Hey, its been ages since we had a proper update to this blog.

If anyone got a chance to get a glimpse of the old blog you might remember Ihsan writing about how uncool i think it is to keep a blog, but its grown on me over time. Although its a pretty handy way to keep people updated on our trip i also hope it might be usefull to someone planning their own trip. As anyone whose done sum independent travlling will have realised, guide books can be shit, its virtually impossible to keep them upto date and they make some embarrassingly stupid mistakes. So the more sources you check the more likely you are to understand things. Although there is a very strong argument for not really reading too much about a place and just experiencing it fresh which i'll probably write about later.

It seems alot longer than a month since we left China but we've still got loads of fond memories. The next few posts will be kind of retrospective looks back at the China leg, from the safety and comfort of Ihsan's air conditioned study, knowing that we wont need to explain to someone in Mandarin that we want to drag our bags next to the top berth on the train because we are going to be on it for 30 hours.

We've just arrived back from Siem Reap in Cambodia (Angkor Wat was immense) via Thailand and BAngkok which was nothing like what i expected! More to come...

-Usman