This blog has been a long time coming - basically because I have been too caught up sightseeing and partying! Oops! This is long and I’m sorry so I have split into two blogs– read and ignore as you wish…I'll will TRY to keep it short.... 8th - 10th Oct: 3 Gorges boat ride on the Yangtze River We boarded the Golden Sun, our 'upgraded' boat from the older Silver Moon. It creaked so much that when you stood on the top deck the metal plates beneath you move...

Beijing 28 Sep - 1 Oct " Dear Sir, You are suspected to be infected with H1N1 virus. As per China law, we will take a blood sample and a mouth swab and send them to the laboratory. While you wait for the results you will stay in quarantine in our hospital - the results will take 1-3 days. If the results are negative then you will be free to leave, if they are positive then you will be moved to the Serious Disease Unit. Kind regards, Chinese Governme...

Hello all, It’s been 2 weeks since my last post, which may be a good or bad thing depending on what you think of my posts! I am back where I started after traveling a total of 8,667km according to Google maps. Wow! A lot has happened in those two weeks – too much for detail, so a slightly different format with mini-stories to fill your lunch break at work!!! You can read or ignore as you please! Enjoy…. MAMALLUPURUM AND MYSORE GREEK GOES FISHING - Ma...

7 Sep - 10 SepChennai and MahabalipurumLoves - The sea, chilled out atmosphere and fresh seafood curryHates - That I am the only one seeing it. Can I fly some of you here?!Wheather - 40C plus - AGAIN! When leaving Kolkata I decided that I wanted to get the "full experience" and apart from sleeping in some random places like the side of a motorway or a rubbish heap I decided to live like an Indian. That included bargaining like an East End car salesman ...

4 Sep – 6 Sep Kolkata Loves – Chinatown & Chai Masala Tea Hates – Stares for being a foreigner on the tube Weather – Monsoon rains – up to your knee! I caught a train overnight to Kolkata which on arrival was totally different to Varanasi – it’s on the East coast in West Bengal and it was raining “cats-and-dogs” as the locals put it!! You can really see the British influence here – signs in English, thousands of taxis, the streets lo...