MALAYSIA | Wednesday, 28 Nov 2007 | Views [1767] | Comments [1]
Since I wrote last time I have left Thailand and headed to Malaysia so I guess I better go back and recap! After leaving Khao Sok national park Andy and I headed to Ko Phi Phi. I had never been to Phi Phi before and heard that it was stunning so I had ... Read more >
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THAILAND | Monday, 19 Nov 2007 | Views [616]
I am currently in the Khao Sok national park in the south of Thailand. I firstly met up with Andy in Bangkok and we drank too much beer and caught up on all the news since I've left England. The next day we were able to breifly catch up with my cousin ... Read more >
Tags: Relaxation
CAMBODIA | Thursday, 15 Nov 2007 | Views [857]
I haven't written for a while so have a bit of catching up to do! I arrived in Phenom Penh with m new travel partner - Kerstin who likes to be called Chris, and we headed off to S21 and the killing fields for our first day of sightseeing. S21 used ... Read more >
Tags: The Great Outdoors
CAMBODIA | Monday, 5 Nov 2007 | Views [800]
I finally arrived in Cambodia, dusty and sweaty after flying from Guilin to Bangkok and stopping at a hostel for the night (well for about 5 hours sleep) and getting up the next morning to catch a bus to Aranya Prathet, crossing the border and getting ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
CHINA | Tuesday, 30 Oct 2007 | Photo Gallery
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CHINA | Monday, 29 Oct 2007 | Views [1127]
Cherie, Rod and I finally met up again in Yang Shuo which is a small town outside of Guilin - and this time we have managed to actually find a relatively small town to chill out in!! For the first couple of days we did exactly that - chill out, read books, ... Read more >
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CHINA | Monday, 22 Oct 2007 | Photo Gallery
Macau
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MACAU | Monday, 22 Oct 2007 | Views [1235]
After a few more lazy days in ChengDu Cherie, Rod and I split up and headed off in our seperate directions for a few days. They headed off to Lijian and me to Macau to visit my cousin Jon and his wife Summer who are living out there teaching. Macau ... Read more >
Tags: Family
CHINA | Monday, 22 Oct 2007 | Photo Gallery
Beijing
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CHINA | Monday, 22 Oct 2007 | Photo Gallery
The Great Wall
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CHINA | Monday, 22 Oct 2007 | Photo Gallery
Xi'an
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CHINA | Monday, 22 Oct 2007 | Photo Gallery
Deng Feng and Shaolin
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CHINA | Friday, 19 Oct 2007 | Photo Gallery
Leshan and Chengdu
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CHINA | Monday, 15 Oct 2007 | Views [654]
Finally, I am pleased to say that on arrival in Cheng Du two things were obvious - firstly we had finally arrived far enough South that I can stop wearing everything I owe at once layered on top of each other giving me an abominable sow man type look ... Read more >
Tags: Laughter
CHINA | Friday, 12 Oct 2007 | Views [696]
We left Deng Feng at 5am in the morning and headed to Xi'an. I have to admitt that this was no easy feat for me considering that every part of my body was aching due to my day of kung fu. When I say every part I literally mean every part - including ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
CHINA | Monday, 8 Oct 2007 | Views [5761] | Comments [12]
Another early start and we boarding what is apparently the best train in China in order to leave Beijing and head to Zheng Zhou which is on route to Shaolin for some kung fu action! We arrived in Zhen Zhou and on first impression it did not seem to ... Read more >
Tags: Adrenaline
CHINA | Friday, 5 Oct 2007 | Views [1076]
After spending a fairly relaxing day at the temple of heaven yesterday, we got up this morning at 5.45 in order to head to the great wall of China. The sections we went to were Jimshanlyn and Simatai which were suppossed to be a mixture of restored ... Read more >
Tags: I should have known better!
CHINA | Wednesday, 3 Oct 2007 | Views [563]
Word of advice: If you are going to up and leave all your friends and move to the other side of the world - have 1 farewell say goodbye and bugger off!!! I decided to stage a series of events over about 2 weeks which means almost every day for 2 weeks ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road