Not posted for a while, I will fill in quickly and then try to keep on top of it...

Yeah, i've spent the last month in Hong Kong at my Uncle John's house. Hi Uncle John. It's been good to relax for a while, and christmas was great.

The last week or so in India was good, although I was sick for most of my time in Calcutta, so that wasn't great. There was some kind of lurgy going around the dorm that I was in, and no matter what time of day there was always at least one person in there trying to sleep it off. I went round the taj mahal and the fort and the baby taj in Agra with a guy called Raz from rajasthan, who was on his way to a job interview, so he had a day to waste between night trains. After Agra I went to Varanasi, thats the place on the ganges where they burn the dead bodies on the side of the river, a really crazy place, everytime I was out and about at least one dead person was carried past me through the narrow streets towards the river. Then I want to Calcutta and was ill for three days, before going to Hong Kong.

Hong Kong's been great, had an awesome christmas, although it did feel weird not being at home. On New Years Eve we went to a 70's fancy dress party, I dressed as John Lennon from the sergant peppers era, not quite 70's, but the trousers of the Evil Kinevil costume were too small, and my uncle dressed as Elvis from the fat vegas years. I did a bit of tourist stuff, but I was here 4 years ago and saw most things then.

Tonight I go to Perth, where I meet relatives from the otherside of the family, hi Auntie Karen and Auntie Julie. I'm planning to buy a bicycle and ride it from Perth to Melbourne, then work for a while, we'll see how that works out.

I'm going to keep a diary on the bike ride so I can tell you all how it was when I finish.

Bye