TURKEY | Friday, 13 Feb 2015 | Views [660]
A lot has changed in 100 years. That was my overwhelming thought as I traveled towards Gallipoli through the snowy Istanbul streets. I traveled in the comfort of a heated van, two other tourists sleeping peacefully around me and my belly full of enough ... Read more >
Tags: anzac, gallipoli, memorial, war
TURKEY | Thursday, 12 Feb 2015 | Views [817] | Comments [1]
I must have looked like a Google street view car for the two days I spent walking up and down all the little alleyways that lead off Istiklal Street. Everything I saw seemed photo worthy. And not just click, click, click now-delete, delete, delete later.... Read more >
Tags: cold, food, istanbul, scam, turkey, wind, women
TURKEY | Tuesday, 10 Feb 2015 | Views [735] | Comments [2]
In seven trips overseas, I have not been able to venture further afield than Asia. I'll let the reader decide whether or not they think the reasons behind that were financial, or geographical in motivation. Whatever they were, it is a new world that ... Read more >
Tags: cold, flights, istanbul, lost, sweets, travel, turkey
TURKEY | Tuesday, 10 Feb 2015 | Photo Gallery
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THAILAND | Sunday, 8 Feb 2015 | Views [961]
If this holiday goes as quickly as what the last five days did, I will be home a week ago. Sure, most of what Julia and I did in Bangkok revolved around the consumption of alcohol, but as soon as we divided up the vast tracks of land that constituted ... Read more >
Tags: bangkok, eating, fish, khao san road, scorpian, selfies, tattoo
THAILAND | Saturday, 7 Feb 2015 | Views [791]
My luck is varying so much on this trip that I think the monsoonal weather is buffeting my karmic scales, and they're dolling out justice and reward like Lady Luck is trying to get herself fired. Nothing is quite going as expected so I'm keeping my plans ... Read more >
Tags: luck, missed flights, river cruise, sickness
INDONESIA | Wednesday, 4 Feb 2015 | Views [763]
After somehow managing to spend about $5 for the entire day visiting the Monas, easily overlooking the fact that Claire fetched beer and paid for it while I cooked dinner, my last day was going to be about getting rid of the remaining Rupiah I had. Even ... Read more >
Tags: dining out, food, jakarta, travel
INDONESIA | Sunday, 1 Feb 2015 | Views [658]
After my close encounter of the non-consensual kind in the last journal, I wasn't feeling as suspicious of Indonesians as what most people would. So far, I would rate them pretty highly in the friendly stakes with the other Asian countries I have visited.... Read more >
Tags: city, jakarta, language, locals, monuments, transport
INDONESIA | Friday, 30 Jan 2015 | Views [623]
For a place that sells non-alcoholic Guinness, Jakarta isn't too bad a city. Zero ABV stout is a grave insult to all I hold dear but if a place didn't have quirks, even offensive ones, there would be no reason to leave home at all. Being the size it ... Read more >
Tags: bogor, ex-pats, gardens, jakarta, rain, tinder, trains
INDONESIA | Friday, 30 Jan 2015 | Photo Gallery
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INDONESIA | Monday, 26 Jan 2015 | Views [701]
PART 1: On the plane. Who ever gets an emergency exit row all to themselves? I've got more space on this plane than I had in my Bangkok hotel room. And this is a tiger flight, infamous for turning coach into a daisy-chain with 3 inches of padding separating ... Read more >
Tags: airports, drugs, friends, language, lost, planes, taxi
THAILAND | Thursday, 22 Jan 2015 | Views [684] | Comments [2]
It's day three in Bangkok and I must confess that this journal is happening largely due to my love of writing more than anything else. I haven't done anything worthy of a journal in itself, but there is always plenty to write about in a place like Bangkok.... Read more >
Tags: beer, driving, friends, roads, travelers
THAILAND | Monday, 19 Jan 2015 | Views [807]
Khao San Road is hedonisms alternative to a float tank. Instead of sensory deprivation, this place is sensory saturation. There are so many distractions here that any well-conceived plans I may have had for this journal are well and truly drowned in ... Read more >
