So that’s what lies at the end of a rainbow! Ometepe, Nicaragua
This is not a book/blog of “I’ve done this and I’ve done that”. It’s about funny moments and strange scenarios you might relate to, be in or learn from!
Special thanks to Leanne (big sis) for always being like a second Mum, my parents Hazel and Peter for their continued support –and still putting up with my shit- and to Alex Firth for telling me to stop talking about writing a book and just do it.
Your life is shaped by who you meet through the years and in turn your presence will shape the lives of others. For that reason I thank everyone I’ve ever met for who I am today but if I sit and thank each one individually it’d be a whole new book. And I’m shit with names anyway.
If you’re not in this book it’s because I didn’t like you. -Joking!-
Maybe you’ll be in the next?
Great start Andy!
Tack så mycket Ulrica!
This is the funniest blog i’ve ever read…it”s great to start the day with a wee chuckle about whatever you have written about. It’s raw, it’s real but overall it’s hillarious. Keep them coming Andrew!
Will do..
Sharing life experiences is what everyone can relate to. Thanks for stopping by My Hmmm Collection and deciding to tag along.
Hey Isaiah (Karin), I liked your blog, it was very interesting and thoughtful. I hope you enjoy this one. Thanks.
Love the zest and humour
Thank you for the comment..I’ve been reading your blog..It’s great! and ‘It’s raining’ kinda sums things up around here..Which is why I travel! Keep up the good blogs and I hope you enjoy mine
Thanks so much for stopping by my blog and for the follow
Thank you for stopping by mine. Hope your doing well and I look forward to checking out more of your blogs in the future.
“If you’re not in this book it’s because I didn’t like you”: the best thing I’ve ever read!
Thanks andysalwaysright!!
Do you know the Adriatic Sea? I live on the coast.
Love your blog so I am passing on an award I received for a Blog on Fire: http://sarahryan85.wordpress.com/2013/01/06/a-whole-new-year-ahead/
Also nominating you for my Lifetime’s Exploration Award if you would like to accept: http://sarahryan85.wordpress.com/win-an-award/
Keep up the great posts – a most refreshing take on you adventures!
Thank you so much Sarah!!! Thats really really amazing and I appreciate that sooo much. It might be a while before I can do anything about it though. I recieved an award from Sweta an failed misserably in trying to set it up and pass it on. I work a lot of night shift these days (just until I go to Aruba) and so its dificult for me to find the time to sit down and figure it all out, but thanks again for this. It’s really amazing and I’m so glad you like my blog.
Hello Andysalwaysright,
I hope it is not too late to wish you a wonderful New Year. May 2013 bring you more happiness, love, and success. I would like to thank you because you continue following my blog. I hope my blog posts do not disappoint and that your visits in there have been a joyful ride.
Thank you again, many blessings and much love to you..
Subhan Zein
Thank you Subhan! It’s been a pleasure to read and follow your blog and I do look forward to reading more from you in 2013
I hope this new year brings you all that you wish and more. All the best and thanks again 
Andy, thank you for stopping and choosing to follow my blog. I look forward to following your blog. Perhaps I will be in one of the books.
Take care,
Ivon
Thanks Ivon, I hope you can enjoy my blog as much as I’ve enjoyed following yours. Looking forward to more great posts.
I will try not to disappoint. Thank you Andy.
Best line, “if you’re not in this book it’s because I didn’t like you”. Great stuff, you appeal to my evil side, and all the things I DON’T say in my blog!!
Thanks for liking my blog. All the best for 2013!
Thanks Meg! I think I tip-toed around a little with my posts at first trying not to offend people, but after staying at a hippie commune for a few weeks I lost the plot. See ‘Italy.. The hippie hippie shake’ Hope you like my posts as much as I like yours!
I do, I definitely do.
Thank you for visiting my site! Will enjoy keeping up with yours
Thanks Susanna. You have a great site and it I will look forward to checking out new posts from you in the future
Your blog is great – thanks for the follow!
Cheers Lynette! and yours too
Good to make the connection with you as a result of you deciding to follow Learning from Dogs.
WOOF,WOOF,sniffff,GGGGRRRRR! Just joking
Thank you for taking the time to comment and I hope you can enjoy reading my posts. I do check out a lot of blogs and Learning from Dogs is a good one.
Thanks for visiting the three things project!
You’re welcome. Always good to have a ninja on your side!
Thanks for following I do not despair – very amused by your blog.
No probs.. Glad you like the blog and I hope I can continue to amuse.
Hi Andy,
Thanks for stopping by and liking my blog. I enjoyed reading what I discovered on your page so far, keep it up!
Cheers
Thank you and I will. I love checking out what other travelers are up to and getting ideas about where to go next. I really like your blog and I’m glad you enjoyed what you’ve read of mine so far. Thanks for the comment Gina.
Great stuff here. You have some amazing stories! Thanks for following my blog; I’ll make sure you to visit yours often! -Katrina
Thankyou Katrina
I’m really happy that you like my blog. I know that some of my rants or subject matter might not appeal to everyone but I hope that you will continue to read and enjoy my stories. I’m going to the Caribbean for 6 months to work with donkeys very soon so hopefully I will find more interesting moments to write about. I also found your blog and am enjoying it a lot. I see that you are living in my city (Edinburgh). Hope you are happy here. We get that nice break in the weather for about a week near Easter. I want to check out more of your blog but I have to get ready for work. 
but I will check it out more afterwards.
