At last I've finished processing all of the photos!!! It's take more than 8 months, but at last I've got through several thousand photos, and processed them all - I've not put all of them onto Flickr - don't panic - only 600 of them, showing the entire journey from London to Hong Kong. Take a look at the photos in one set here: TSR in one set or broken down into sections: TSR in sections Or you can download a kml and view them in Google Earth on mapMyflickr: Dave Gray's Photos Thanks for reading! Hopefully I'll be back at [View Full Entry]

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mapMyflickr - Map your flickr photosets in Google Earth is now live... www.mapmyflickr.com We've finished beta testing, so have now gone live. We're still constantly upgrading, so make sure you come back regularly, as we're imminently adding Google Maps support (so no need to have Google Earth installed). Come along and take a look - let us know what you think, and suggest what else you'd like to see! [View Full Entry]

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mapMyflickr - geotagged images in Google Earth We've created a new way of viewing photos after developing this from the trans-siberian trip - mapMyflickr is a way of showing photos from flickr which have been geotagged by downloading a link to browse within Google Earth. You can view sets by interestingness, or just the geotagged pictures in your current view. We've just got the site up and running - currently in beta, so please drop an email to beta(at)mapmyflickr.com, or message me if you're interested in taking a look. We're after any feedback - either positive, negative, or just suggestions for [View Full Entry]

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Google Earth/Flickr Picture Show OK, all is looking good! We now have a working flickr/google earth plugin. Peter has managed to put together a php script to allow Google Earth to dynamincally update from Flickr. What that means is that when we add new pictures, and have them geo-tagged (tagged with the location, according to GPS location) that they will be automatically show on Google Earth. http://tsr.no-ip.org/flickr.kml is the link, and all you need to do when you click on it is make sure you have Google Earth installed, then select "Open with Google Earth". It'll take up to a few [View Full Entry]

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And, yes we are still here, I thought I'd do a quick update, as I am getting there with the photos (slowly, but getting there!) So the latest batch are on my flickr page: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dave_gray/collections/72157619877350665/ And we're now arriving in Mongolia on the photos, so it;s takign longer to tweak and upload the pics, than it did to do the trip...DOH! Ah well....all good memories :) [View Full Entry]

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Well....we are still here, and have finally started sorting the photos! I know...it;s taking ages, but I took so many it will take me a while longer. So, to be going on with here's some from the first few days....taking us over the first 4 days, up to departure for the trans-siberian proper! So we have the transit through 7 countries: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dave_gray/collections/72157619877350665/ UK France Belgium Germany Poland Belarus Russia..... I am aiming to get the rest of the photos processed & up on flickr in the next few weeks!!! Enjoy! [View Full Entry]

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Just round the corner is some very useful advice for those living in high rise flats. I have some sympathy for the authorities who put up the second example. A literal transaltion is "Circular public open space"; not very snappy and I know of lots of squares in the UK that are not geometric squares. How to put it in English? Well, not that way. And then there's the utterly incomprensible. Philip [View Full Entry]

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You will have gathered that David did not think much of Russian food. It was not all bad. I enjoyed my fish cakes stuffed with chopped eggs and fresh herbs served with potatoes in a light paprika sauce. My chicken with strawberry sauce was decidedly odd. Eat your heart out Hector Blumenthal. All food was strictly a la carte down to individula slices of bread. My "pee garnish - 5 Roubles" was cold tinned peas and not at all salty. China is a lot more exciting. I think they have just discovered chili. Every dish is laced with the stuff [View Full Entry]

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During the trials and tribulations of our dodgy guts (Peter got it 24 hours after me), and eventually we both had trouble for 3 days, we managed to also squeeze in a trip up to the Great Wall - Mutianyu - a relatively unknown/newish section of the wall, nicely refurbished. It was a cable car ride to the top after fighting our way through the people selling "I Climbed the Great Wall" t-shirts and hats, but then it was as we expected....a fantastic view of the wall....and wow!!! what a view!!! And fortunately there were very few other people around too... [View Full Entry]

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We arrived at just after 2pm, and approximately 11000 Kilometres on the train. Time for a few days of sightseeing now! The Gobi was certainly interesting, with scattered herds (?) of camels, horses and occasional remote villages, but it was certainly a relief to wake up to the Chinese landscape, not least becuase we spent most of the day in the Gobi being very fractious... The final run in to Beijing was certainly pretty damn spectacular, down through some fantastic gorges, and stereotypical mist shrouded hills & mountains, and we were greeted on arrival by Sue (dad's wife), and then whisked [View Full Entry]

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