Asia in summary...

The Highlights
- Seeing Mount Everest in both Nepal and Tibet.
- Getting back down to Namche Bazaar on the Everest Base Camp Trek and having a shower for the first time in seven days!
- Watching the monks debating in the Sera Monastery, Tibet.
- Beijing, what a great city.
- Chilling in Luang Prabang, Laos.
- Swimming in the Kuang Si Waterfalls, Laos.
- Touring the battlefields in Vietnam.
- Sunrise at Angkor Wat, Cambodia.
- Learning to dive in Thailand and swimming with a turtle!


The Low Points
- Suffering the altitude, the cold, a chest infection and diarrhoea in Tibet.
- Northern Vietnam.
- Getting painfully home sick in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
- The bus journey from Siem Reap, Cambodia to the border with Thailand.


Things I will miss...
- The cheap but very tasty street food in Bangkok.
- Cheap accommodation!
- The train journeys.
- The fresh fruit shakes.
- Sunshine, dare I say it... Australia is overcast, cold and rainy...
- You get a lot more smiles in Asia.
- The depth of culture - Australia and New Zealand are babies in comparison.


Things I wont miss!
- Feeling like you can't trust anyone because they're after your money.
- The oppressive heat - yuck.
- The mosquitoes - hate them.
- The Vietnamese food - its far too oily.
- Dodging traffic!