Have you been to the castle,ghost tours,bottanics,gardens? I love having friends over to show them around. It’s often the case where you just take your own city for granted and forget to explore it. I had a friend over from Sweden recently but I made her ill by feeding her a deep-fried mars bar. I don’t recommend it…anymore!
2 more weeks of night shift then I finish up then 2 weeks getting ready and chilling out before my adventures!! WOOOOHOOOO!
Counting down the days!
I like that you found dragonshades and decided that it was a crazy enough blog for you to follow. At least it shows that you’re not colour prejudiced. Cheers.
Glad I found it. Keep up the good blogging windhound.
Nice one….thanks for liking my blog
Your welcome. Thankyou for your views and comments. I hope you enjoy mine as much as I enjoy yours.
Hey Andy..thanks for liking my post..yes true I like to live in adventure at time..to an extent that I have quit my job to travel for an year..just did a helicoptor ride today afternoon to the volcanic island in hawaii and waterfalls..it was amazinhg just about to post some pics here
keep in touch
Thats brilliant! I always think that life should be full of adventures and jobs are just an inbetween thing to get you the money for more crazy adventures. Hawaii sounds amazing and I will checkout your photos. Hope you are enjoying every minute and you might have me convinced to add Hawaii to my word tour.
Thanks so much for visiting my blog! Love adventures and also trying to write the book!
Loved reading your blog Glenda and thankyou for visiting mine.
Hope to hear more from you in the future
Hope Aruba is treating you well…don’t do anything I wouldn’t do
(of course, that means the possibilities are endless, amirite?)
I wanted to stop by and let you know I nominated you for the Very Inspiring Blogger Award. The post is up on my page with instructions if you’re interested…and there’s no pressure, of course, but this is just my way of letting you know I love your posts and whatnot
Cheers,
Sarah
Thankyou Sarah! Thankyou so much for that
It has really made my day that you have thought of me for this.
I hope my future posts will entertain you and I am really glad that you enjoy my blog.
I nominate you to be my geek anytime!
Thanks again Sarah, I really appreciate it.
Well, I do make an awesome geek
I’ll believe it when I see you in glasses and a big wooly jumper!
In the comments after my Only in Panama, Rebel Lips sent me a link with photos of her dressed exactly as I had described in my post!
MASSIVE wooly jumper!!!
Soo..Norway it is then
You can come to the wedding..The one that takes place in my dreams!
Much as I would love to oblige, alas I do not own a wooly jumper (though I do wear glasses). I do, however, own a few Lord of the Rings costumes and swords.
Hahahah! A few costumes? Thats great!
I can see you as an Elf Princess..with glasses
And the sword..That makes up for having no wooly jumper!!
I dont own any Lord of the Rings costumes, but I do have a penguin costume..and a pink tutu, but I can explain!!
I am flabberghasted, and quite pleased, to have you following Shadows. Thanks ever so much! I have only spent a moment here at your blog, but there is something there that gives me the impression you are a Brit….
Scottish
Proud to be Scottish but never happy to be in Scotland.
I call it Shitland!
You are a great writer and I’m happy to be one of your followers!
Hope you enjoy what you’ve read on my blog.
Thanks Debbie
Just dropping by and sending a quick note of thanks for following my blog
Thats ok Mnemosyne. Happy to do so
Thanks for visiting and following my blog “Eyes to Heart.” … I like your comment about all the people in our lives to this point shaping who we are. For good or ill it is certainly true. How we handle their effect is also a big part of the story.
… Be well and continued success to you on your journey … Dorothy 
Thankyou Dorothy. I’m off to work with donkeys soon so maybe you can give me some advice.. Not quite horses but maybe not so diferent.
I do like horses but they scare me a little. Especially Clydsdale’s. Had a few bad encounters with those bad boys!
Hmmm … Proper guidance from a sympathetic trainer always helps.
… Check out http://www.chrisirwin.com. A wonderfully in tune horseman I have trained with. Perhaps his methods work with donkeys too. 
… Good luck!
Thankyou
AnElephantCant think of anything clever to say
This happens time after time
But he wants you to know
That he likes you and so
He says hello with this silly rhyme
Hahahha!
Thankyou.
I wish I could think of something that rhymes with elephant..
I’ll get back to you with something because I really like this sort of thing!
Thank you for the follow
Good luck in turning this blog into a book!
Thankyou,
some of my more recent posts don’t quite fit (like the one about French hippos) but with the others that I do want to use..Well, I’ll get there eventually! Just want something I can hold and say “I’ve done this. This is my life”!
Hey Thank You for that follow…Your site is just the way I like it, from now on you shall have one more avid reader of yours….And, lastly, I hope I can come with stuff to engage you at least for a couple of seconds on my site…
Cheers,
Debaroon
Thats great to hear! Thankyou and I hope you can enjoy my future posts, whenever it is that I get a chance to write something.
I think your blog is really great. Very professional looking with great photos and brilliant content.
Thanks again,
Andy
Thank you for visiting and following my blog and bringing me to yours. I am going to enjoy reading your posts!