More than 12 years has passed since we signed off on our allseven adventure. Sue and I are now married with two beautiful kids, Fred and Monty, living a very comforatble life in Ascot. We have built up a successful group of travel businesses with teams in the UK, Canada and Australia. The over-riding brand is all7Group (of course!). Life is good. Really good. Phill

It all started on New Years Day 2005 in a smoke filled auditorium, known as The Lakeside. Staring into our pint glasses, wryly smiling at the behaviour of Britain's chav class, we glanced up to the stage with the prompt of the cheering crowd. "One huuudreddddd annnnd eeeeiiiighhhty," cried the umpire. Yep, this was the World Embassy Darts Championships. And it was here that we made the decision to sell up and see the world - properly.Ten full months...

Home safe and sound. Comprehensive update and final video to appear here shortly! PaSx

To sum up this journey late tonight would not only be difficult, it would be wrong. So we will save that for the weekend. Our hectic day racing around the World's Metropolis left us out of puff. More navy blue suited males and mini skirted chicklets than you can imagine. The cities inhabitants knock Londoners into a cocked hat in terms of living life against the clock. Facinating to watch.We have stories of heated toilet heats with remote control options, det...

Our route back to Tokyo on the train network this morning involved changes at Minamiotari, Itoigawa and Echigo Yuza, before arriving on the fourth train at Tokyo. Confused? Hmm. Booking into a boutique hotel for our final two nights, we hadn't realised the word boutique applied to the size of the rooms rather than the style of hotel. Anyway, the hotel is new, brilliantly located and beautifully fitted out in a comtempory style. On day five our our cards fi...