Day 371 – Wednesday, April 30th 2014 Panda Day!!! Woop woop!! Yep, it’s true that we saw the fluff-balls on our way south through China, but why not go and check them out again? It’s not every day you’re in Chengdu now is it? We’d taken buses to go and see the bamboo munchers to … Continue reading
Day 358 – Thursday, April 17th 2014 So, according to or original plan, round about now we should have loaded Ivor back in a container, to be shoved onto a vessel bound for Vladivostock in Russia. Thankfully, our internet searches for other travellers, and a good guiding experience with Uncle Lun, meant we could avoid … Continue reading
Day 340 – Sunday, March 30th 2014 Our first mistake, and perhaps our most significant, came within minutes of entering the country. Having refused to pay petty bribes to the Cambodian border officials just moments early we were brimming with confidence in the ‘cross your arms and refuse to pay’ technique. Our error was to … Continue reading
down the road we go 