Kit, Pik and Michael are the first to arrive at Bangalore airport
The venturers (minus the ones who were spark out on the bus)
Some of the host country venturers gather to welcome the international group
Everyone made it safe and sound and after getting a quick tour they quickly had to prepare for the next two days of trek training. But not without a couple of rounds of Robot Wars and getting to know all the staff.
Robot Wars!
We've also finally been able to get the group of staff together and in one place for a group shot with a lovely holy tree.
The next blog update will come after the trek training when the venturers have been put through their paces, quite literally. There should be plenty of stories, but in the meantime we have our first message home from a venturer...
Hi Mum, Dad and Soph,
Arrived safely in the blistering heat! The field base is a wonderful place, really pretty and surrounded by palm trees. We are going on a practice trek tomorrow morning for two days, camping overnight, so I'd better shower (of sorts)!
Really enjoying myself and kit all works fine. Love to you all, Charles.
hello there christopher braggs hope you arrived safe and enjoyed the flight nearly wrote ebay libby sends her love were having fun together lol hope to hear from you soon libby loves you lots xxxxxxx
ReplyDeleteHej søde Morten, rigtigt dejligt at høre din stemme idag og fedt, at alt ser godt ud indtil videre!! Vi håber du får en fed trekkingtur de næste par dage og bliver rystet godt sammen med de andre. Vi har lige været hos Anette og se Danmark-Sverige og .....DANMARK VANDT 1-0 og er sikret en plads i VM, yihaa !!!!!!!!Mon nogen ønsker sig en tur til SA næste sommer?? Far og Anders synes lige du skulle vide det. Vi håber I får sovet godt, I må da bare være helt bombede. Lad os høre fra dig, når I har været afsted, vi sender dig mange våde kys og hundeslik, mor, far, Anders, Niki og Bella :-)))
ReplyDeleteHi Lilly thats a lovely smile just go for and have fun! We are all watching the blog site xxx
ReplyDeleteCharles
ReplyDeletePosted a comment yesterday but doesn't seem to be showing. Great to know youve arrived safe and well. Mum is very jealous of the heat and in fact is collecting firewood as we speak. Went to see Hugh playing Rugby at NSB, both he, uncle Andy and William say hi. Have a fantastic time. Much love Dad, Mum and Soph.
Hey Christina, its Gill! Just seen you on the group photo.... how mad! Hope you're having fun, it's raining here so at least you have better weather!! Hope to hear from you soon, loads of love xxxxx
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ReplyDeleteHi bim!! think i wrote on the wrong blog before haha. Hope your ok and arrived safely. Ive been looking at some of the pictures and its looks amazing! what an experience hey? Ive been wondering wether there is any of that galaxy left?? have a piece a day that should keep you from going invisible lol. Will post you soon, have a wonderful time, we love u loads! Tanya xxxxxx
Tor - Miss your cheerfulness around here but sounds like you will be having a fantastic time! Loads of love The Mothership xxxx
ReplyDeleteHey Michael, so great to see you arriving at Bangalore airport. hope the trek training went ok and that your back has stopped playing you up. alex is having a good time in London. thanks for your email too. sending lots of love and looking forward to watching your progress via this blog, Amanda xxxxxxxx
ReplyDeleteHi Georgie glad to see you made it safe and sound. It's amazing to be able to see you actually there already when it doesn't seem like 5 minutes since we were all eating carrot cake at Heathrow. I like this blogging lark already - you can never shake me off now haha. Anyway will be keeping tabs on your progress whenever I can. So excited for you about the trek. And in case you were wondering you're definitely not missing much here. Now all I have to do is write you a letter so I get to post it to that bizarre address. Anyway keep smiling (and not just in photos!). Lots of love Katie xxxxx
ReplyDeleteHi India, hope its not too much of a shock, Australia amazing,saw whales again today.. its a bit like being on the Severn Bridge, ha ha. Alice asleep now , for a while, we had an early start today, got up at 5am, maybe you did too? You see the World does exist before midday..According to the website you are probably on a trek right now,hope it wasn't too arduous..bet your glad you left your cardboard slippers at home, we are thinking of you, Love Dad and Natalie xxx
ReplyDeletenot seen you in any pics son hope you ok blog back if you can libby says hi christopher braggs we thinking of you
ReplyDeleteHi Luke good to see the photos on the blog,you look like you're enjoying the game! Hope the trekking went ok, everyone sends their love xxx
ReplyDeleteHi Andrea, thought we would send you a blog, as we know how nice it can be to get some news from home. Hope your well out there and taking good care of yourself. We're all good here, weather is officially getting colder with Autumn well under way. We saw George a couple of weeks ago for Sunday lunch and everyone made sure he was eating well!! I will try and write another blog soon. Lexi and Neal x
ReplyDeleteHello Christina, loved the photo of you all arriving at fieldbase. Hope you are enjoying the experience and that everything went well on the trek! Everyone sends their love Mum and Dad xx
ReplyDeleteHi Tina, sorry couldn't get through to you to say goodbye so it was a relief to see you on the photo. Hope the trek wasn't too tiring, miss you and send all my love mum. XXX
ReplyDeleteCoucou Claire,
ReplyDeleteRavi de savoir que tu es bien arrivée et que tu sois contente de tes débuts aux travaux 'forcés'.
