Home...

Gosh, well sorry, it really has been ages since the last update and there was a very good reason for this. We were going to fly to Singapore to renew visas and then decided that actually it seemed silly to pay all that money for just a few extra weeks and so we decided to move our return flights and come home a few weeks early...but we didn't tell anyone so that we could suprise our family and friends.

We left Bali and flew to Hong Kong, we were only able to stay 1 night there and then the next morning flew out bright and early to Heathrow. Hong Kong was amazing and super efficient. The hotel was great and Sam loved the fact that there was a remote control panel which did everything, radio, lights, curtaing, heat etc.

We arrived in Heathrow and were picked up by Jess and Al (who were in on the whole thing) and they drove us to Leeds where we suprised my parents. After a couple of days getting over jet lag (and them getting over the shock) we drove to Bristol and dropped Sam with his Dad. We have spent the last few days moving back into the house and settling back in.

We are all very happy to be home. It has been amazing travelling together and we have enjoyed every day (well, pretty much every day) and have amazing memeories which will carry with us always. Probably it will take a while for it all to sink in, particularly for Sam, but I think we have learned alot, about the world, about each other and about ourselves.

Thanks everyone for following theblog and your support along the way. I would definately recommend that this is something that everyone who has ever dreamed of travelling does (especially with a child). It's a truly amazing experience but...it's lovely to be home and if there's one thing travelling the world has taught me it's that I have the best friends and family ... literally in the whole wide world.

Over and out...Ruth Will and Sam xxxx