Ian is 86 and I'm 69.  We decided to go to Western Australia for a family birthday, a wedding and a music festival in late September/early October 2018.  I really wanted to go all the way overland, and there are freight and cruise ships that go from Singapore to Freemantle.  It's also possible to get as far as Bali, taking a ferry to Jakarta and bus and train from Jakarta to Bali.  But I just can't find any ships on that route for the dates we want.  Also, when I researched freight ships a few years ago, I found that none of them would take passengers over 75 years old.  So we'll probably fly from Singapore.

I've booked our first class train tickets with Real Russia leaving Moscow on 24th July and arriving in Beijing on 1st August.  We're learning a bit of Mandarin and thinking about our itinerary. And now I'm practising this blogging malarkey.