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We expect that some of you will have figured out by now that we are back safe and sound (and cold) in dear old Blighty. It has taken us over a week to recover from the shock, hence the tardiness of this, our final destination blog entry (you may be very lucky and get one last summary from Wotton/Llandudno)! We are actually getting a taste of our own medicine with this entry, as it is making us as sick to write it as you fellas must have been to read all year. Our zen-like travel calm is fading as fast as our tans and reality has well and truly kicked in. I reckon this entry should be called paradise lost, as the likelihood of us ever going anywhere as idyllic as the islands we visited in ... read more

Hello all and welcome to one of our last (sob!) blog entries! The counter shows how long until we face the dark, cold winter of Blighty. Must say I (Becky) am looking forward to it as the cups of proper tea, Eastenders, fish and chips, roast dinners and cider will more than make up for it! So, China then... As you may have gathered, we left Vietnam with a bit of relief and arrived in Beijing, ready for our China odyssey. As China is such as massive country and we have done so much in such a short space of time, we've spilt this country's spawnblog into two; the ancient Central China dynastic cities of Kaifeng, Zhengzhou, Luoyang and Xian, along with the current capital Beijing, which as well as being home to more recent ... read more

Rick: These hornlogs are coming thick and fast at mo. So thought I'd give the long winded blog slog a go this time instead of Becky, I think there is something for everyone in here (and maybe a little offensive to some) so......... We only spent about a week in Laos but was enough to get a feel for the place as we travelled right across hilly North Laos. Its a really lush (literally very green) relaxed country making me cast my mind back those long 10 months ago when we started travelling in South America in places like Equador, Peru and Bolivia. Also maybe a bit like Thailand was 20 years ago, before the onslaught of Westerners like me! We had very, very, long, slow winding boat and bus journeys giving a amazing insight into ... read more

This is just a short one (full Thailand one to come soon you lucky people) as we did a little side trip to Cambodia with Beckys sis and Benny boy to the largest religious monument and highest concentration of temples (I may have made this bit up) in the world. The Temples of Angkor. Basically there were hundreds of amazing huge temples all round the place, built by the Khymer from 8th Century AD for Buddist, Hindu and local gods. Which they somehow "lost" for a few hundred years and then found again. I think they were behind the sofa but its always where you look last - but then thats because you stop looking after that. Anyway they were so impressive - especially some of the really atmospheric temples which are left in their unrepaired ... read more

Rick says What a joke! Typical. Bloody typical of those thieving bin dipping scally scouser buggers robbing the FA cup from the Hammers' grasp. Blooming Stevie Gerrard scoring two amazing goals. If he does that in the World Cup final against Germany then I may, just may, forgive him for previous crimes against West Ham lack of silverware. We watched it in Alice Springs with Gorm (another west country bumpkin) and Kate his wir-bird fiancee. I was very dejected and hoarse afterwards but proud. So anyway who cares about football when we are travelling on the other side of the world (well me). Northern Territory (along with Queensland) was the Australia I always had in my mind before I went. Real remote outback stuff and nothing for miles around, weird unique creatures and Great Barrier Reef/Whitsundays ... read more