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All posts about travel in Asia are categorised here. Posts about individual countries are also categorised with the country name.

The END OF TRAVEL (maybe)

Posted 23rd Feb 2010 by Jamie
Google have teamed up with Russian Railways to offer the entire Trans-Siberian railway experience, all from the comfort of...

The Trans-Siberian Olympics

Posted 30th Aug 2009 by Kate
Ill advised somersaults, and getting stuck in the luggage compartment: the hidden dangers of the Trans-Siberian......

An authentic Mongolian experience

Posted 20th Aug 2009 by Kate
Open air toilets, yak-attacks and other horse play. A truly authentic Mongolian experience....

Culinary Tomfoolery: The Offal Truth

Posted 15th Aug 2009 by Kate
I tried to eat the goat's innards, but they were just offal. Read this and other turbo puns...

You’ll have someone’s eye out

Posted 10th Aug 2009 by Kate
Reckless umbrella users in Beijing: Kate waxes lyrical about the many dangers of life in an overpopulated...

Hong Kong Lowlights

Posted 30th Jul 2009 by Kate
From to shiny hotel lobbies to exposed electrical wiring, Kate explores the highs and lows of Hong...

Cheeky Chinese train travel

Posted 25th Jul 2009 by Kate
Night trains, Popeye sing-a-longs and karst topography: Kate ventures south into China's Guangxi...

South of the clouds

Posted 20th Jul 2009 by Kate
Imposing mountains peek through drifting clouds in China's beautiful Yunnan province; but how long until there's a...

Old McDonald had a (Chinese) farm

Posted 15th Jul 2009 by Kate
I never knew that the chicken dance had so many variations; trying to get a meat-free meal in China...

Searching for China

Posted 10th Jul 2009 by Kate
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, and a $100...

And All Things Nice

Posted 6th Jul 2009 by Kate
It was time to leave Hanoi. I boarded a night bus and headed north for Sapa, leaving the hustle...

Sugar and Spice…

Posted 28th Jun 2009 by Kate
This month I made the decision to focus on the good things in life, you know, the heart-warming stuff....

Volunteering in Cambodia

Posted 21st Jun 2009 by Kate
Although I briefly unleashed my inner Lara Croft in the form of 5am sunrise army rolls in a ruined...

Love on the Mekong

Posted 14th Jun 2009 by Kate
I manhandled my backpack onto my shoulders, took a few short steps to the waters edge where the slow...

Mopeds and Marriage

Posted 7th Jun 2009 by Kate
There have been buses, and boats and trains, and bicycles, and night buses, and night trains, and mopeds and...

Miscommunication and injury

Posted 1st Jun 2009 by Kate
What with spider bites, drunken taxi drivers, blood banks, allergic reactions, near dislocated shoulders and ill-advised Tomb Raider army...