Hi Guys, (photos at flickr.com/photos/jilllucas) Wow! My muscles are aching in places I did not know existed!! hahahaaha. I met the group that i'm going to be with for two weeks. There are 16 of us and everyone seems pretty cool. There are 2 other girls who are travelling by themselves, so it's nice to know i'm not alone! The first day was in Bangkok and we cycled around all the back streets and the old and new parts of the town. My balance seems to have got lo...

Hello chums, (photos at flickr.com/photos/jilllucas) Beijing! How quickly the week here has gone! Obviously, my highlight has to be The Great Wall! I was with a group of Australians who were all so friendly and have offered my places to stay when I go there! (oh and of course, getting kidnapped! But i'll get to that later! It was a whole day trip and we started off at The Ming Temple. The tour guide was great and I think I now know more about Chinese history t...

Hellooo pips and cores, (As usual, it takes forever to load photos on this blog, so I'll put a couple on here but the rest will be in www.flick.com/photos/jilllucas) Well, I'm in Beijing now but i've only now been able to get to a computer, so this is the blog from Yangshuo! Hhhmmm, what to say....it rained alot...alot! But luckily not as much as they have had in the South so I can't complain! Managed to get out and abooot a little bit. After hiking up 800 ver...

hello, hello, (before i forget...it takes FOREVER to load photos up here, so to see the rest, go to www.flickr.com/photos/jilllucas) Well my two weeks staying with my friend Gav, is almost up...and you might well ask, 'what do you think of Hangzhou?'...... It's really,really humid! hahahaha. About 80-90% to be specific, so it's really hard to get used to it. My hosts have been really welcoming to me and introducing me to all their friends (and introducing me to...