Anywhere but the UK Almost three years of saving and hard work since graduation have culminated in this trip. My inspiration has come from reading inumerable atlas's and watching the quality output of the BBC ever since I was a kid. My route has changed in it's scope and length since my orignial ideas. The theme however,remains the same: to get beyond the shores of our tiny island and to experience and explore the world beyond. Oh and to have a good time and not work for six months!

Communication Breakdown

CHINA | Thursday, 5 Jul 2007 | Views [805]

After forty five hours on the Hanoi - Beijing express, which wasn't much of an express considering we had to change trains and disembark in Nanning for two hours, arrived in Beijing. I was glad to be getting off having spent the previous night in the ... Read more >

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Vietnam

VIETNAM | Wednesday, 27 Jun 2007 | Views [827]

Arriving in Vietnam I immediately noticed that the grass was greener on the Vietnamese side of the border. Well actually it wasn’t greener as the Cambodian side of the border was actually a barren wasteland. I hoped that Vietnam would live up ... Read more >

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Just Another Temple?

CAMBODIA | Saturday, 16 Jun 2007 | Views [1025]

Since the inception of this trip I had wanted to travel overland as much as possible and really see the countries through which I was traveling while trying to do my bit for the environment. Clearly the second half of that statement is bollocks as ... Read more >

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The City of Angels

THAILAND | Saturday, 19 May 2007 | Views [1135] | Comments [1]

So Bangkok or Krung Thep as the Thai's call it. This translation however misses out fourteen other words which make up its full Thai name, yet intact it still doesn't give much of a description of what is to be found there! Roughly translated Krung ... Read more >

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A Tale of Two Cities & a Park

MALAYSIA | Wednesday, 2 May 2007 | Views [682] | Comments [1]

After sixteen hours we were finally in Singapore, India seemed but a distant memory. As we stepped out onto the city streets it was a different world: No noise, just the gentle hum of flashy BMWs and Mercedes cruising the streets. No smells, besides ... Read more >

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45 Minutes of Hate

INDIA | Monday, 9 Apr 2007 | Views [552]

Coming down from the mountains was a big shock. After two weeks of basking in temperatures around the low to mid 20s, reminiscent of summer back home, we had arrived in the dusty, dirty Amritsar where temperatures hover in the mid 30s! Within ... Read more >

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