J'espère que tu supporte la chaleur accablante.
bcp boire pour éviter déshidratation!
Ici tout va bien, malgré fortes pluies. Encore plusieurs réactions et remerciements pour ta fête. Tu nous manque déjà, mais profites en bien.
Kiss xxx Pî & co
To the intrepid group of Venturers,
ReplyDeletesomewhere to the West of Bangalore,
Who have just been trekking
and sleeping on sunburnt floor.
Keep the sun lotion handy,
cover shoulders, wear a hat,
drink a lot of fluids
I am sure you all know that.
A nineteen Kilometer mountain hike ,
or sometimes even longer,
will have made you all much wiser
and will help to make you stronger.
Enjoy the work you will be doing,
don't let a moment pass you by,
for ten weeks will rush right past you
in the blinking of an eye.
So if your feet are blistered
and your breaking out in hives,
just remember what you are doing,
can help improve so many lives.
Best Wishes to you all.
Hi John Emmerson
ReplyDeleteHope the trek was OK. Right up your street. Did you find the mossie net? Keep us posted on your activities. Penny is now walking...Snoopy swimming for Yorkshire, Dad digging out your room.
Love you lots
Mum
Hi India
ReplyDeleteHope the trek was good and the boots comfy?
Thinking of you.
Lots of love
Mum xx
Hi Ben, lovely to see photo of you and to know that you have arrived safely. Have a great time and look forward to hearing how you are doing. lots of love mum and dad xx
ReplyDeleteHi Jammie Dodger!
ReplyDeleteBlog is absolutely wonderful. Don't use mobile excessively. Great to see photo, all your limbs are intact..keep it that way and have fun..enjoy the experience. Post a blog when you have the time.
The Oak tree on the island does not look right without you! Love you lots.
Mum and Dad
KESTON HEADQUARTERS
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ReplyDeleteHiya Jamie
It was really good to hear from you on Sunday and to know that you arrived safely.
Great picture of all you guys as well, hopefully we will get to see a lot more as the weeks progress.
Have you completed the trek yet?...if not comeback home as the dog needs walking!!
Also we have noticed that there is so much more food back home since you have been gone....no doubt you were always thinking about our diet and were just trying to help us!!
take care and have a wonderful time.
lots of love
Mum & Dad
Hi Holly, It was so great to see you in the photo - what a team! Enjoy it all and take care. How's the journal going? Love you, Mum xx
ReplyDeleteGeorgie P
ReplyDeleteI was wondering where you had gone! It all sounds very exciting and I hope a lot of fun. Good luck building bashers - sounds so comfy!! Getting cold here with almost a frost last night so it sounds warmer there. lovely to see photos of you. love D, M, C, and A xx
Hi James,
ReplyDeleteHope all going well with you. It was great to see your smile on the photo. We are all blogspotting to keep an eye on what you are doing. Have lots of fun.
Love you loads M x
Hello pip,
ReplyDeleteLoving the team photo, me and Jim both agree its pretty special! Glad you have arrived safe and sound and I hope the trek was a-mazing! Love you xxx
Hey Amy W, hope you are having a great time in India. Hope the trekking was brilliant and that you have learned some of the languages. Have fun. Love tom and the rest of the family.
ReplyDeleteJ'ai vu les photos de ton arrivée en Inde ! Cool ! Papa a raison, n'oublie pas de boire ! J'ai été à hex où on voit encore les vestiges de ta fête!Tu nous manques, have fun ! Mil gros kisses Mam et alix
ReplyDeleteHi Louis (Nerurkar) - Hope trek training was fun - looking forward to hearing all about it. Very quiet here without you. Dad has gone into Mad Men/film withdrawl but is getting more sleep! All well - good to see your photo by buses and look forward to following progress on blog and email when you can. Love from us all here. Mum xx PS Not got micro pig yet.
