Days Hotel Nottingham

... dinner last Saturday - it was fantastic! And to say to my mum - can't wait for our second christmas dinner this Sunday - woohoo!

Very excited at the moment about going on our adventure - but going to miss all our fantastic friends and family!

Ash

Ps won't miss the cold mind. brrr.

Well the day has finally arrived! The alarm was set for 6.00am but we were both awake before it went off. After a quick breakfast we were on the bike heading for a rendevous at Colin's house in Halling in the rain!

After a quick cup of tea, Leigh up turned on his Triumph Tiger and it was time to set off for the Marsden to meet Lyndsey & David & guess what it ...

Finally worked out my route.

Fly to Armenia, travel through Georgia to Turkey and fly from Istanbul to Mumbai. Work my way across to Calcutta and fly to Bangkok. Through Thailand and Cambodia to Vietnam, then onto China.

I am setting off early September 2010 and aim to be in China early December, maybe.

And then I have to get back...

... transportation IC card, for future use in the subway is not a problem.
The reason why so sure, because the current public transportation IC card has a strong capacity for expansion. "As long as connected with the subway ticketing system, you can achieve the brush IC card, which is no technical problem." Qiuen Jun also said that the safety of public transportation IC card is also very strong anti-forgery features, like ...

Tow truck 3, turns up at 20:30, we get loaded up and set off at 20:45 only to find out that the AA have sent me a driver that needs to take his 45 minute break in under an hour. So I waited an extra 1.5 hours for him to arrive and then I have to wait ...

... to miss the jet setting life!

Descending through the cloud over Ireland, we get snatched glimpses of small bays being bombarded by waves and on the approach to the north of England it starts to rain. Touchdown and those words I have come to dread over many years of travelling, "Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to Manchester". We taxi in through the pouring rain, stroll to reclaim all our bags and then meet Norah’s brother ...

... to be at the airport again for 6:30 am, darran had to be in Johannesburg to check on his suit for rob & pips wedding, we decided to drive down to Harmanus again as it was our last day & we enjoyed it so much when we were there at the beginning of the garden route, we arrived in the carpark earlier than the carpark marshall so we had the pick of the place, went to the loo, there were no lights on, so the attendant suggested i went into the first loo ...

... pfeifend fuhr der Herr uns durch die Nebelbänke des Sherwood Forest, immer in der Mitte der Straße und selbst wenn das schöne englische Schild "Reduce Speed NOW" erschien noch mit den Hebeln auf dem Tisch. Dazu klingelte bzw. lachte (lang leben die kreativen Klingeltöne) alle 8 Minuten sein Handy. Toll, dass die vorderen 5 Reihen "Nichttelefonierer" sind, damit man's schön ruhig hat. Oh wait... Gerade noch mit Robin Hood vor dem Nottingham ...

... forward to seeing Kay again in New Zealand actually, though I think I've dropped myself in it by agreeing to skydive with her.. no getting out of it now! Hehe. No, I'm really looking forward to it. No real plans, I'm just going to see how it all pans out, do whatever I'm recommended really! HERE GOES!

It's not going to be cheap to do it this way round. Especially when you consider that a round the world flight can be as cheap as £650 these days. And it's not, as many people suspect, that we're scared of flying. Quite the opposite. In fact, I get seasick - which will be fun. It's for the challenge, and for the achievement. It's not like nobody's done ...