All good things come to an end!

Our trip is nearly over and we'll be home in a matter of hours!!!! .... where has the time gone? .......was it worth it?....... what would we do differently? ........ what was the best bit? ...... questions ....... questions .......and that's just in our heads :)

So to avoid us having to uneccesarily refer to our trip when we get back (our plan is only to mention it if you actually ask as we've now got plenty of other things to focus on like coping with work/finding work!! - and we don't want to be accused of boring you :) So we thought we'd put a few answers up here for those that are interested.

But before we do, we'd like to say a big thank you to those of you who have stuck with the blog, sent us messages about it and commented on our photos - it's been great to know that a lot of you have been travelling round the world with us!

Not much time left to waste so here's some of our thoughts on the whole thing - maybe some of you will be thinking about going on your own trip now and we can follow your adventures :) - eh, Ian?) -

Q: Which was our favourite country?
A: There isn't one as we loved different bits of all the countries. Saying that, we found India & Japan to be the most fascinating countries but for very different reasons.

Q: Did we miss our own bed?
A: No, this is an urban myth, however, every day we missed our own toilet!

Q: Was it worth it?
A: Yes most definitely - perhaps not in £'s sterling as it was not the cheapest time to travel, but as an experience we'll remember for ever - and hopefully share and reminisce about in our old age, it was the best and we feel very lucky :)

Q: Where are we planning to go next?
A: Not very far, for 2 reasons :-
* My Mum's likely to consficate our passports when we land at Glasgow Airport :), and
* We've missed loads of folk, so we want to make the effort to catch up, especially with those who travelled so far to come and see us off at our wedding last year. Su & John, David & Irene, Eric & Suzi, Neil & Clare (to name but a few) - you can all expect a visit sometime soon :)

Q: What was the most amazing sight we saw?
A: There's been a few, but Annapurna Base Camp at sunrise is probably No.1, but Machu Picchu is somewhere we'd like to see again.

Q: Cheapest country?
A: To be honest with the british £ its hard to find anywhere that's cheap these days but pound for pound with endless things to see and do - has to be India.

Q: What did we learn?
A: You don't have to be rich to be happy, "you can be rich on happiness instead"

Q: Best piece of advice we were given?
A: From Suzi - " do something every week that we've never done before as we'll never get the chance again - enjoy every minute." We tried to do this as best we could!

Q: Would we live abroad now?
A: Maybe one day, but as yet we've not found anywhere where we'd rather be than dour, miserable, rainy Scotland - sad to say "home is where the heart is" :)

Q: Will we miss the sun?
A: We sure will - a good blast of 30 degree heat cheers up any day :)

Q: Will we be bored when we're back?
A: Maybe sometimes, like day 2 back at work! But we appreciate what we have in life so we have lots to look forward to - like a Sunday afternoon in front of the coal fire and TV :)

Q: Biggest cock up we made?
A: Thinking our flight from Christchurh to New Zealand was leaving at 3.50pm, when that was when it was arriving - also the most costly mistake :(

Q: Has travel changed us?
A: You tell us in 6 months - perhaps a little :)

But don't run away just yet, as this isn't the end of the blog - I've still to actually tell you all about Argentina and the crazy week we've just spent at Carnaval in Rio, which I'm hoping to get round to in the next couple of weeks. We were saving the most insane bit for last - don't miss it :)