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We have a plan

Sunday, March 8th, 2009

I love this part… deciding where to go, how to get there. I’m planning on leaving Hanoi around the 7th, 8th of April and so have a good week to take the train up to Beijing.

My parents arrive in Beijing around the 15th April and we start out for Mongolia on the 18th.

Bejing – Ulan Bataar – Irkutsk – Ekaterinburg – Moscow – St Petersburg – Riga – Stockholm – Copenhagen – Esbjerg – Harwich and then Liverpool.

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Visa fun

Saturday, March 7th, 2009

There is nothing better than having a brand new empty passport and immediately having to fill it up with visas. The sight of a visa in your passport is the promise of a trip to come, part of the excitement of preparation. However, not being in your home country and applying for visas can be surprisingly tricky.

The route we’re taking means going through 3 countries that require visas for Brits: China, Russian and Mongolia.


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Hanoi Snapshots

Monday, March 2nd, 2009

The last few months that I’ve been in Hanoi, I’ve not taken many photographs. I’ve also not really travelled around too much. Partly that was to do with working, but also my mind was fixed on where I am going next and I lost the desire to explore.

What is good about putting all these pictures together from when I first arrived, is to remind myself about why I loved Hanoi and wanted to stay…

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traffic2flower sellertraffictrain tracksbridge

legsmaskscyclobag shopdragon

shrineofferingflowerskiteposter

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pink bikeangela merkelbia hoibaskets

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