you, i'll email you soon x

Sarah Hey gorgeous! I'm still laughing at the flea market thing lol Glad you made it ok x the passport control thing, i'm surprised you didn't just treat them in your pyjamas, what is it with you and late night call outs, if you're not in the shower - it's your bloody pj's! It all sounds and looks wonderful! I'm so excited and will keep checking the site babes, as much as i can xxx Have fun tonight on the bus trip! And lots of photos, cool!