Most of this morning was spent drifting in and out of consciousness, I can't believe I've finally managed to sleep on planes. Even as one of the flights was just taking off I remember falling into oblivion as it lifted off the ground. I eventually arrived at Male international airport at about 1pm and then had to figure out how to get a seaplane to the island that I am staying on. I managed it but I had a bit of a wait and had to pay and oversized luggage ...

Official last day as a Tucan Travel Tour leader, wow its been a wild ride from start to finish. I managed to get a much needed sleep in, which ended up costing me dearly as Andy came to my door at about 10am asking me if I wanted to go to the Summer Palace with him. This mean I had to have an ultra quick shower and then a rush complete repack, that never ends well. I met Andy down in the lobby and we went to have something to eat at the Wangfujing shopping c...

Early start this morning and off to the Great Wall of China again for me with my group. It took us about two hours to drive there, which was actually quicker than last time. On the way our guide Bobbie attempted to teach us all some Mandarin, she told me I should consider learning it properly as my pronounciation was perfect. I had already tried to learn it before I had left Australia, but I was also trying to learn Russian at the same time and I think in try...

I managed to sleep in this morning, well I tried, the train was so damn hot as no one could seem to get the attendants to open any of the windows and my room stunk. Our Mongolian friends personal hygiene habits would have made a monkey blush. Funnily enough they did straighten themselves up about ten minutes before they arrived. No consideration for the people they were sharing with at all. We got off the train at about 2pm and were met by our local operato...

I got up to go to the bathroom this morning and realized to my absolute delight that it was snowing ever so lightly. On the way back from the bathroom I collected some more kindling as the woman, whose sole purpose at the camp is to light fires, can't seem to light one that lasts more than a couple of minutes. I got up properly at about 8am and packed up my stuff and went off to breakfast. While the guys and I were sitting drinking our coffee, it started sno...