WAKE UP TO THIS! IT HAPPEND OVER NIGHT – SOMEWHERE JUST AROUND THE CORNER FROM KHAO SAN RD. IT WAS A MASSIVE DAY TRIP DRIVING ALL THE… Read more “BANGKOK TO BURMA”

LEAVING PHNOM PENH  NEED A BIT MORE THAN THAT SO WE WENT TO A DIFFERENT ONE.. AMAZON CAFE – USUALLY ONLY TO BE FOUND IN THAILAND – THEY… Read more “BACK TO BKK”

SIAM REAP – EARLY MORNING – AT LEAST IT FELT LIKE IT WAS EARLY – CAUGHT UP WITH THIS BEAUTY – CARLA – WE ALL GOT A… Read more “ANGKOR WHAT?!”

A BEAUTIFUL ROAD IS LEADING YOUTHOUGH THE JUNGLE TOWARDS THE EAST COAST OF THAILAND WE DROVE ALL THE WAY TO A PLACE CALLED CHUMPHON WHERE I HAD… Read more “THAILAND TO CAMBODIA”

WE ROLLED INTO THAILAND LATE AFTERNOON – BORDER FORMALITIES HAVE BEEN FAIRLY EASY.  30 DAY VISA ON ARRIVAL AND THEY GOT THEIR GOT THEIR OWN TEMPORARY IMPORT… Read more “TTTT.. THAILAND”

IT WAS GREAT TO LEAVE BUSY KL AND SEE SOME COUNTRYSIDE AGAIN – REALLY NEEDED SOME GREEN AGAIN. WE MET LAYLA AND MILLIE IN KUALA LUMPUR’S ROOFTOP… Read more “FROM KL TO THAILAND”

KUALA LUMPUR I FLEW OVER FROM MEDAN/ SUMATRA – FLIGHT TIME APPROX. AN HOUR. THE CAR WAS GETTING LOADED ON THE SHIP – I THOUGH… JOSEF &… Read more “WAITING FOR A CAR TO COME”

BAKAUHENI IS THE NAME OF THE PORT I GOT OF – SOUTH SUMATRA. ONLY A COUPLE OF HOURS ON TH FERRY – IF THAT. NIGHTTIME. I DECIDED… Read more “NOTHING BUT SMOOTH IN SUMATRA”

PAPERWORK – MY WORST NIGHTMARE! THE CASE; MY VEHICLE OBVIOUSLY REGISTERED IN NEW SOUTH WALES/ AUSTRALIA IS  TRAVELLING ON A ‘CARNET’ – WHICH IS A DOCUMENT THAT… Read more “JAMMED JAVA”

I GOT TO BALI IN THE EVENING –  IT WAS ALREADY DARK. BUMPED INTO MARTINUS ON THE FERRY WHO WAS HAPPY TO ACCOMPANY ME TO UBUD –… Read more “U|P|HIL|L”

WHAT HAPPEND PRIOR – I GOT TO LOMBOK BY FERRY IN THE AFTERNOON. MY PASSENGER ‘VAIDA’ WANTED TO GO TO ‘CUTE’ LOMBOK, SO WE DID. THE SUN… Read more “TAXI TROUBLE”

CAPTAIN PHIL IS TAKING OVER THE VESSEL FROM FLORES ISLAND – HEADING WEST FROM LABUAN BAJO (FLORES) TO SPAPE (SUMBAWA ISLAND) GOOD VIBES ON MY BOAT.. AFTER… Read more “ISLAND HOPPING”

I GOT OFF THE FERRY AT 4AM – LARANTUKA PORT – WHICH IS ON THE FAR EAST SIDE OF FLORES ISLAND. I DIDN’T FEEL WELL THE WHOLE… Read more “MAGIC FLORES”

THE INDONESIAN SIDE OF THE INDO/ TIMOR-LESTE BORDER IS SPREAD OUT ALL OVER THE SHOW – OFFICES EVERYWHERE – AN OLD BORDERPOST AND DIFFERENT PEOPLE IN DIFFERENT UNIFORMS.… Read more “FIRST FERRY FANATASY”

IT WAS TIME TO SAY GOODBYE TO DILI! I MET AN AWESOME BUNCH OF PEOPLE THERE AND IT WAS SUCH A GREAT EXPERIENCE. I NEEDED TO APPLY… Read more “MAKING MY WAY TO INDO”

IT WAS AN EARLY FLIGHT FROM DARWIN INTO TIMOR-LESTE. THE FIRST NEW SOVEREIGN STATE OF THE 21 CENTURY I DROPPED MY STUFF OF AT MY ACCOMMODATION AND… Read more “DILI – DOCKS ‘N’ DIVE”

SO I ARRIVED UP IN DARWIN, I USED TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME WORKING UP HERE. MY ABSOLUTE FAVOURITE PLACE IN ALL OF AUSTRALIA. I LOVE… Read more “DARWIN, XMAS AND THE PLEASURE OF SHIPPING”