Back Home in the UK - Bedfordshire Wow! I have travelled Spain, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong and China and now I am back home in the UK and have been for 9 days. Have things changed since my leaving and my return? Of course they have - I now know who I am, what I want and where I am going - I have a reflection in the mirror. I think as I got older, I became comfortable and content with my life, but I wanted more. I felt I dese...

Back Home in the UK - Bedfordshire Wow! I have travelled Spain, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong and China and now I am back home in the UK and have been for 9 days. Have things changed since my leaving and my return? Of course they have - I now know who I am, what I want and where I am going - I have a reflection in the mirror. I think as I got older, I became comfortable and content with my life, but I wanted more. I felt I deserved...

Three Gorges Dam - China After sailing for a day, when finally made it to the Three Gorges Dam - The Largest Dam in the World. From what we could actually seem of the Dam through the smog, pollution and fog it looked pretty damn big! lol! I managed to get a picture of as much as I could see, It was worth going to, but I was a little gutted at the visibility. Our tour guide said you will only get a clear picture around 4 weeks in the year if your lucky, I gues...

Guilin - China Today I finally get to do some much needed exercise. Nothing beats a 10k bike ride with a bit of bamboo rafting and lunch. It was a nice early start of 8am, but I would rather cycle below 30 degrees than above it, it you get me. So we took a nice scenic route outside of Guilin. It was a short ride of 1 hour, with photo opportunities along the way. We soon arrived at the bamboo rafting start point and the journey down stream was around 1.5 hou...

Squat Toilets V's Western Toilets - China China is known for the Squat Toilets, they believe that these toilets are more hygienic that Western Toilets because you do not sit on them. However, as I have learnt from viewing the toilets with the exception of the one in my lovely blog photograph, I have never seen toilets so dirty in all my life. If you are a women reading this, you know how hard it is to aim into these stupid things! A number one is hard enough...