http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/rob/ Pedalling 40,000 KM back home to England from a remote town in North East Siberia (with an island hopping detour to Australasia added on!) en-us roblilwall@hotmail.com Thu, 31 Aug 2006 10:28:16 +0000 http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/rob/archives/017644.shtml Current Location: Hamilton (a country town between Melbourne and Adelaide) Nights spent in hospital in Melbourne: 3 (If anyone has friends or contacts in SINGAPORE, MALAYSIA, THAILAND, LAOS, CAMBODIA, BURMA or VIETNAM who might be able to help out with... http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/rob/archives/016834.shtml To return to my homepage please go to www.cyclinghomefromsiberia.com Cyclone Larry had gusts of 290 km per hour Km cycled: 17,900 Current Location: Byron Bay, Australia "There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have... http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/rob/archives/016327.shtml To return to my homepage please go to www.cyclinghomefromsiberia.com Current Location: Port Moresby (Capital City of Papua New Guinea... voted in the Economist 2005 as the worst city in the whole world to come on a business trip!) Number of... http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/rob/archives/015887.shtml To return to my homepage please go to www.cyclinghomefromsiberia.com Islands hopped: 10 Years lived: 29 ! Current Location: Vanimo, Papua New Guinea “Now I remembered that the real world was wide and that a varied field of hopes and fears,... http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/rob/archives/015599.shtml To return to my homepage please go to www.cyclinghomefromsiberia.com The following update is focused on the three weeks I spent in Manila visiting various Viva Network partner projects (mostly to do with Street Children). "Tell me, I will forget. Show... http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/rob/archives/015204.shtml To return to my homepage please go to: www.cyclinghomefromsiberia.com "A ship in port is safe, but that's not what ships are built for"-Grace Murray Cooper "...but i would be content with nothing but going to sea..."-Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Dafoe) Current... http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/rob/archives/014793.shtml To return to my homepage please go to www.cyclinghomefromsiberia.com "Siberia impends through the darkness as the ultimate unearthly abroad... the place from which you will not return" – Colin Thubron "Every step that you take, could be your biggest mistake,... http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/rob/archives/013807.shtml TO RETURN TO MY HOMEPAGE, PLEASE CLICK ON www.cyclinghomefromsiberia.com Current Location: Hong Kong Distance cycled: 12,652 Km Distance to home: 27, 348 Km (approx.) (if anybody has contacts in NEW ZEALAND I would really appreciate it if you could put... http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/rob/archives/013289.shtml Km cycled: 11,763 Km to home: 28,237 Current Location: Guidong, a small town in the South East China Mountains (between Shanghai and Hong Kong) 26 degrees North, 114 degrees East Cathy: Its like going into the future. Rupert (the architect):... http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/rob/archives/011832.shtml Km cycled: 10,100 Km to home: 29,900 Current Location: Nanjing, China (If anyone knows people in PAPUA NEW GUINEA (I know that is a bit of a longshot) or SHIPPING CONTACTS in Asia for a passage between Hong Kong-Manila, and... http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/rob/archives/010296.shtml Current Location: Seoul, South Korea (8th April, 2005) Km Cycled: 9, 024 Km to Home: 30, 976 (approx) “See China right in front of you” (Bono) “You will be the same person in ten years as you are today, apart... http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/rob/archives/008644.shtml Current Location: Busan (formerly Pusan), South Korea 10th March 2005 With increasingly pleasant weather, I headed south west through Japan, finally arriving in Nagasaki. It is hard to imagine how on one day, 60 years ago, "a noiseless flash" left... http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/rob/archives/008229.shtml Current Location: Nagoya (Japan s third largest city, 300km south of Tokyo) KM cycled: 7,300 KM to home: 17,700 (at least - a bit of a detour is currently fermenting - see below) Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,... http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/rob/archives/006582.shtml KM cycled: 5,200 KM to home: 19, 800 (approx.) Lowest Temperature: -40 Degrees Centigrade Current Location: Wakkanai (small seaport on Japan's northern island of Hokkaido) Awakening an hour before dawn to the sound of a digital alarm clock located in... http://blogs.BootsnAll.com/rob/archives/005002.shtml Km cycled: 730 Km to home: 24, 270 (approx) Two weeks ago, bikes laden with clothes, books, camping equipment, food and an axe, Al and I left Magadan, heading into a vast unknown of Far East Siberian mountains and swamps....