Before anything...

I want to say I created this just so that I can keep some memories of the places we will head to and all the shit that we'll do, but that's obviously a lie. I created this so that I could write about my grad trip with 5 other people who are my friends. Ok... That's a half truth. Let's be honest here. I created this blog so that I can share my ideas (ok I really gotta stop this nonsense). The reason I really created this blog is so that I can write about my grad trip and show other people that I'm writing about my grad trip, where I'm going, what I'm doing, my thoughts along the way and show off both the trip and my (self-proclaimed) superior writing skills. Yeah that's better. More realistic. Because in all honesty if I was just interested in writing I'd keep a travel diary (I will).

So anyway, the trip is pretty much underplanned, because all 6 (actually 4? Francis did a lot of research and I'm just plain lazy) of us are somewhat busy with FYP presentation. The basic gist of our trip is that we'll travel from the East to the West as some sort of symbolism for god knows what. It's just symbolic ok? But I digress. Here's a basic plan after our latest (one-sided) discussion.

Nepal - Xi'an - Lanzhou - Dunhuang - Istanbul and Cappadocia - Greece/Singapore

The original plan was to head to Urumqi and Kashgar and Osh after Xi'an, but seeing as to how there are slashings and bombings at Urumqi, and the lack of time to do the hitchiking from Kashgar to Osh (which by the way is in Kyrgyzstan) Francis suggested a change to take the Northern Silk Road instead of the one through the Taklamakan Desert. Us being very agreeable people, agreed.

Our choice of mode of transport from place to place will be PLANES, because sadly, my time overseas is limited by the call of duty, which comes at the most inopportune times. Personally I would have liked to take a month or 2 to travel these routes overland. Thanks again SAF. That is also why I will not being going to Greece. Anyway this is way too long and annoying for an introductory post. Next time round hopefully there will be a group photo or some preparation photos or something like that yeah? And maybe I'll let the other fellas post something as well.

justin.