The End of Part 1 – South East Asia

12 July 2010 - So that’s the first 3 months gone and the first part of the trip completed.  We have travelled through 6 very different Asian countries covering  14000 kilometres since landing in Tokyo.  We have seen some of the most amazing things that man can accomplish as well as some of the worst.  We have met some interesting and wonderful people along the way that have inspired and entertained us in equal measure.

Interestingly, of all the different nationalities we have come across who have also been travelling, there has seemed to be a majority of Brits, with Australians and Americans not far behind in numbers.  We have also been surprised by just how many people there seemed to be from one particular European nation, who have also won the prize for how many times we have seen these people being generally rude to the locals and extremely arrogant in their attitude (we will let you guess which nationality that could be?!!!).

It’s fair to say we have had our low points, with the first week in China being tough due to the people, language and the food.  And Cambodia was hard at times as we were often treated like walking wallets, but these lows have been far outweighed by the highs, too many to list here.

So before you ask, no we are not home sick.  We are still loving the trip and have still not had a full on row (at most maybe a little bickering) which is pretty impressive when you think we have been in each others pockets 24/7 and had to deal with some quite trying experiences. 

The next 3 months of blogs will be all about Australia.  The first 5 weeks we will be driving in a campervan from Darwin to Perth, then a 3 day 4x4 adventure trip from Alice Springs to Uluru (Ayers Rock) and then 6 weeks from Cairns to Sydney via the Greyhound bus and hostelling again.

As you can see from the date of this blog, our ability to get online is limited so please keep coming back to check and we will publish when we can.  And if this is the first time that you are reading the blog then you will have plenty to catch up on so get on it!!!