Stylised animal artwork at the bottom of each page was redrawn by Jane from relief designs on TEN different Tharu houses on Rajapur Island, West Nepal.

The author portrait on the home page is by Seb Howarth; the mountain is the background is Ama Dablam.

Simon Howarth took the abseiling portrait in the English Lake District.

Mary Styles took the photo with the ring-tailed lemurs.

The rowing photo was taken by Sara Kinna while we were waiting to start the Winter Head on the Cam in February 2008.

The books page is illustrated with a photo of the dry season ferry across the Geruwa at Kothiyaghat.

The travel health pages feature a plane that tipped off the end of the runway at Jomosom, West Nepal.

The communicating page shows a village meeting with Jane, Miss TP Pratibha and Mr Gopal in Gumna on Rajapur Island.

The blind fish on the scientific publications pages is Glossogobius ankaranensis a new species that we discovered during the Crocodile Caves expedition to Madagascar.

Photos on the Your Child Abroad cover are Top left Seb Howarth and Som Bahadur by Hilary Bradt, top right Quin and bottom right Quin and Carole by Hallam Murray, bottom left Catherine by Tricia Hayne.

The photo of the stuck Land Cruiser in the Work in Progress pages was taken by Jane on Rajapur Island, W Nepal.

Thanks to the charming chaps at i4ce for being so patient with a pedantic author.