Hello everyone I'M BACK IN THE UK !!!!!!! (if you didn't already know). I'm currently at my dad's in Bournemouth as I have no job and no-where else to live !! However, all is well and it's lovely to see my family again and I've managed to catch up with just one or two people so far. My mobile is back to the old no, starting 07768. If you want my home no (or need my full mobile no) please e-mail as this blog goes "open" and I don't want the world an...

Hello everybody THIS IS IT !!!! We fly out tomorrow afternoon, leaving for the airport at 10am. AAARRGGHH !!! We can just about carry our rucksacks, even though they are very light by "backpacking" standards. Never mind, if the worst comes to the worst, we'll just have to wear all our clothes at the same time so that we lighten the load !! Anyway, LOTS OF LOVE to absolutely everyone. Keep checking the blog and sending messages, or there'll be tro...

Hi everyone, I have finally been able to put a blog on here. Am finishing work next week and then it will be all systems go!!! Am really looking forward to this trip with Issy and seeing all the wonderful sights of the Far East and Australasia. I will miss all my family and friends so I hope you will keep track of what we are doing and send a little message every now and again. Two weeks to go and counting!!!!!! Tricia/Pat

Hello everyone. Not long to go now - how excited are WE !!!!!! All that remains is to get what looks like 250kg of stuff EACH into our rucksacks (weight limit on the plane 23kg, of course). As we survey the mountain of clothes we've picked, we start to think that maybe we won't be able to take a different outfit for every day of our 5 month trip, after all. Actually, I'm joking about that last bit, but there does seem to be a huge amount of stuff that HAS to ...

Hi, I'm Issy and, with my friend Patricia, we are known as "2 old girls in a big wide world". We are both in our fifties (early, not late!!!) and will soon be leaving the UK for the beginning of our first adventure together. We shall be backpacking round the Far East and Australia, spending nearly a month in a campervan in New Zealand and visiting the beautiful Fijian Islands. We are so excited about the trip we can hardly contain ourselves !!!!! (And,...