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That is the latest positive message from the three young friends from the Llangollen area embarked on a mammoth cycling trip to Thailand in aid of a heart charity.
Dyfan Hughes, 18, from Llangollen, Louis Dennis, 19, from Garth, and James Thomas,19, from Wrexham aim to cycle the 10,000 miles to the Far East in memory of Tony Edge, the father of a friend who died following a heart attack in 2024.
The intrepid trio, calling themselves the Westheads, set out from Lllangollen Football Club's HQ last August on their marathon ride which they reckon will take them at least 18 months to complete.
To date they have cycled through Holland, Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Serbia, Turkey and Georgia and are now heading for central Asia.
Along the way they aimed to raise £10,000 for the British Heart Foundation but, so far, well-wishers following their daily social media updates have pledged more than £24,000 to their cause.
The lads spent the winter in the town of Batumi on the Black Sea coast of Georgia and recently got back on the road as the weather improved.
A few weeks ago they used one of their daily social media updates to outline the problem they faced of exactly how to get safely into Asia with political problems in both Iran and Russia.
But the war now raging in the Middle East has forced them to make a major adjustment to their route.
They will now take a plane ride with their bikes across the Caspian Sea to Aktau in Kazakhstan.
While they are waiting for their flight they have been spending some time sightseeing in Tblisi in Georgia.
In a recent update they revealed how they have been contacted by many people back home expressing fears for their safety but their message was that they are all safe and well and excited about getting into Asia.
They also gave out the good news that their visas to enter China had now come through.
* To follow the journey on their social media and make a donation if you wish, go to: https://linktr.ee/westheads
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