Hi everyone, Well what do you do if your stuck in Bangkok but you have to leave. We were planning on going to Burma today, flights were booked and everything, but when we went to get our visas they had refused to give me one and wouldnt say why, quite scary when you have to leave the country the next day! So tomorrow we are getting the bus all the way to cambodia and back just to be able to stay in Bangkok. This is now the 5th time in Bangkok and we are starting to get a little fed up with it! Anyway since I last wrote I have been travelling with my parents for three weeks, I left Aaron while he travelled through Cambodia and flew to Bangkok for the second time! It ... read more

Hi, So we left Xi'an and travelled on another overnight train to Shanghai, we ended up having to run with our backpacks and flip flops on (not a good combination) to make sure we caught the train. We spent 5 days in Shanghai wondering around the city and the gardens, we wet up the Jinmao Tower for a great view of the city and wondered around all the little back alleys of the city. Then it was on to Wuyi Shan on another train but through the day this time so we just booked seats. Its weird here in China, people really stare at you because your western looking and they are so interested in what you are doing. On the train we had one doctor sat with us who could speak a little English and ... read more

Hey, So we have just about learnt a few words in Russian, please, thankyou and cheers! and we've left the country! After a few more nights filled with vodka shots and midnight trips to the banya (sauna to wash) with crazy russian men whipping themselves with tree branches we left Olkhon Island heading back to Irkutskt for one night before we left. The train ride was 36 hours from Russia into Ulaan Baator (Mongolia) as it took 11 hours to cross the border, with a stinking cold and nothing but cardboard like tissue paper you can imagine how red my nose is now! As we crossed the border the lady in the french guys cabin went and bought 10 mongolian beers to welcome us into the country, they all seem so friendly here. Today is the ... read more

Hi everyone, So we are now in Russia, we left Rakvere on the overnight bus after spending about 6 hours waiting in this little pub with all our luggage drinking apple cider. We went to the bus stop and made our dinner, plastic cheese, processed ham and frozen lettuce sandwiches-yummy! We got to the border about 2 hours later and this man in army gear came on checked all our passports and took them away for about 15 minutes- that was easy- we thought! but that was just leaving Estonia, we drove up another 100 metres and they made an announcement, no idea what but everyone got off the bus and got there bags-so we just followed-this was the Russian border, we had to go through like airport security and have our bags scanned, as we ... read more