So...we have most of our kit ready to go, we've gotten most of our jabs....we are working on the paperwork and last bits of finance.

The trip plan is ever changing..... It's now looking like 3 to 4 months on motorcycles in India - heading south to Kerala, back up through the Western Ghats to Mumbai, into Gujarat and Rajisthan. The Dalai Lama is in residence in the first half of March and we hope to make one of his lectures. Then a flight Hong Kong, get our Chinese visas and it will be of to Chengdu for us for a few months in China. There is so much to see - the pandas, the Three Gorges, Wudang Shan, Tiger Leaping Gorge...and then to Lhasa, Tibet where we hope to ride bicycles to many of the surrounding monasteris and to Nam tso before riding the Friendship Highway (1000 kms with 5 5000 meter passes!!!) to Everst Basecamp and on to Kathmandu. Back in India we will get back on motorcycles for a couple of months - we will head for the hills and Leh, climbing the three highest motorable roads. All along the route we will be riding motorcycles, bicycles or hiking to get to some of the most beautiful sights on the planet. Stay tuned for more commentary and photos :)