Mount Kinabalu, Borneo

Mount Kinabalu, Borneo

The journey


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This is the travel blog of Alkit Patel on his adventure from London to Beijing by train, and beyond into other regions of China and South East Asia.

I have brushed aside my usual form of transport, the motor car, and opted for public transport by which I have travelled some 20,000 kilometres across 13 countries over six months.

The journey will take me to:

Belgium – Germany – Poland – Lithuania – Russia – Mongolia –
China – Thailand – Laos – Cambodia – Vietnam – Malaysia – Singapore

My fundraising effort with the 'tube' has raised £3,086 for Mines Advisory Group thus far. For more information or to donate, click here.

Sunday, July 6, 2008

Do I ask for it?

I've just been held by cops for about 30mins at a mini compound next to the bus stop where I was waiting for a minibus to take me to the Altai mountains.

I kept in good spirits, although very frustrated, and even gave them a Haribo Strawb each (which they all seemed to like)! They found my phrasebook hilarious as I tried to get them to call the tour operator I booked the trip through.

After the bus arrived, they let me go, after a few jokes between them.

I then met the 10 people (5 couples)
who I will spend the next nine days with - none speak English. However, I have been assured that the guide does (thank god)!

This is going to be exciting, tough, and very intriguing.

I'll be back in a week or so.

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