During the first part of our honeymoon (bringing us as far as Sydney) we have travelled in excess of 28,874 kilometres
* 22,600km on planes
* 2,020km on trains
* at least 3,750km by road in buses, cars, tuk-tuks, motor and pedal rickshaws, etc...
* 500km on the back of motorbikes
* taken 11 boats, 4 bicycles, 2 kayaks, an elephant, a funicular, a cable car, a toboggan, a quad bike and an unmeasurable distance walked or hiked
Here's a quick snapshot of what we've seen, learned or experienced :
* If you've got a horn - just beep it - you don't need an excuse!!
* Rice for breakfast, rice for lunch, rice for dinner...
* China no prawn crackers (or manners)
* Their love of the forgotten classics from the 90's and early 2000's (so buying the best of S Club 7 when we get home)
* Moving from 5star treatment to struggling to come to terms with paying a tenner for a night's accommodation
* Goodbye to hygiene standards when it come to our culinary expectations
* Even though most of our cheap stuff at home (especially clothes) is 'made in China' it's next near impossible to buy them over here as cheap!
* A 6 hour journey - "sure it's only over the road"
* What's health and safety?? It's not harming the Asians - there's billions of them!!
* Even someone who looks like a monk could be out to scam you - Never trust a Monk
* Plans can will and probably should change along the way - opens up more opportunities to see amazing parts of the world
* Discovery Channel rules! More often than not the only English we'd hear for weeks apart from each other!
* The excitement when you have more than the discovery channel in English
* How 8am is considered a sleep in even though we're on holidays - everything is best visited in the early morning (plus you dodge most other tourists)
* Many major Chinese tourist sights are somewhat dubious - ancient walls that have been rebuilt, 1000's of statutes that were stumbled upon by farmers (terracotta warriors), forcing animals that just want to be extinct to eat and have sex for survival (poor pandas)
* Not knowing what we're doing or where we'll be in 2 days time...
* I never figured out what happened to everyones hearing or why they all shout so loudly ALL DAY??
* A simple smile can break down any language barrier
* Knowing we will be back to see the rest (bar China of course)!!
* 22,600km on planes
* 2,020km on trains
* at least 3,750km by road in buses, cars, tuk-tuks, motor and pedal rickshaws, etc...
* 500km on the back of motorbikes
* taken 11 boats, 4 bicycles, 2 kayaks, an elephant, a funicular, a cable car, a toboggan, a quad bike and an unmeasurable distance walked or hiked
Here's a quick snapshot of what we've seen, learned or experienced :
* If you've got a horn - just beep it - you don't need an excuse!!
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| On the back of every truck in India |
* Rice for breakfast, rice for lunch, rice for dinner...
* China no prawn crackers (or manners)
* Their love of the forgotten classics from the 90's and early 2000's (so buying the best of S Club 7 when we get home)
* Moving from 5star treatment to struggling to come to terms with paying a tenner for a night's accommodation
* Goodbye to hygiene standards when it come to our culinary expectations
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| Footpath or chopping board??? |
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| Typical kitchen |
* Sleeping on a bus for a night is a better option than travelling by day - don't miss a day and free accommodation!!
* Whatever you're buying it probably only costs 1/4 of the asking price (watch out Tesco I've gained mighty bargaining skills)
* 100's of uses for rice
* Whatever you have it'll fit on the back of a motorbike
* Whatever you're buying it probably only costs 1/4 of the asking price (watch out Tesco I've gained mighty bargaining skills)
* 100's of uses for rice
* Whatever you have it'll fit on the back of a motorbike
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| Still alive |
* Meeting other tourists and being best friends until tomorrow as we're unlikely to ever meet again (to borrow a term - "moment friends")
* If you can eat it you can roll it
* If you can eat it you can roll it
* Even though most of our cheap stuff at home (especially clothes) is 'made in China' it's next near impossible to buy them over here as cheap!
* A 6 hour journey - "sure it's only over the road"
* What's health and safety?? It's not harming the Asians - there's billions of them!!
* Even someone who looks like a monk could be out to scam you - Never trust a Monk
 |
| Creepy monk statutes |
* Plans can will and probably should change along the way - opens up more opportunities to see amazing parts of the world
* Discovery Channel rules! More often than not the only English we'd hear for weeks apart from each other!
* The excitement when you have more than the discovery channel in English
* How 8am is considered a sleep in even though we're on holidays - everything is best visited in the early morning (plus you dodge most other tourists)
* Many major Chinese tourist sights are somewhat dubious - ancient walls that have been rebuilt, 1000's of statutes that were stumbled upon by farmers (terracotta warriors), forcing animals that just want to be extinct to eat and have sex for survival (poor pandas)
* Not knowing what we're doing or where we'll be in 2 days time...
* I never figured out what happened to everyones hearing or why they all shout so loudly ALL DAY??
* A simple smile can break down any language barrier
* Knowing we will be back to see the rest (bar China of course)!!
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