Got passport back with visas for Russia, Mongolia & China. Now sent off again for the Vietnamese visa and thats nearly those sorted by two weeks time.
Four weeks to go and time is moving faster. Still a lot of work to tidy up but getting there.

All details of trips have arrived and it now seems a lot more real now.
Still camera to get and decisions on whether i shall take a phone - dont think so since it defeats the purpose of getting away completely.