I was sorting through some of the photos I took on my round the world trip and thought I'd make a photoblog with them. All the pictures were taken with my Fuji F10 which was great for travelling as the battery lasts for ever!

Me and my best friend set off in October starting off in Beijing, China. Unfortunately I lost my first CD of pictures so some of them aren't brilliant quality.I'd love to go again and take some better photos but I don't think I'll get the chance to do it again!

One of our first days away was spent walking along the Great Wall of China, we went to a part of the wall that isn't as touristy so it was fairly peaceful but also steeper than other parts. We walked as far as we could and once we got to the top it was incredible to see the wall carrying on for miles and miles into the distance.

Back in Beijing we visited various temples, I love the architecture and the colours of the buildings as it's so different to anything you see back in the UK

The Summer Palace -

We then left the city and went to more remote areas where I was amazed by the stacks and stacks of corn we saw everywhere

We rode camels in the Tenga desert which was freezing cold and very uncomfortable!

We went on a beautiful two day hike to Tiger Leaping Gorge, it was lovely to get away from towns and we barely saw anyone on the way. It was tough going in places but well worth it. We had to walk through a few waterfalls aswell-

This is me about 2/3 of the way to the top -

We stayed in a guesthouse for the night half way through the walk where we watched the moon rise over the mountains in the evening, followed by the sun in the morning

Finishing the walk we went to the lovely town of Lijiang where we visited the Black Dragon Pool

We finished our time in China by visiting Hong Kong where we saw the sun set over the Island before watching the musical light display.

China was one of my favourite countries that we visited, there was so much to see and the food was fantastic! I also loved the fact that most people didn't speak much English as it makes it far more fun! We spent a month there in total and I'd love to go back and sped more time visiting other parts of the country.

We were both very sad to leave but from Hong Kong we went overland to Vietnam where we went on a boat round Halong Bay

and visited local markets, I loved the variety of fresh vegetables that you could get

I learnt how they made silk

We then travelled down the Mekong 

over the border and into Cambodia where we were greeted by some local children

In Cambodia we went to the amazing Ankor Wat which was stunning, unfortunately I stupidly forgot to recharge my camera so only got a few pictures

We then went further up the Mekong to Laos where we stayed on an island called Don Det in the middle of the river where we saw some amazing sunsets

Laos was incredible, there was a definite tourist route but no where near as touristy as places we went in Thailand and it was incredibly beautiful. Next stop was the capital Vientiene where we cycled round the city stopping to see various temples

We then headed North to something called The Gibbon Experience, this is in the Bokeo Nature Reserve and you live in tree houses in the middle of the forest using zip wires to travel through the trees. Our treehouse -

My friend ziplining through the forest

The view from our treehouse in the morning of the forest covered in mist

And we were even lucky enough to see Gibbons, unfortunately I didn't get a decent picture of one though, this is the best I managed!

With our feet back on the ground we headed to Chaing Mai, Thailand in time for Christmas and New Year where we watched people letting off lanterns into the sky

Whilst we were in Thailand we went elephant riding, visited lots and lots of temples and spent quite a bit of time on the beach

We carried on South and over the border into Malaysia in time for Chinese New Year where we saw people practising the Lion dance and even got to have a go ourselves

We went to the Cameron Highlands where there a loads of tea plantations

and then on to Tamara Negara the rainforest where we stalked a wild boar

but I wasn't quick enough getting my camera out to get a picture of the monitor lizard!

And that's the end of the South East Asia part of the trip and the first 4 months away. I'm sure I've bored you all enough and that's taken forever to upload as I got abit carried away so I will leave it there for now and maybe another day I'll carry on with the other 8 months!