Tags: bangkok, food, money, people
THAILAND | Monday, 19 Jan 2015 | Photo Gallery
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AUSTRALIA | Monday, 12 Jan 2015 | Views [856]
December 31 st 2014 8:36pm. Such an unusual time to remember that I have an avid audience starved of my wordy goodness, (citation needed). And while the actual goodness of my ramblings is very much open to debate, there is no doubting that I have a ... Read more >
Tags: coffee, sunsets, travel, work
AUSTRALIA | Tuesday, 15 Oct 2013 | Views [1198]
Often times life is just so routine that writing a journal is like trying to describe honey to a bee. Then there is a whirlwind of action and you feel like you should be writing a movie script rather than a travel blog. So, the last few months haven't ... Read more >
Tags: beaches, friends, moving, travelling, work
AUSTRALIA | Friday, 21 Jun 2013 | Views [1782] | Video
Thanks to a gambler with more money than most African countries, Hobart is artier than an over-graffitied public toilet right now. And what the city offers is far more interesting than your Mum's phone number and the services she's highly skilled at.... Read more >
Tags: art, music, winter
AUSTRALIA | Monday, 6 May 2013 | Views [901]
I think I'm old enough to 'man up' now. Put down the stout, drink a nice big glass of cement and toughen the fuck up! I'm almost old enough for a seniors card yet cold climates, commitment and cucumbers still frighten me. My wardrobe has expanded enough ... Read more >
Tags: friends, hobart, love, moving, working
AUSTRALIA | Thursday, 7 Mar 2013 | Views [974]
We all know that certain things are contagious. Yawn and you'll see everyone in the room do likewise before long. Sneeze with the flu in an elevator and you'll halve your office's workforce for the week. SDbjijberf saajsdbkj......Sorry, that was a battle ... Read more >
Tags: friends, missed flights, on the road, wineries
AUSTRALIA | Monday, 28 Jan 2013 | Views [1251]
Ahhhh, Fremantle. The place where hippie hang out meets playground of the mining rich. A suburb who's every individual aspect is retained as the very definition of conurbation. (Surely I must win something for being able to use that word in a sentence?) ... Read more >
Tags: art gallery, fremantle, friends, hobart, love, moving
AUSTRALIA | Sunday, 11 Nov 2012 | Views [1436]
And Melbourne is the winner of the current location sweepstakes. As will be revealed in a story recreated from failing memory and an alcohol induced reduction of brain capacity, it has been an interesting ride leading to here. And just to confuse the ... Read more >
Tags: flying, fremantle, friends, weddings
AUSTRALIA | Sunday, 29 Apr 2012 | Views [1548]
Broome has never looked so appealing.
When viewed from 3,000kms away, it seems very much like the
quintessential oasis in the desert. The constant sunshine, palm trees
swaying in the gentle breeze, time slowing down like ... Read more >
Tags: animals, friends, work
AUSTRALIA | Friday, 17 Feb 2012 | Views [1196]
With a flight, a few weeks, and a few
too many beers between the end of the bike ride and now, it's time to
sum up all that was. I wish I could do it in a pithy statement or
something for people ... Read more >
Tags: bicycling, relaxing
AUSTRALIA | Sunday, 29 Jan 2012 | Views [1507] | Comments [2]
The grass always seems greener; once
you've eaten it. Since arriving in Melbourne, I look back on the
adventure with more sadness than relief. A week ago I was nearly
incapacitated with regret for not having a normal holiday ... Read more >
Tags: bicycling, destination, friends, on the road
AUSTRALIA | Monday, 23 Jan 2012 | Views [1519] | Comments [3]
Having a rest day is never a bad thing, especially when it's time spent screwing your tormentor. That has to be the sauciest start to one of my blogs ever, but unfortunately I can't say that I got laid by Lady Luck. Sure, she's fucked me over quite ... Read more >
Tags: bicycling, family, on the road, repairs
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