I just wanted to leave a quick note to inform people that I'm alive and well. I've completed the China portion of my trip, which means that I'm out from under the Great China Firewall and can access LiveJournal again.
My trip is far from complete though, as I still have 9 more days in Singapore and then a week in Vancouver.
For anyone interested, I've been (very slowly) chronicling my trip over on Journizer - a website created by a friend of mine. You can check out my trip reports so far by clicking here. For your convenience, the site is also available auf Deutsch, but sadly for time-saving purposes, my travel logs are solely in English.