MY FINAL THOUGHTS - DEAN "Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely...Broad, wholesome, charitable views cannot be acquired by vegetating in one's little corner of the earth." Mark Twain, Innocents Abroad This is my final sentiment as I arrive back in England. During the last few months I have opened my eyes to many different ways of life, which has led me to think there are many ways I...

Hi, In case you didn't know, we are now at home, soaking up the rays in lovely Darwen. We move to birmingham in under three weeks so i will try to catch up with you all and bore you silly with travel tales. Take care all, claire x

Well, we have reached the last day of our trip, which has come around so fast, but we can't believe all of the amazing things that we have seen and done. We've visited 37 different towns in seven different countries, taking in six capital cities and two of the great wonders of the world. We've been transported by planes, trains, buses, bicycles, tubes, taxis, tuk-tuks, song thaws, rickshaws, boats and horses, elephants and bamboo rafts. We've ea...

Hi people, Today we ventured to the Great Wall. What a day! It started raining almost as soon as we set off on our five mile hike from one part of the wall to another. Luckily we had umbrellas so we didn't get too wet (from the waist up atleast!). But then the storm set in... One lad told us how he saw sparks come off his umbrella, which was pretty scary so we hid out in one of the towers for a while until we dared to venture out again. After a w...

Hello from Beijing; our last stop! We arrived here two days ago by plane (still gutted about having to fork out the extra money for the flight, though we did get a free wallet!) We are staying in a really nice little hostel with the most comfortable bed i've had since i've been away, and the cheapest beer at about 11p a pint!!! Yesterday we ventured to the forbidden city and Tiananmen square along with all the other thousands of Chinese tourists, ...