Liz Well he was red, so I had to name him Boris.

Jan How do you know he was called Boris?

Stephen Oakes Great - the hair dye episode made me giggle. Your exploring sounds great. Anne and I have booked for USA in Sept but thinking we enjoyed SE Asia so much that would have been a plan! Next year. X

Jan You must be getting very fit now with all this cycling. Amazing that so far away, in such a small group, another should come from Maidstone! If Ben can't remember David how do you know they were at school together?

Liz What I really meant was I would not just do a train journey because it was a train. In Egypt and here there were really good reasons for getting the train. Both were great in very different ways. This one took 6 hours to do a journey that takes 2 by bus - but the bus does not go across the gorge.

Jan I didn't know you don't care for rail journeys. 14 hours on an egyptian train and you never mentioned it.

Jan Sounds brilliant

Jan Poor you. Glad to hear you are recovering.

Nancy You seem to be losing a lot! Train stations in KL and bus stops in Yangon. It is very careless, and reminds me of the disappearing Metro station in Paris. a theme seems to be emerging!

Liz You are so right

Jan You have to be flexible, too much planning spoils the fun!

Jan But did the ex-slave go the right way round to do a full circle?

Jean Not for people with vertigo!

Liz No turtles wrong time of year. I suspect it would be closed . As for shorts, one pair of trousers have removable legs!! Your skirt is fabulousl just right for the heat and dress code.

Jan Shorts! I thought you only had 2 pairs of trousers and a long skirt in your 7kg bag (that is outer wear for your bottom half).