Hello everyone!

So this is our last blog . . . its hard to believe we have been away for 9 months! and that we have been diciplined enough to blog so regularly. . . anyway I thought you might like to look at few end of trip statistics:

Countries visited - 22 - Germany, croatia, hungary, czech republic, austria, bratislava, poland, lithuania, latvia, estonia, russia, mongolia, china, hong kong, vietnam, laos, thailand, cambodia, malaysia, singapore, australia, nz

Bed bugs sighted - 4 - 3 in budapest and 1 in sydney

Stays in hospital - 1 - singapore

Stamps in passport aquired - 31

Relatives visited - 8 - m&m&c, roz&ian&justine&david, julie

Sunglasses lost - 2 - thailand (falling out of canoe) and cambodia (left in back of taxi)

Value of items stolen - 500(ish)

Parcels sent home - 10 - latvia, beijing, hoi an, hanoi, hong kong, surin x2, singapore x3

Kg of luggage carried (at heaviest) - 34kg chris, 28kg claire

Time zones crossed - 13

Flights taken - 6 - hong kong to saigon, luang prabang to bangkok, phuket to kl, singapore to brisbane, melbourne to christchurch, auckland to london

s*** busses taken - too many

Sharks spotted - 1 - whale shark - (koh tao)

Vehicles driven - 2 - brisbane to melbourne, christchurch to auckland

Books Read - claire 17 , chris 13

Miles away from home - over 12000

Visas in passport - 6

Crimes witnesed - 1 - saigon necklace snatch

Imaginary children invented by Laos imigration - 3

Miles driven in NZ - 4000

We have had such a brilliant adventure, the last 9 months have been amazing and a bit scary at times but it was sooooo worth it. Even when we thought about packing it all up and running for the nearest airport I'm glad we stuck it out. Thankyou to all the friends and family who have sent messages and opened their homes to us, we are truly greatfull. Our flight is this afternoon - so in 38 short hours . . . we will be back in Kent, ready for the next big adventure x

Team P signing off