ReplyDeleteHey Luke great to see the Pics look forward to seeing info after the trek, Dad, Gail and the Down Udner mob
ReplyDeleteHi Michael, how was the trek? no blisters I hope. seems impossible to be sitting here in the kitchen and able to see you in pictures and write to you. Alex got a job today and starts tomorrow at Gap. so pleased for her and will ease her mind about the bills. Oh, and WE got some funding for our Playback women's project, which is fantastic news. it's so cold here now and just me and Hunter in the house! very strange. hope you are happy and well, lots and lots of love, mum xx
ReplyDeleteHi Georgie P. So glad to here all is going so well, hope the trek was o.k. and no blisters yet! Granddad is very proud to hear you have mastered the art of skinning a chicken and managing to eat it aferwards. Keep up the good work. Love, Gran and Granddad.
ReplyDeleteHi Jam dodger,
ReplyDeleteIt cost £1.25 a minute to call from Bangalore to the UK...only resort to mobile if you absolutely need to...blog is pretty good.
keep using the sun screen,mosi repellent..antibiotics...take care!
love you
Mum
Hi India. The old wrinklies have been busy since you left. Had lunch with Ros, Carly and Sam at Canary Wharf on Saturday ; went to Scotney Castle on Sunday ;played golf and went to yoga class on Monday and played golf and went to Rye on Tuesday and played golf and went to Tunbridge Wells today.Its a hard life being retired,!! Enjoy yourself. Love from the octogenarian and his child bride
ReplyDeleteOi oi to all the India PMs and FB crew. Well done to Anna for new role and good luck to all venturers. India is bonkers but you will love it. Peace and respect from all the 09i staff, we miss you all
ReplyDeleteGeorgie P.
ReplyDeleteCanada is watching! Delighted you have arrived safely. Have a great time. JJG&D
Hi Luke - Mum's just told me all about this blog - it looks amazing!!!! Glad to see you laughing anf having so much fun - enjoy your time in India - we are very envious. Love you lots Marie & ben x x x x x
ReplyDeleteHey Booey,
ReplyDeleteHow are you getting on? me and mum had a look at the team photo and both agree its pretty special. Dad also says hi! I'm pretty jelous i'm not slaying snakes in the jungle. M and D off to Spain next week, so I might abuse Lancaster avec Rob. Just a thought. HA. Missing you a lot, I'll give you another insightful update soon. Lovesxxxx
hey clairon!!!!
ReplyDeleteok moi je t'écris en francais parce que c'est plus simple!!
J'ai bien eu ton message qui m'a beaucoup touché!!! je sais pas si toi tu peux nous écrire, mais si un jour tu peux décris moi comment c'est, ce que tu fais etc... Ici c'est toujours la même routine, à part que tu me manque à fond!!! Je suis déjà venu checker les photos, et c'est vraiment trop drôle de te voir dessus!!! tu as l'air en forme!!!
tu me manque fort ma claison d'amour!!! profites en bien et on se voit en décembre quand tu rentre!!!!
Xxx Elou
Message for Nicky B
ReplyDeleteHi nic seen your photo. Hope you are having a good time. How was diwali
Had to treat truffles again but he seems fine now. It is getting cold here. Will blog you again next week LOL Mummy, truffles and Anita
Hey Christina, hope your having a better time than you could have hoped for... how's your freeloader standing up to the indian climate? hope your ipod's been fully charged, to drown out the sound of all those weird jungle sounds:P We're all missing you, esp Isabelle.
ReplyDeleteLove ya big bro
Hello Amy, hope the Project is going according to plan. The group photos under the big tree are lovely.All is well here , Andrew is still at home, and I saw Al at the weekend. Spain was fun. Really looking forward to hearing more about what you have been up to ....love Mum x
ReplyDeleteHello Georgie P. Hope all is going well, thought I'd better have another go with the blog as P.O. is not going well. We are off to Plymouth for 2 days, could do with better weather, the rains have come! How are you managing with your heat and humidity and have you got your monsoon? LOL Gran and Granddad.xx
ReplyDeleteHello Georgie P. Hope you are still having a great time, Mum said there was a photo of you with elephants, haven't ben able to find that yet. Great to here your news from Mum, it sounds as though this is the trip of a lifetime. We have just been hacking our way through our jungle of a very overgrown garden - hard work and Granddad has decided he is getting too old for such hard work. In spite of that we are fine, hope you are too. Lool forard to your next update. LOL Gran & Granddad.
ReplyDeleteHi Chris, sending another message in addition to the first one!! You all look happy and hearty on your pictures. It's amazing what you are all doing. When I wanted to do something similar for VSO when I was younger my Mum wouldn't let me fly!!! Hey ho! Take care and have a fantastic time. Love Fran x
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