Nearly home

I'm in Singapore and flying to Darwin tomorrow and catching the train back to Melbourne. So for all in Melbourne I'll be home in about two weeks. Since my last email I've travelled down through the tourist-popolis of Laos, Cambodia and Thailand. Through Malaysia which was a pleasant suprise. I knew the food would be good but I didn't expect to be so impressed with the Indian, Chinese and Malay fusion. Its refreshing to go to a country which is developed, everything works and the people are not white. This email is more of a reflection on my trip. I've been gone a little over a year, have traversed the Silk Road from start to finish, Venice to Xian, followed one of the routes Marco Polo took to get to China, made the pilgrimage to Amsterdam, went to a country that no one recognises and have now visited around 60 countries. I am not too sure how many kilometres I've travelled by train, bus, truck and car, but I know I never want to do this again. So many rides of discomfort where I thought I might snap that I can't name the worst or make a top ten. Next time I travel its by bicycle or foot.