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The Greater Mekong

THAILAND | Friday, 15 Aug 2008 | Views [47]

It has been some weeks since my last blog. Saigon was quickly conquered as was the Cu Chi tunnels before moving on to Cambodia via the Mekong Delta on a 2 day boat ride...well it was advertised as 2 days, but the first day consisted of 7 hours on a bus ... Read more >


The Highs and Lows of Travelling

VIETNAM | Thursday, 10 Jul 2008 | Views [223] | Comments [16]

It has been a long old month since my last blog...the honeymoon period of travelling has lapsed and the stresses of travelling have begun...as glorious as it sounds travelling the world, nothing in life is ever as easy as one may think & the grass ... Read more >


The Long March to China

INDIA | Friday, 13 Jun 2008 | Views [141] | Comments [2]

Writing this blog using the world's slowest connections is not easy. Finally after an hour I have come this far. My previous work crashed along with this ancient machine which should actually be in a computer museum not here in Guilin. At least I managed ... Read more >


Nepal, the great escape from India.

NEPAL | Sunday, 25 May 2008 | Views [284] | Comments [11]

Well it's been 3 weeks since my last blog....oh so much to tell. Ok so from Bundi we went to Ranthambore National Park in Rajasthan. Famed for being the best place in the Indian sub-continent to see the elusive tigers due to their unnerving attitude ... Read more >


A Month On

INDIA | Saturday, 3 May 2008 | Views [162] | Comments [6]

Today marks our anniversary of arrival, one month ago. We are currently in Bundi, a small (by Indian size) walled town in Rajasthan, with the fortress walls and palace dominating the belt of hilly lands surrounding the still modest market town. The population ... Read more >


First stop - India

INDIA | Sunday, 27 Apr 2008 | Views [176] | Comments [2]

We landed in splendid Mumbai, the city where dreams are made (dreams of rats, poverty beyond explanation & sights & smells of human excrement, all of which are impossible to escape apart from meal times where you can sneak off to a semi-decent ... Read more >


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