http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/meghanvesey/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from meghanvesey en-us Tue, 22 Dec 2009 12:32:39 +0000 Tue, 22 Dec 2009 12:32:39 +0000 Hello allTwo weeks ago we left Turkmenistan and crossed into 304ran... Bit of a shock We hit Tehran f305rst and had an interesting t305me gett305ng around. We d305d manage to see all sorts of n305ce s305tes and then headed off 305n the truck.Here are the c305t305es we stayed 305nTehranYadzSh305razEsphahanBush Camp near ZanjanTabr305zThe people of Iran a http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Iran/North/Tabriz/blog-334725.html HelloMinor Internet difficulties have kept us from updating our blog.... But here we are in Tehran with a reasonable computer and Internet connectionHere's what we have been up to since KyrgyzstanUzbekistanFarghanaTashkentSamarkandYurt CampBukharaKhivaWe really enjoyed Uzbekistan. All of the monuments mosques madrasases etc were all covered in beautiful blue tiles. Meghan especially lo http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Uzbekistan/blog-330737.html Yes for anyone who is wondering we are still alive. Lack of internet cafe's and lack of patience on dialup connections has contributed to our long silenceWe have been in Kyrgyzstan since August 27th. It's a beautiful country with lots of mountains and fresh air. The country is not heavily populated and doesn't have big cities so we've been camping quite a bit.Pictures are not working for us http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Kyrgyzstan/Osh/blog-322651.html We are in Dunhuang tonight. This will be our third night in the hotel. It's been very restfull We had a rough long desert drive to get here.Here are out latest stats14 hotels2 different campsitesalmost 1 month away from homeDunhuang is famous for the Mogao Grottoes. The caves are full of Buddhist paintings and sculptures. No photos were allowed. Since we are getting closer to central As http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Gansu/Dunhuang/blog-312072.html Hello thereWe are back at an Internet cafe in Pingliang. We drove 13.5 hours to get here today. It is 330kms from Xi'an. The math doesn't work does it Kwesi bought a fish for dinner. It's late here but we were so hungry As usual the food is super good. Kwesi is not thinking about where the fish was caught... Dinner tonight with bottles of water a fish and too many skewers for me c http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Gansu/blog-308253.html HelloSo here we are again. Today we are slowly killing ourselves due to second hand smoke. We hope you all appreciate itWe continue to have good food and amazing experiences. We have posted a bunch of pictures with some short descriptions. It is very hard to find and choose the rights photos to post Between us we have been taking more than 100 photos a day...Here's a list of our most use http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Shaanxi/Xi-an/blog-307850.html HelloTonight we are staying in a city called Yinchuan. It's been a hectic trip so far It's hard to believe that we left more than a week ago.This is by far the best gaming cafe we have found so far. We have only spent time in a cafe a couple of times before now. The upload speed is great and they even let us plug in our camera That is a first.Everyday it seems we see something incredible.H http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Ningxia/Yinchuan/blog-305083.html Hello everyoneHere we are in Chengde. Anyway from the title you might have thought we were staying at a Resort haha. If only that were the case... We went and saw where the Emperors of the Qing dynastry went for their summer holidays. Posh place. It took about 100 years in the 1700's to build all the buildings and the gardens. It was pretty. Lots of good Feng Shui.We baked today as we http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Hebei/Chengde/blog-303092.html Kwesi saved these pictures before we leftIt's smokey. Hard to believe we are in a giant internet cafe with a whole bunch of smokers but that is lifeWe arrived yesterday afternoon. It's been hot here but not nearly as hot as I know Beijing can be We spent part of today at the beautiful summer palace. Kwesi had a lot of fun taking pictures although we do not have our cameras here to uploa http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/Beihai-Park/blog-300062.html It is now 745 Tuesday morning. I woke up feeling like I have had very little sleep tossing and turning. It seems to have been what my unconscious body must have engaged in I feel very exhausted ... I believe I am going through the emotions of anxiety nervousness what the hell did I just sign up for and whatever you can think of I am currently experiencing it. The thought of being som http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Alberta/Calgary/blog-300056.html Phew. Almost made it Seems like we keep on going through things and finding more to do. I still seem to be working on our contact list.. and guess what Kwesi comes home with 50 more names for our travel list Statistics indicates that it takes about two weeks to forget someone. I hope we are not that easy to forget Here's to blogging. Proof we are still here.Tonight I also realized http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Alberta/Calgary/blog-299883.html Hello our friendsSo we're almost there Today's date says July 11th. Before we know it July 16th will be hereUsing the map tool in this blog we've created the following mapWe'll do our best to keep everyone posted with our progress. Some countries will have lots of Internet Cafes others not We have lots of extra batteries for our cameras so we should be set.Meghan and KwesiPS Here is http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Alberta/Calgary/blog-298219.html