So much for being organised! It turns out I had the wrong type of visa so had to go to London to sort it out. What a stress!! I have my passport back now though so all is well!! With only 1.5 days to go now I'm getting really excited about the trip! I just have to pack now! My first blog from Nepal/India will be coming up shortly. L x.

Hello! I'm about to go off on my travels again! Only for a month this time - but its still very exciting! With two weeks to go I'm starting to gather up my stuff and work out what I'll need to buy (the important things like a visa, injections etc have already been sorted!). Nepal and India here I come! L x.

Hi!! Happy New Year! I hope you all had a nice Christmas. I'm off on Saturday, and am getting very excited!! I still haven't packed though. I've had a last minute change of plan after hearing about the bombings in Bangkok over New Year. So now instead of going to Bangkok for 3 days before I go up into the hills of Thailand, I'm going to spend a few days in Hong Kong. It should be good!! The next update will be from Hong Kong ........ Louise x.

Hi Everyone!!In preparation for my 6 month "secondment", I am setting up an online diary. If you want to follow my round the world adventures between January-July 2007 please feel free to view my journal and add comments. (I thought that that this would be particularly useful for people who don't want to spend hours downloading loads of pictures from me whilst waiting for an important email on dial up!!). To give you a brief description of my itiner...