it's a long way from whitley bay... Hi everyone and welcome to our journal where you can see and read what we've been up to and where we're going next. We hope you enjoy it, and would love you to keep in touch with your news, and send us your comments! Lots of love, Sarah and Phil x ;)

Gallery: Blue Mountains

AUSTRALIA | Tuesday, 1 Apr 2008 | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Sydney

AUSTRALIA | Tuesday, 1 Apr 2008 | Photo Gallery

Sydney

AUSTRALIA | Tuesday, 1 Apr 2008 | Views [1063] | Comments [6]

Hi from Sydney! We’ve been having flaming good time in Oz so far! Having met up with Sarah’s Mum and Dad on Thursday we’ve been ‘knocking ourselves out’ with loads of sightseeing in and around Sydney (guess who’s been setting the ... Read more >

Beijing and The Great Wall

CHINA | Thursday, 27 Mar 2008 | Views [919] | Comments [3]

Hi everyone, Well, Peking (as most people who live here still seem to call it) has been awesome. The weather started off dismally on Friday - no sign of the Mongolian dust storms we'd been warned of - but we couldn't be certain if that was because ... Read more >

Gallery: Beijing and the Great Wall

CHINA | Sunday, 23 Mar 2008 | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Shanghai

CHINA | Friday, 21 Mar 2008 | Photo Gallery

Shanghai

CHINA | Friday, 21 Mar 2008 | Views [1283] | Comments [5]

Hi everyone, We arrived early this morning in Beijing after catching the night train from Shanghai. The train was very comfy indeed - with cosy sleeper beds and lots of nice extra touches including a flask of hot water, slippers and little toothbrush ... Read more >

Gallery: Yangtze cruise

CHINA | Monday, 17 Mar 2008 | Photo Gallery

Yangtze river cruise

CHINA | Monday, 17 Mar 2008 | Views [2468] | Comments [2]

Hi everyone,   We're back from our four day trip down the Yangtze and had a fantastic time.  The scenery was incredible, the weather was (eventually) sunny and the boat was great.  We really couldn't have asked for any more!   We left an overcast Chengdu ... Read more >

Leshan and Chongqing

CHINA | Wednesday, 12 Mar 2008 | Views [2825] | Comments [5]

Hi everyone, Just a quick update before we get on our boat and sail down the Yangtze.  Well at least we've been told it's the Yangtze lurking out their beneath the grey skies... to be honest it could be the Amazon jungle for all we can see outside! ... Read more >

Gallery: Chengdu (2)

CHINA | Tuesday, 11 Mar 2008 | Photo Gallery

Kunming and Chengdu

CHINA | Saturday, 8 Mar 2008 | Views [4140] | Comments [6]

Hi everyone, Well we've arrived in China safe and sound. But not before we collected some more ‘travel experiences’ to tell you about… After our 7 hour wait at the border on Tuesday, we finally boarded the 6pm sleeper bus to Kunming and ... Read more >

Tags: on the road

Gallery: Chengdu

CHINA | Saturday, 8 Mar 2008 | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Kunming

CHINA | Saturday, 8 Mar 2008 | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Sapa

VIETNAM | Tuesday, 4 Mar 2008 | Photo Gallery

Trip Stats - 1/3 of the way!

VIETNAM | Tuesday, 4 Mar 2008 | Views [1214] | Comments [3]

Seeing as we're now four months into our trip we thought we'd do a bit of quantitative analysis on our experiences So far and have spent our spare afternoon at the Chinese border putting together a few trip stats... Countries we've been to = 7 Flights ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

Sapa

VIETNAM | Tuesday, 4 Mar 2008 | Views [1248] | Comments [4]

Hi everyone, We've made it to China! Well across the border anyway. We're now sat in an internet cafe with 8 hours to kill before our bus journey to Kunming because our travel agent messed up the bus booking! Grrr. He told us he'd arrange tickets for ... Read more >

Tags: on the road

Gallery: Halong Bay

VIETNAM | Saturday, 1 Mar 2008 | Photo Gallery

Halong Bay

VIETNAM | Friday, 29 Feb 2008 | Views [1202] | Comments [3]

Hi everyone, Just a quick update as we unexpectedly found an internet connection at the hotel we're staying in tonight! We're now on Day 2 of our tour of Halong bay, having spent last night in a cozy cabin on a Chinese Junk (the boats with the big ... Read more >

Tags: on the road

Gallery: Hanoi

VIETNAM | Thursday, 28 Feb 2008 | Photo Gallery

Hanoi

VIETNAM | Wednesday, 27 Feb 2008 | Views [1299] | Comments [2]

Hi everyone, Hope you've all recovered from the earthquake!  Things have been a bit less dramatic round here as we've spent 4 days relaxing in Hanoi before we head to Halong Bay to soak up some...er...cloud. Yes that's right, for the first time in ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

Gallery: Vang Vieng and Vientiane

LAOS | Friday, 22 Feb 2008 | Photo Gallery

Vang Vieng and Vientiane

LAOS | Friday, 22 Feb 2008 | Views [3790] | Comments [2]

Hi everyone, Since leaving Luang Prabang, we’ve mainly spent our time floating down a river in tractor inner tubes drinking beer. Perhaps that needs some explanation… We left Luang Prabang on Tuesday morning and spent ... Read more >

Tags: on the road

Luang Prabang

LAOS | Monday, 18 Feb 2008 | Views [1724] | Comments [5]

Hi everyone, We finally arrived in Luang Prabang in Laos on Thursday last week after our two-day slow boat trip down the Mekong river. It was a really atmospheric journey meandering our way down from northern Thailand through the misty ... Read more >

Tags: on the road

Gallery: Luang Prabang

LAOS | Sunday, 17 Feb 2008 | Photo Gallery