Monday 22 February 2010

Planning the Trip - visas

Visas. We got them all from Consulates in London:
First - Russian - 30 days. It cost £76 each plus $30 each for the Letter of Introduction from Russia. We got the LOI from "Way to Russia". They are recommended by Lonely Planet and the Moscow Times. We just needed the application form, LOI and one passport photo. The processing takes 5 working days.
Second - Kyrgyzstan - 30 days. Costs £50. Just an application form, 2 photos needed. The process takes 3 working days.
Third - Uzbekistan - . Cost £57. 30 days. Just an application form and one photo needed. 5 working days.
Fourth - Kazakhstan Transit Visa. 5 days, cost £13. 3 working days.
Fifth - Chinese - 6 month double entry. We can stay up to 90 days in any one visit. Cost £85. We just needed application form and a photo. 4 working days.

We plan to get the Vietnamese and Cambodian visas in China

Monday 8 February 2010

8th February, London UK

Andrew is showing us how to use the website. It's very simple. To add a hyperlink, you have to first copy the url of the website you want to link to. Then highlight the text that you want to set up as the link, and click the 'Link' button at the top on the 'New Blog Post' box - the one that's a little circle. Paste in the link, click ok, and the link will be established.