Photos
I am sitting in Fen’s brother’s house posting these pics and having a beer (pi jiu) while she is out getting her hair done.
The beginning. Getting drunk with this Jakey in Aberdeen after 7 hours on the bus from Newcastle. Waiting for the Shetland ferry in the Anchor pub near the ferry terminal.
Torshavn in the Faroe Islands. Check out the grass roofs. I had a pint here.
The Arctic circle marker on Grimsey Island with the northern coast of Iceland in the background.
Dettifoss. Europe’s biggest waterfall.
Oi geezer! Another Icelandic wonder.
The azure waters of Volcano Viti’s crater lake.
You’ll not be swimming with this dolphin. This poor fella was unintentionally caught in fishing nets.
The snow-capped mountains of Iceland at about 2330 at night!
Red Square, Moscow. I can’t believe I am standing in front of the Kremlin where Breshnev and Gorbachev etc surveyed the awesome power of the communist military machine.
This woman had two bottles of beer and fish strung around her neck! She made me laugh which is unusual for a Russian.
Lake Baikal in the middle of Siberia.
The longest train journey in the World. Moscow to Vladivostock.
Ulan Bataar the capital of Mongolia. I never thought I would get here!
How good does Mongolia look?
The Gobi desert. Not much going on.
Imagine building that? China’s great wall near Beijing.
A photo point at the top.
The olympics are coming.
My mate John and I at the Temple of Heaven.
Chairman Mao’s pic at the Forbidden city across from Tianemen Square.
The bund in Shanghai.
Our taxi around Suzhou near Shanghai.
A canny hike from Shanghai to Chongqing. Two nights sleeping on here.
Jame and Ann my travel companions.
The beautiful Wu Gorge on the Yangtze.
Fen’s Mam and Dad’s house in Wuhan.
Sorting peanuts at the farm.
My bed in rural China.
A stroll through the rice paddies with a little friend and a water buffalo.
Breakfast with chopsticks.
Taking the water buffalo for a walk.
MaJiang - the incomprehensible game of dominoes.
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