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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.

The plans for our trip started after we had Sold our house in August. We planned to start our trip in Jan 2010, but when Alan found that flights were cheaper between Christmas and New Year, that plan was soon changed

We moved into a rented house in August and will be here until just before Christmas.

We have been house hunting in North Yorkshire, but we are probably too late to get anything sorted before we go ...

... for now ;-)), I'm most excited about the sleeper train, it's so much more interesting then sitting in Manchester Airport for 4 hours! We'll be squeezing into a tiny cabin, with a triple bunk bed on an 11 hour journey...shutting the curtains in Germany and opening them in Denmark.....and it's cheaper (what with a lack of luggage limits saving me from extortionate Easy Jet add-ons!)

I'll keep updating this as I start booking hostels and buying things for Denmark!

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...

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Brush the future, take the subway IC Card
"Transit IC card is 'city card' in a sub-system," Liu said, "In the future, Shenyang subway, residents pay water ...

... standards and already packed much of my stuff in to my brand new (and rather sexy) backpack. Fortunately it appears that I can fit everything in despite the fact that I'm having to carry an obscenely bulky amount of anti-malaria tablets as well as other delightful disease prevention measures such as a mosquito net and enough insect repellent to bathe in. However, the only bug I intend to catch is the travel bug (boom boom) so ...

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 ...

... sat nearby as if to see us off. Goodbyes are short and we set off into the countryside and the deserted (well they were never busy) roads.

The leisurely drive south down the A2 – IP1 autopista is uneventful and gives us the chance to start thinking about life back in the UK, something we have never had time to do at MV. It’s going to be strange being home after ‘settling’ here for six months and I’ ...

... siina parhaani mukaan :P Varsinainen kokemus. Mutta kaiken kaikkiaan oli hauskaa, ja palaan Derbyyn taas 3 vkon paasta, kun silloin vkonloppuna sielta lahtee bussi Birminghamiin, jossa on 50-luvun juhlat, keraavat rahaa hyvantekevaisyyteen. Jihuu :) Nyt olen palannut arkeen (hieman vaivalloisesti tosin) ja nyt taman viikon vain otetaan rauhallisesti. Rakkaita terveisia Suomeen pain, tulkaapa joskus taalla kaymaan! :D xx Liisa

... leaving there was some light drizzle, but rather than taking a bus or taxi, we decided to walk, however 10mins from home the sky opened up and by the time we walked in the door we were saturated. There has been rain only twice since we left Australia, (once previously in Bangkok) and both times we have been caught walking back to our room in it and been completely drowned! Sunday 23rd July Today we visited Elvaston Castle, which is about an 8klm walk from Alan's place. The first 5-6klm ...