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 85 – Thursday, July 18th 2013 We awoke to the joyful news that a bridge 30km ahead was down, and that there was a ferry in its place – which would go roughly every 4 hours, if there was enough traffic to fill it. Lun learned this while searching out some food in a … Continue reading
Day 71 – Thursday, July 4th 2013 We woke with the sunrise on the Great Wall, and went back to the truck to get set up for the day ahead. We had to fill Ivor’s water tanks, and then set off to cover a fair distance. There was a midday stop to see a sleeping … Continue reading
Day 64 – Thursday, June 27th 2013 We awoke at the Lunnanzhen campsite, next to the river Tarim. Jon cooked us up a New Zealand breakfast favourite of fried bread with honey, just like his grandma used to fuel him up with. We were soon on our way once more, and it was only a … Continue reading
Day 57 – Thursday, June 20th 2013 The descent through the steep sided valley as we made our way into China as a newly assembled convoy was a fine moment indeed. The sun had come out to play, the area was spectacular, and somehow even the infamous border guards seemed to be taking it easy … Continue reading
down the road we go 