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Here I’ve cobbled together a selection of photos from the first stage of the journey. The photos are more or less in chronological order representing the 10 countries travelled: Australia, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, China and Japan. … Read on » #11 10 January 2008—12 February 2008 ‘You have only to see what you see and feel what you feel.’ —Mineko Iwasaki
I had a fundamental decision to make. One that had been rolling around in my head since day one, and I knew I would have to face up to it in the next year: east or west? The problem was I wanted to go east. I wanted to go to South America and west meant … Read on » #10 26 November 2007—7 January 2008 One of my final glimpses of Vietnam was of a motorcycle loaded sky-high with caged chickens, hitting the skids and coming to grief on hwy 1A. Considering my experience there, a road accident full of chickens seemed an unsurprising and appropriate image to depart with. Needless to say, the chooks were pretty unimpressed with the driver—the ones that still had heads, that is. China welcomed me with blue skies and quiet roads, and … Read on » #9 3 November 2007—25 November 2007 BACK INTO THAILAND Contrary to information I had received in Bangkok from the Laos embassy, I discovered that visas aren’t in fact available on entry at the Cambodia-Laos border on the Mekong River, which had supposedly been recently upgraded to International Status. This meant I had to make a visa run to Phnom Penh—a six hour ferry ride one way, and a several day wait. Other than providing the opportunity to see the … Read on » #8 9 October 2007—2 November 2007 ‘A person who thinks all the time has nothing to think about except thought.’ —Alan Watts BANGKOK In Southeast Asia all roads lead to Bangkok, and if you can see through the smog you’ll see that even in Thailand’s capital city the Thai live by their maxim ‘chai yen’ or ‘keep a cool heart’ (meaning keep a cool head in English). To show outward signs of anger is considered a great loss of face … Read on » #7 6 September 2007 – 8 October 2007 ‘If you don’t go when you wanna go, when you do go you’ll find you’re gone.’ —Bert, The Worlds Fastest Indian On the sketchy road to Bangkok I arrived in Singapore a little worse for wear, though after the chaos of Indonesia it was just the place I wanted to be. As strange as it now seems to me I was less than enthusiastic about my impending travels through the … Read on » #6 30 June 2007—5 September 2007 Not all straight sailing through Indonesia The day after I had arrived in Darwin was Northern Territory Independence Day, July 1. To celebrate, and because the N.T. is in fact a Territory as opposed to a state, it’s legal for any adult to buy and use fireworks for the night. I thought this was fantastic. The only thing better than professional fireworks had to be amateur fireworks, and as expected, Darwin turned into a … Read on » #5 23 May 2007—30 June 2007 Endless Dream Nowhere to go. I had five days until I needed to take my final course of vaccines and they had to remain refrigerated at the Airlie Beach Pharmacy. I gave myself this time to find another yacht before moving on and continuing the search. Once again I was scribbling over photos and posting them at the yacht club and marina. The most logical solution was to pick up a boat en route … Read on » #4 23 April 2007—22 May 2007 Seawanhaka Seawanhaka (Island of Shells) comes from the Native American Shinacock tribe of Long Island. By the time I had arrived in Townsville I’d cycled 3,300 km, but aptly it hardly felt like I’d cycled anywhere. Three months of travel, a minor vertical scratch on the globe and still the circumnavigation is yet to begin. I’d invested a lot of energy in seeking a yacht north—I knew that it was going to be tough … Read on » #3 24 March 2007—22 April 2007 Gladstone stinks! I don’t mean that as a derogatory remark. It’s a fact, and I couldn’t figure out whether it was emissions from the aluminum smelter or the coal plant or the mass of coalmines around the joint. The locals couldn’t shed light on the situation as they didn’t seem to smell anything and I didn’t make a habit of telling them their hometown is a bit on the nose. Even if you can’t … Read on » |
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