Inventory List:We are still waiting for our last visa (!!!!) but in the mean time we are getting ready to move on. All in all the list seems endless, but when we did our first test run, Joey was on 14kgs and I was on 11kg!! This will be a bit more once all the other bits and bobs are in, but I think we are doing pretty well for 7.5 months!! - - Joey - Clothes: (packed into 1 single cube) 1 pair linen trousers (long) 1 pair zip paints 1 pair shorts (al...

The night before my last week in Huizhou, Guangdong Province, China. Many endings lead to many new beginnings… It feels like yesterday when I… no it doesn't - it feels like 2 years and 4 months since the first day I set foot in the real China - or my version of the real China. At the end of this week (25 April) it comes to an end. There have been farewell dinners (and one or two more to follow) and farewell drinks (with surprisingly good Great Wal...

SO... we're finally packed UP and all our stuff is being shipped to SA as we speak (write / read / whatever!). It was an emotionally taxing day, but it's over and we're glad! The second item on the to-do list has been completed!

So it started with a bang! Or a shot as it happens. Just over 2 months left now untill departure - we had the first 3 of 12 vaccinations done today, the rest being done over the next 4 weeks. Despite the tenderness reminding me that we are now well and truly on our way, it doesn't make this any more real!

After living and working abroad for almost 9 years we have decided to return to the Mother City.What started off as a vacation trip has now expanded to become a study/exploration/business/experience/adventure endeavour that will take us across 40 000km overland through China, South East Asia, India, Turkey, Southern Europe, Northern Africa and then on to the Sub-Saharan African East coast. We started dreaming of this trip so we could drink cocktails on the beach....