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... 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.

A quick update. Things have moved on, including us. We're pleased to report that a few days ago Brian the van was declared healthy, after some serious re-constructive surgery!

On Monday we left Norfolk and began a series of public transport journeys that would take us from Norwich to London, London to Cheltenham (to visit with friends for a couple of nights) and then Cheltenham to Birmingham to finally pick up our beloved Brian. We ...

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...

... gas, taxi, car parking, and even supermarkets, shopping and so on, will use the public transportation IC card. "
According to reports, had planned this at the end of the trial in the 100 taxi bus IC card referred to as some of the details will be postponed to the end of the year.
Responsible for developing public transportation IC card, said the company's vice president Qiu En-jun, and now the hands of the ...

... the first two already - we naturally haven’t. However, the last is beyond our control as we wait for the paid professional services to organise the sales in the chain.
We know that we have a lot to do and pressure of impending deadlines is a strong motivator, but the total uncertainty of the completion timeline for the flat is horribly unnerving. What happens if the solicitor in the middle doesn ...

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 ...

Wednesday 17th June

We are awake at 6am and finish off the last bits of packing. Yes, after six months in Portugal it’s finally time to leave for home. Our preparations with Susan are completed and she is ready to continue with local staff and run the guest house through the summer.

It’s a bright, sunny morning with the temperature already in the high teens. A quick tea and toast and we load the car, where Bonnie ...

... at a small wildlife center in a village in the hills. Mum really wanted to see some otters while we were in England and I really like the owls. It was a very nice area actually and all the animals seemed quite happy. The otters were really annoying though because they were making such a racket, think sort of cat meow mixed with screaming children. Gah! After that we continued down. One of the counties we entered was ...

... your journey. But whoever they are- old mate, new acquaintance, partner, the important thing is that you get on with them as a friend. And that they don't snore... What do you look back on the most? Again, it's hard to name one thing. Everything and anything I see during the day will remind me of some aspect of our journey. I've turned into a complete travel pest; 'been there!'; 'ooo, I've seen that!'; 'hah, it wasn't like that when we were there;' or the now much ...