WallaceGlanza Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 Well as some of you may have known I've been away for the last 4 months travelling around Asia with my girlfriend, we went from hong kong up through china, across to south korea then to japan and back again.It was a brilliant experience and I'd recommend anyone to do it, I've seen so many amazing sites that I can't even start to list them all. Hong Kong is a great place such a vibrant and lively 24hr place, even if your sitting doing nothing there's still something to watch going on, its such a busy place but then you can escape on a ferry to a small island and experience a totally different atmosphere. China is huge and has so many contrasts from the rural town area's to the bustling hugeness of shanghai, and the people are all so friendly.South Korea is really nice, so clean and easy to get about, for a supposed developing country it makes britain seem likes its back in the stone ages, the people are stupidly friendly and really will totally go out of their way to help you. The transport and roads are so good compared to the uk and the food is awesome and so cheap, its basically a great place for a holiday as it has something for everyone - busy cities, rural towns with amazing scenery and hikes, beautiful beaches and places to escape everything.Japan was brilliant too, again the people are so friendly and helpful the food is great and the cities are awe inspiring. Its maybe not quite like looking into the future as some say but its certainly a very modern place and again shows where the uk is really needing to catch up in development of everything basically! The runours about it being stupidly expensive aren't true either, ofcourse if your silly you could blow money instantly but if your sensible you can eat, drink shop and sleep for cheaper and much more enjoyably than here. You can spend ages in the big cities just walking around exploring and thoroughly enjoy it and then you can escape to the coutryside and see some stunning landscapes..... oh I love being home:(I'll write up some tales about the trips and stick a few pictures up later but for now here's just a few from the end of japan as a little teaser.And some cars ofcourse! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BenV Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 wow! im really jelous right now. i would love to do that Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sparky Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 just noticed you on MSN, good to have you back bro Sounds like an awsome place, going to have to do that one day Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WallaceGlanza Posted July 7, 2008 Author Share Posted July 7, 2008 Cheers guys, it was an amazing time and I'd recommend it to anyone, doesn't cost to much either. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BoostJunkie Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 that looks like an awesome trip,glad to see you back mate. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SiCaln Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 looks amazing man would love to have a taste of the Orient sometime too Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jozinobi Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 ^^ I hope thats a telling sign you'll be ready for Tokyo this year Si lol... or I shall disown you as a bro Kudos on experiencing such a sweet trip Wallace mate, its no small feat. Must hold many good memories man.Its one of those things you just gotta do at least once in your lifetime and you found the time to do it mate!I do look forward to you sharing some more with us.Welcome back to the grind by the way PeaceJoz Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WallaceGlanza Posted July 7, 2008 Author Share Posted July 7, 2008 Cheers guys I'm so glad to be back! I'll try and get some more pics up asap Joz, but I've got 4000 to sort through so its gonna take a while! There are so many good memories and its definately something that everyone should experience it really opens your eyes. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Enzo Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 sound wallace, glad your back man,whats your craziest memory of your whole ordial?how much did you spend in total also? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WallaceGlanza Posted July 12, 2008 Author Share Posted July 12, 2008 Cheers man, the craziest has to be cramming onto a train in china,its rediculous how packed it was that I can't even explain, every inch of the train was packed out even the toilets we couldn't even move our feet, we were stood nose to nose with the other passengers and we were that way for 7 hours! Was hard trying to sleep that night!As for cost, china is silly cheap we spent about 800quid there in two months, korea was about 700 in one month then around 900 in japan for the month and then the flights were about 600, going from edinburgh to gatwick to hong kong, then back form osaka, japan. So a total of about £3-3.5k each. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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