China and DPRK 2008 in Review

Well, I am home now; and as a substitute for a real post, I thought I would some up a few trivial statistics of the trip for posterity:

• Total distance travelled: 21,929 Km (Air: 18,256 / Train: 3,529 / Ferry: 144)
• Items lost: 2 (1 pair of jeans and 1 jumper)
• Photos taken: >4000 (worth keeping: maybe 500)
• Strangest meal: Dog soup washed down with Snake 'wine' (in Keasong, DPRK)
• Most surreal experience: Crashing a 5 course meal at the Meridien in Shanghai and sitting next the Italian vice-consul.

Note: As you have probably noticed, I have also removed my daily progress map from the main page (I expect to be in Sydney for the foreseeable future) but you can still find it on google here.