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:: last updated - 08 mar 13 in 'laos' ::

:: where are we now - N24 46.768 E110 29.348; Yangshou - China ::

:: days on the road - 267 days; odometer - 8,985.53 km ::
:: co2 emissions saved - 3,235.83 kg ::

It’s hard to describe the feeling when you’re just about to start an extended overland trip…it’s even harder to describe the feeling when that trip is about to end, but the end of one trip however means that you are that little bit closer to the beginning of the next adventure.

We completed our 1st overland trip after 545 days on the road, traveling just over 70,000km and crossing 35 countries…that means we have at least another 150 or so countries to visit if you exclude the likes of North Korea, Bhutan and Myanmar which are not accessible to independent overland travelers at the moment. That’s still a lot of adventure to be had and someone needs to do it.

We are well rehearsed in changing our minds often and for having itchy feet. Our 2nd trip was always going to happen, it was just a matter of deciding how, when and where and after a lot of deliberation we finally decided on the next adventure. Some people think it's a bit extreme when comparing it to our trip from Oz to Cape Town, but what would life really be like without a bit of adventure and challenges. After all, we are all here to live life...!

A bicycle! Yes, that's right, a bicycle!!

We are hoping to cover about 20,000 km over a planned 12 month period. It will be tough, that's for sure.

We'll be starting just south of the Equator, in Indonesia, heading north from there through SE Asia into southern China before making a u-turn to go south once again through Vietnam before hopping onto a plane to continue in India to finally reach Nepal.

We've had a few short trips to try and prepare ourselves for things ahead. The first was to the Netherlands, one of the most bicycle friendly countries in the world. If we couldn't hack it there, then we would have been in real trouble.

It was also used as a test for Jacques' knee and Mandy's ITB injury. Both injuries repsponded fairly well, but still in need of some physio work.

Fingers crossed the trip will start injury free.

We'll see you when we get there!

Our proposed route (Key: Blue - Current trip; Green - Completed trip)

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