AUSTRALIA | Wednesday, 5 Nov 2008 | Views [52]
Perth was cold. Well, maybe that's not strictly true, but at just 20-22 degrees it was much colder than I've become used to and I had to dig out my long trousers and fleece! Goodness knows what I'd need if I came home right now - I've become such a softy ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Saturday, 25 Oct 2008 | Views [60]
It had rained heavily for much of the night, but by the time we rolled into Broome at breakfast time the sun was back out and the temperatures were back up to my now customary (and expected) 30+degrees. I headed out to explore the town and landed at ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Tuesday, 7 Oct 2008 | Views [99]
I bade farewell to Airlie Beach at 2.15am and spent the next 31 hours travelling to the red centre of Australia. The bus is perfectly comfy and all the drivers I've had have been great but 30+ hours on a bus is nowhere near as much fun as 30+ hours on a ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Thursday, 25 Sep 2008 | Views [113]
After a fantastic flight, and with my now customary post-flight thoughts of gratitude to Douglas Ord and Peter Hughes, I landed back in Australia for the third time, and 10 years almost to the day since my first visit. A landmark that at one time was ... Read more >
HONG KONG | Saturday, 6 Sep 2008 | Views [83]
I arrived in Shangai to find a busy bustling city, but not one that I've found particularly attractive. Its probably captivated me least of the places I've visited so far. Having said that there were some attractions which I enjoyed -one of them, me ... Read more >
CHINA | Sunday, 31 Aug 2008 | Views [118]
Leaving Mongolia was a bit of a wrench. If I hadn't had non-refundable accommodation booked in Beijing I could easily have stayed for longer, but at the appointed hour me and a large contingent from the hostel boarded the train for China. It was quite ... Read more >
MONGOLIA | Friday, 22 Aug 2008 | Views [92]
It was a slow train leaving Russia but eventually we reached the border town of Naushki which seems to consist of the station, a couple of blocks of apartments, a LITTLE market selling household products and not much else. Certainly not enough to fill ... Read more >
RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Thursday, 7 Aug 2008 | Views [83]
It was a quick overnight trip to Ulan-Ude. The city has its own very distinct atmosphere - the capital of the Buryat region there is a much more noticable eastern feel to the place, and the architecture is more elegant too. There are still the soviet ... Read more >
RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Friday, 1 Aug 2008 | Views [191]
What a fantastic leg of my journey this has been. The train from Moscow to Tomsk was a bit older and shooglier that the last one but still roomy and comfortable: not like the reputation I'd heard about at all. Its amzing standing on the platforms people ... Read more >
RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Monday, 21 Jul 2008 | Views [117]
The bus to St.Petersburg was the best yet - spacious and comfy - and although a wet day I enjoyed the trip. Crossing the border was what I'd call my first real border crossing: on the Estonian side our passports were collected and taken away and we sat ... Read more >
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