Long route home Our trip all the way home, trying to catch no planes and stay on the ground like civilised people. It's taking us via India all the way to Europe from Japan, the furthest of the Far East...

Don't drop your Hs

VIETNAM | Saturday, 10 Jul 2010 | Views [758]

The mindblowingly mindless schedule of the border-crossing train had us up at 2300 for the to leave China, and then up again at 0100 to enter Vietnam! Each time we had to take all our things off the train, sit with the mozzies in immigration while ... Read more >

Tags: hanoi

Photos: China/Hong Kong

CHINA | Wednesday, 2 Jun 2010 | Photo Gallery

Bonkers in Honkers

HONG KONG | Sunday, 30 May 2010 | Views [518]

Buildings tower over us.  People throng the myriad malls.  Signs of carniverous consumption everywhere.  Sheer lust for life invigorating everything.  An obsession with cleanliness. Lots of neon.  No space.  Tempting to think we're back in Tokyo, but ... Read more >

Raging in Beijing

CHINA | Sunday, 23 May 2010 | Views [565]

Arriving in China was a shock to our systems in many ways. No more combinis, no maps at every corner and impoliteness ruling the day. We were  so tied up in stretching our final days in Japan that we forgot to write down ANY useful information - ... Read more >

Photos: leaving Tokyo

JAPAN | Friday, 21 May 2010 | Photo Gallery

Leaving Tokyo

JAPAN | Friday, 21 May 2010 | Views [1596]

Here we are, over one month into our journey and three quarters of the way into a 12 hr train ride from Danang to Nha Thrang. So far, not flying feels like a good decision. Some of the travel has been uncomfortable, but mostly we've enjoyed the slowly ... Read more >

Tags: castles, hot springs, japan, trains