bravo Bravo Julian !
Il ne te reste plus qu'à écrire toutes tes aventures en détails car ça m'intrigue vraiment.
Si ta route devait une fois croiser celle de Lausanne sache qu'un lit ainsi que la pension complète te sera offerte avec grand plaisir en échange du récit de ton voyage.
;-)
bon vent !
Carole
Congratulations! Welcome home! I have enjoyed following you on your journey. I know how difficult it is to keep a blog up under such primitive conditions, but hope your first thoughts were on the experience and not on recording them for us.
Son of "Hope you're impressed" HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! Does this find you safely ensconced in Chateau Moutfort? Have just caught up with your blog - now complete? Am pleased you were impressed with Turkey - I also has a very favourable impression on my two short visits (one in rain and snow by the way...). All best wishes, Chris
Turkey... Are u traveling to or from Turkey?
If you need any assistance let me know!
Take care Gozde (from long long time ago frm Luxembourg European School!) :)
Good boos hello sir
i am Khalid khan from Pakistan
i love jurny from one country to other
i invite to my village in pakistan
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Merv Lucky you, I've always wanted to explore this part of the world. Did you know that Merv used to be known as Margiana, and was the furthest outpost of the Pythian empire? When they defeated Crassus's Roman Legions at the battle of Carrhae in 53BC, they took 10,000 roman soldiers captive. Many of them were sent to Margiana, where they built the walls of the city.
I don't believe it Julian! You are travelling half-way across the world, by public transport mostly, and your trousers are still neatly pressed! How do you do it? Why do you do it? I can't work out if I'm im-pressed at your dedication to the iron or de-pressed at my lack of dedication. x
Oil field photos Julian,
I am enjoying reading your entries. However I am surprised you did not understand why the authorities wanted to delete your photos, especially since you have spent so much time in China. It obviously has nothing to do with reverse engineering. Someone in the governement must have read the the Loney Planet description and became very upset. In an effort to clean up their image and be able to effectively deny the "nightmare vison" of oil extraction charge there can be no photographic evidence.
Your mail has inspired me.... to catch up on your blog - keeping this maintained including posting rather remarkable photos is one of the most impressive things about your journey. Getting hold of a functioning computer on internet can't have been easy in the 'Stans. Your mum told me that you'd reached the Black Sea. I spent a shockingly lazy school trip week on Golden Sands in Bulgaria (near Varga, one of your ports of call?) It won't be very much on your mind now but I've got some excellent (and mercifully short) material on Ecuador for your next exotic escapade....
Please don't "strip my link" (dire warning on the top of this box)
Hurry up and get back, I've been been invited to dinner when you do...
Chris
Nice photos! Ashgabat looks hilarious! Looking forward to getting there!
Hope spirits are still high and you're not running out of steam on the trip yet!
fantastic trip Julian, you are having such a gorgeous trip! You should publish your stories somewhere! half a day work today! Catch up after the holiday! Continue your fun and great journey!
Onwards, our modern-day mechanically-borne Marco Polo! Julian,
Have enjoyed your travel tales so far. Amazing that once you get off the well-travelled pathways, the world quickly reverts to being a place full of potholes and flat tires -- and reassuring. A great book to read sometime is Eastern Approaches by Fitzroy Maclean, a traveller in Central Asia and an amazing person in the 1930's and 40's.
Onwards! Enjoy the moments under the sun and the stars ... as you will be under florescent lighting for long enough in the years to come!
DGB
Not very bright Not you, me cos I read your blog from top to bottom so it was all the wrong way round. Your mum has just given your blog address so I've had a lot of catching up to do. Nice photos (only the recent ones work mind you). Who r u travelling with? Hitching? Still using your Chinese? Will log in regularly! Chris
Alan
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Silk Road
Julian, you could have saved almost eight euros by flying!