Beijing to Istanbul overland, then India and Nepal

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Will update when I can, but there will probably be quite a lack of computers for the middle section of the trip.

Some posts will be skeleton entries as I need pics to remind me what was going on.

I won't sent each entry as an email so you're better off using an RSS reader and subscribing using the link on the left.

15/8 - still having trouble getting pics on the site, but at least I know the little hard drive is working, so can have about 22,000 pics in all.

29/8 - ooh photos, but they take ages to upload

As much as I love TravelPod, it was an awful lot easier to upload photos to Picasa: http://picasaweb.google.com/swhale

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  Arrival   Shanghai, China on Jul 16, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Would you like a fork, sir?   Hong Kong, Hong Kong on Jul 17, 2006 2 pictures 0 comments
• 3

  Aberdeen   Aberdeen, Hong Kong on Jul 18, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Stuck in Hong Kong   Beijing, China on Jul 19, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Better start saving some money   Beijing, China on Jul 20, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
• 6

  Where's the man with the shopping bags?   Beijing, China on Jul 21, 2006 1 picture 0 comments
• 7

  Another gripping instalment   Near Beijing, China on Jul 22, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
• 8

  Great Wall 1   Mutianyu, China on Jul 23, 2006 2 pictures 0 comments
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  Great Wall 2   Simatai, China on Jul 24, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
• 10

  Street Fight   Chinatown, China on Jul 25, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Yinchaun (yiddle-eye-po)   Yinchuan, China on Jul 28, 2006 1 picture 2 comments
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  Chewy   Yinchuan, China on Jul 30, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Desert 'fun' park   Pingliang, China on Aug 2, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Kongtong Shan   Pingliang, China on Aug 2, 2006 1 picture 0 comments
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  Xian   Xian, China on Aug 3, 2006 0 pictures 4 comments
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  Mad dogs and Englishmen   Xian, China on Aug 6, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Driving   Pingliang, China on Aug 8, 2006 1 picture 0 comments
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  Beer   Xiahe, China on Aug 10, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  No, really, we're in Tibet   Xiahe, Tibet, China on Aug 12, 2006 2 pictures 0 comments
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  Back to work   Lanzouh, China on Aug 13, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  End of the Wall   Jiayuguan, China on Aug 14, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
• 22

  Clothes Sizes   Dunhuang, China on Aug 16, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Ill in the desert   Turpan, China on Aug 18, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Grapes   Turpan, China on Aug 19, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  I need a shower   Hotal, China on Aug 23, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
• 26

  Karakul Lake, Karakoram   Taxkorgan, China on Aug 25, 2006 3 pictures 0 comments
• 27

  Kyrgyzstan   Torugart, Kyrgyzstan on Aug 31, 2006 0 pictures 1 comment
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  Giggety, giggety   Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan on Sep 5, 2006 2 pictures 1 comment
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  Sanitorium   Issey Kul, Kyrgyzstan on Sep 6, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
• 30

  Homestay   Karakol, Kyrgyzstan on Sep 9, 2006 3 pictures 0 comments
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  "Excuse me, has anyone seen my goat?"   Song-Kul, Kyrgyzstan on Sep 13, 2006 6 pictures 0 comments
• 32

  Wash in Osh   Osh, Kyrgyzstan on Sep 15, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Tashkent   Tashkent, Uzbekistan on Sep 18, 2006 2 pictures 0 comments
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  Registan   Samarkand, Uzbekistan on Sep 20, 2006 1 picture 0 comments
• 35

  "The Tajiks stole my Speedos!"   Middle of nowhere, Uzbekistan on Sep 21, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Tired   Bukhara, Uzbekistan on Sep 25, 2006 4 pictures 0 comments
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  Khiva   Khiva, Uzbekistan on Sep 27, 2006 3 pictures 1 comment
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  Turkmenistan   Shovot, Turkmenistan on Sep 28, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
• 39

  Hell is great   Hell, Turkmenistan on Sep 29, 2006 3 pictures 0 comments
• 40

  Good and Bad   Ashgabat, Turkmenistan on Oct 2, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Waiting for a ferry   Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan on Oct 5, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
• 42

  Waiting on a ferry   Middle of the Caspian Sea, Turkmenistan on Oct 5, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Azerbaijan   Baku, Azerbaijan on Oct 7, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
• 44

  I fell in   Gobustan, Azerbaijan on Oct 8, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
• 45

  Georgian Wine   Crasniy Most, Georgia on Oct 10, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Killer   Tiblisi, Georgia on Oct 11, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Tiblisi   Tiblisi, Georgia on Oct 11, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
• 48

  16 years Before Christmas   Batumi, Georgia on Oct 16, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
• 49

  Fairy Chimneys   Goreme, Turkey on Oct 22, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Turkey   Istanbul, Turkey on Oct 22, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
• 51

  Stopover   Manama, Bahrain on Oct 26, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Mumbai   Mumbai, India on Oct 27, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Octopussy   Udaipur, India on Nov 1, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Pushkar Camel Fair   Pushkar, India on Nov 5, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Jodphur, Jaisalmer and Bikaner   Bikaner, India on Nov 8, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Beware of extinct tigers   Delhi, India on Nov 11, 2006 2 pictures 0 comments
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  Delhi   Delhi, India on Nov 12, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Jaipur   Jaipur, India on Nov 13, 2006 3 pictures 0 comments
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  Taj Mahal   Agra, India on Nov 15, 2006 4 pictures 0 comments
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  Fake emails   Agra, India on Nov 16, 2006 0 pictures 1 comment
• 61

  Punch and Cricket don't mix   Orcha, India on Nov 16, 2006 2 pictures 0 comments
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  Distinct lack of tigers   Panna Tiger Reserve, India on Nov 18, 2006 2 pictures 0 comments
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  I see dead people.   Varanasi, India on Nov 21, 2006 4 pictures 0 comments
• 64

  Back to nature   Sauraha, Nepal on Nov 24, 2006 6 pictures 0 comments
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  Kathmandu   Kathmandu, Nepal on Nov 26, 2006 3 pictures 0 comments
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  Top of the world   Everest, Nepal on Nov 27, 2006 3 pictures 0 comments
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  Journey home   Kathmandu, Nepal on Nov 28, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Statto, Statto   Kathmandu, Nepal on Nov 30, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Signs   Kathmandu, Nepal on Nov 30, 2006 20 pictures 0 comments