The prospect of being treated to a bit of sun certainly got Anne and me giddy, especially after all the struggles we had endured over the past few weeks. What struggles are them? Well, if you hadn't already heard, we got a bit sick. I'll stop going on about it now. And I'll cut the sarcasm out. Sorry. But anyway, we were heading to the sun and felt like we were truly on our holidays. We had it all: the wall of heat that hits you as you step off the aeroplane, th...

With the constant bouts of sickness that Anne and I had encountered over the past few weeks, to say it had taken its toll on us would be an understatement. We'd realised that our bodies were simply getting battered by all the rigours that come with overland travel and despite us wanting to achieve a similar feat to our 'Manchester to Singapore' leg, sometimes you just have to call it quits. Therefore, it was decided with heavy hearts that after we complete the I...