A Javanese volcano protrudes from the clouds on the return journey to SydneyHaving completed this world circuit, the blogging journey now travels on to a new assignment "Intrepid Asia in 90 Days with Flashbacks " - completing in full photo coverage our 90 day journey through Asia in 2006, with some excursions to previous visits, to give you a whole new traveling experience!
This journey begins in Singapore and continues through Bangkok to Calcutta. Then to Varanasi, and up through Nepal to Tibet, circuiting back through China passing Chengdu, Lijiang and Dali to Yunnan. Then overland through Laos, with a flight to Hanoi, traveling down Vietnam to Saigon. From there we continue up the Mekong into Cambodia to Angkor and across flooded Tonle Sap to Battambang. Finally we journey back through Thailand to Chiang Mai, and down through Phuket and Krabi to Malaysia, Penang, Malacca and Singapore again.
This has both photos and video clips, so carries you right into the experience!
You are all invited to continue the journey in this currently emerging photo blog:
http://asiain90days.blogspot.com/
One last thing - my leg is recovering, so being the only 65 year old in the planet that did an overland through Latin America within a week of getting mugged and hit and run and having a broken hip paid off okay in medical terms. The broken leg is 6-8 mm shorter (it looks a bit shorter even from the post-operation x-ray although the implant does allow for further compaction to ensure the bones knit), and my shoe needs a rubber pad, but I was out of crutches from the day I returned and could do things like climbing on the roof to repair winter leaks. A month out I can ride anywhere on a push bike and my long distance walking is coming up to scratch. Had we flown back, we would have likely lost a cool $12,000 NZ in air and other bookings and ended up doing nothing for three winter months. Continuing was difficult and risky, but it paid off in terms of a great experience and an exciting way to convalesce.
