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October 1999 - March 2000: Travel from Istanbul to Beijing | |||||
20th October 1999 |
Fly from London to Istanbul. Visit Turkey for about a
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23rd November 1999 | Enter Syria from Turkey, heading to Jordan. | ||||
26th November 1999 | Meet Alexa Bona in Amman (Jordan) | ||||
6th December 1999 | Return to Syria and visit Syria and Lebanon | ||||
23rd - 26th December 1999 | Spend Christmas in Jordan desert | ||||
28th December 1999 - 1st January 2000 | Spend New Year with Kim Bollo and Nicky Levy in Sinai, Egypt. | ||||
c. 9th January 2000 | Possible transit over Saudi Arabia by bus to get to Bahrain. [Otherwise fly :-( ] See Places Been Sights Seen and Journal (12th February entry) for what really happened . | ||||
c. 15th January 2000 | Boat from Bahrain or maybe Oman to Iran. See Places Been Sights Seen and Journal (12th February entry) for what really happened . | ||||
20th January 2000 | Arrive in Tehran, and meet Chantal Conneller. | ||||
15th February 2000 | Travel from Mashhad (Iran) to Ashgabat (Turkemenistan) via Saraghs | ||||
19th February 2000 | Take train from Charjou to Bukhara (Uzbekistan) | ||||
4th March 2000 | Bus to Osh (Kyrgyzstan) | ||||
9th March 2000 | Arrive Almaty (Kazakstan); While in Kazakstan, go skiing (snowboarding?) in Shymbulaq, also visit Semey | ||||
20th March 2000 | Enter China for the first time, by train from Almaty | ||||
27th March 2000 | Meet Nicky Levy in Beijing!!! | ||||
April - June 2000: 12 weeks Mandarin study | |||||
6th April - 28th June 2000 | 12-week beginner's Mandarin Course at the Beijing Language and Culture University | ||||
July - September 2000: Summer break | |||||
28th June - 15th July 2000 | Travel through Sichuan and along Yangtze River | ||||
16th July - 1st August 2000 | Fly to Australia from Hong Kong | ||||
1st August - 10th September 2000 | Return to England | ||||
September 2000 - January 2001: 20 weeks intensive Mandarin study | |||||
10th September 2000 | Return to Beijing for a 5 month semester of intensive Mandarin | ||||
1st - 9th October 2000 | Visit Mongolia | ||||
1st - 5th November 2000 | Visit Shandong Province on school trip | ||||
14th - 17th December 2000 | Go to Australia for Yvette and Andrew's Wedding! | ||||
14th January 2001 | Sit the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi or Chinese Proficiency Exam | ||||
17th January 2001 | Chinese course finishes | ||||
20th January 2001 | Michelle, Alexa and Pascal arrive in Beijing | ||||
23rd - 25th January 2001 | Spend the Spring Festival (Chinese Lunar New Year) in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province | ||||
25th January - 3rd February 2001 | Visit Xian, Kaifeng and Shanghai with M, A and P | ||||
February 2001: Travelling west | |||||
4th - 28th February 2001 | From Shanghai back through Qinghai, Gansu and Xinjiang, taking a bit more time than I was able to in March 2000 | ||||
28th February 2001 | Chinese visa expires. By then should have taken train to Almaty (Kazakstan) or bus over Torugart Pass | ||||
March 2001: Kyrgyz sojourn | |||||
1st - 28th March 2001 | In Kyrgyzstan staying with friends the Ibraevs | ||||
28th March - 4th April 2001 | Travel to Sydney from Bishkek transiting in Tashkent (Uzbekistan) and Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia). In KL visit Liew Mei Yen (Kay) from Beijing studies and Ben and Ollie from Cambridge | ||||
April - June 2001: Work in Australia | |||||
4th April 2001 | Arrive in Sydney | ||||
14th - 20th April 2001 | Nanette Levy visiting Helen in Australia | ||||
17th - 23rd April 2001 | Trip to Central Australia | ||||
June 2001 | |||||
23rd - 28th June 2001 | Eriko, Japanese friend from Beijing, visits Helen in Sydney | ||||
