This is being done in retrospect as we did not have the cob-on to do things like this before we left!! We left from East Midlands airport going to Prague. This flight was the only thing we had booked before leaving. Other preparation we had done inc all relevant jabs, saving up money, buying the lonely planets (though not really reading them!), Belarus, Russia, Mongolia and Chinese visas (which were a pain in the arse), photocopying everything, buying a bag, sandals, medi kit, raincoat, sewing kit (?) and that was about it!! To say we were both nervous in the weeks running up to it would be an understatement, we'd given up our flat and jobs and we were kind of thinking that a hop-on-and-off plane ticket might have been nice, as the only place we
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