July and August 2001: With Kyrgyz friends | |||||
9th - 11th July 2001 | Travel to Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan) via Istanbul (Turkey) | ||||
16th July 2001 | Alexa and Pascal arrive in Kyrgyzstan | ||||
August 2001 | |||||
1st - 3rd August 2001 | Travel to London (UK) with Jalil and Asel Ibraev via Istanbul | ||||
31st August 2001 | Jalil and Asel return to Kyrgyzstan after a busy month in England and Scotland | ||||
September - December 2001: Back to work | |||||
8th - 18th September 2001 | In Iran collecting recipes for book, seeing friends | ||||
18th - 22nd September 2001 | From Tehran to Sydney (Australia) via Istanbul and Bangkok (Thailand) | ||||
25th September - 15th December 2001 | In Sydney on 'Teaching English' course to gain CELTA qualification | ||||
3rd - 12th October 2001 | Return to UK for Martin's funeral | ||||
Christmas holiday | |||||
19th - 23rd December 2001 | Leave Sydney for Chicago (USA) | ||||
24th - 30th December 2001 | In England for Christmas and birthday with family | ||||
January - March 2002: Book work and Mongolia preparation | |||||
31st December 2001 - 6th January 2002 | In Sinai (Egypt) with Nanette, Alexa and Pascal for New Year | ||||
7th - 12th January 2002 | In Jordan collecting recipes, seeing friends | ||||
12th - 20th January 2002 | In Syria collecting recipes, seeing friends | ||||
20th January - 3rd February 2002 | Back in England going to libraries and seeing friends and family | ||||
4th February - 25th March 2002 | In Sydney (Australia) working on book, finding a publisher and preparing for Mongolia | ||||
23rd February - 2nd March 2002 | Attending training course in Canberra for Mongolia job | ||||
25th March - 2nd April 2002 | One week transit in Beijing (China) | ||||
April - September 2002: Australian Youth Ambassadors in Development volunteer in Mongolia | |||||
2nd April 2002 | Arrive Ulaan Baatar (Mongolia) for 6 month position working for Mongolian Business Women's Association | ||||
3rd - 18th May 2002 | Research trip to Gobi-Altai, Zavkhan and Arkhangai aimag branch offices | ||||
12th - 17th June 2002 | MBWA annual general meeting in Khuvsgul aimag | ||||
5th - 17th August 2002 | Dad, Richard and Asel visit me in Mongolia | ||||
22nd - 28th August 2002 | Return to England for wedding of Naomi Chunilal and Jules Moberly | ||||
8th - 18th September 2002 | Anna Moore visits Mongolia | ||||
20th September 2002 | Depart Ulaanbaatar for Sydney | ||||
25th September 2002 | Depart Sydney for England | ||||
September 2002 - September 2003: Life transitions | |||||
28th September 2002 | Participate in wedding of Cloe Walshe and Mark Moody | ||||
4th - 6th October 2002 | Participate in wedding of Alex Cowie and Mark Tyldesley | ||||
17th - 19th October 2002 | Participate in wedding of Sarah Flynn and Philip Stark | ||||
20th November 2002 | Fly to Damascus | ||||
5th - 7th December 2002 | Celebrate Eid al-Fitr | ||||
10th December 2002 | Return to London | ||||
31st December 2002 - 6th January 2003 | Back to Syria for a quick visit! | ||||
8th January 2003 | Francis John Stoodley Tyler arrives in style | ||||
11th February 2003 | To Syria again, this time with Mum, Dad and Elizabeth | ||||
?22nd March 2003? | Return to England | ||||
29th March 2003 | Participate in wedding of Sarah Tidswell and Jonty Shipley in Cambridge | ||||
9th - 23rd April 2003 | Travel to Thailand and Penang | ||||
19th April 2003 | Participate in the wedding of Ben Thorpe and Ollie Tay | ||||
26th April 2003 | Participate in the wedding of Dave Ritter and Sally Villani, in London | ||||
5th - 18th June 2003 | Participate in the wedding of Kim Bollo and Tom Forte, in Connecticut | ||||
?July - October 2003? | Study Arabic in Damascus | ||||
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