INDONESIA | Saturday, 18 Feb 2023 | Views [153]
Timor-Leste and part of Indonesia are both on the island of Timor. Before Timor-Leste's independence, this island probably saw only a few intrepid visitors each year. Leaving Timor-Leste I entered Indonesia at the town of Wini. Indonesia has started ... Read more >
INDONESIA | Friday, 17 Feb 2023 | Photo Gallery
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TIMOR-LESTE | Friday, 17 Feb 2023 | Views [110]
It’s safe to say that I’ve officially taken Timor-Leste by storm. After today I’ve been to practically every region in the country. Oecussi is a little-visited enclave of Timor-Leste located in West Timor, and is where the Portuguese ... Read more >
TIMOR-LESTE | Friday, 17 Feb 2023 | Photo Gallery
Enclave that's in West Timor but part of East Timor
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TIMOR-LESTE | Tuesday, 14 Feb 2023 | Views [139]
It's Valentine's Day but I don't really care. Bec is my heavenly valentine, and I love and miss her every day of the year. I've been in Timor-Leste for nearly three weeks now, but I'm gonna have to make a move soon because my time isn't exactly unlimited ... Read more >
Tags: beaches, culture, snorkelling
TIMOR-LESTE | Sunday, 12 Feb 2023 | Views [76]
The weather hasn't been in my favour for much of this journey, but Timor-Leste doesn't fail to impress me. Returning to Dili, I make sure to rest up and get some good food before the next leg of my journey. Ataúro Island is regarded as being one ... Read more >
TIMOR-LESTE | Saturday, 11 Feb 2023 | Photo Gallery
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TIMOR-LESTE | Tuesday, 7 Feb 2023 | Photo Gallery
Sacred island off the eastern tip of Timor-Leste. Also included is Tutuala, where I stayed
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TIMOR-LESTE | Tuesday, 7 Feb 2023 | Views [122]
I'm in the far east of "East-East." How much further east can I go? Leaving Com behind this morning in the blistering Timorese sun (thankfully, my Barmah hat protects me) I got a lift easily in the back of a delivery truck. The driver stopped at every ... Read more >
TIMOR-LESTE | Monday, 6 Feb 2023 | Views [103]
It's not .com but Com that is a (small) dot on the map. A small, quaint fishing village of about 200 people in the far east of "East-East," Com is the type of place where you can easily sit for a few days and do nothing. I arrived yesterday after hitchhiking ... Read more >
TIMOR-LESTE | Sunday, 5 Feb 2023 | Photo Gallery
Com with a dot on the map
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TIMOR-LESTE | Thursday, 2 Feb 2023 | Photo Gallery
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TIMOR-LESTE | Monday, 30 Jan 2023 | Views [122]
A raw, unadulterated adventure it is here in Timor-Leste. Whilst not as wild as Papua New Guinea, this small country gets very few tourists and is behind in a lot of respects. From near sea level in Dili, I'm now staying in Hatabuilico at close to 2000 ... Read more >
TIMOR-LESTE | Monday, 30 Jan 2023 | Photo Gallery
Includes Hatabuilico and the surrounding area
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TIMOR-LESTE | Thursday, 26 Jan 2023 | Views [160]
When I was about 15, my mother yelled out to me "Chris, where the hell is East Timor!?" She said "Timor" very emphatically yet even I, despite knowing the capital of every country, had no clue where it was. It was all over the news and I had no idea ... Read more >
TIMOR-LESTE | Wednesday, 25 Jan 2023 | Photo Gallery
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NEW ZEALAND | Wednesday, 18 Jan 2023 | Views [137]
Mount Aspiring! As the "Matterhorn of the South," the name alone draws me. I'm always aspiring to do things and to accomplish huge goals. I've never regarded myself as a technical climber, but I've climbed a number of "walk-up" mountains including Mt.... Read more >
NEW ZEALAND | Monday, 19 Dec 2022 | Photo Gallery
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NEW ZEALAND | Saturday, 10 Dec 2022 | Views [145]
What an ominous name for a place. It sounds like somewhere Superman wouldn't want to be near. Cape Kidnappers, known as Te Kauwae-a-Maui (the fish hook of Maui), is named due to the local Maori attempting to kidnap a member of Captain Cook's crew in ... Read more >
NEW ZEALAND | Friday, 11 Nov 2022 | Views [68]
Tramping in New Zealand is always hit and miss with weather and other things, such as huts being full. Some walks I've completed with dry feet whereas others my feet have been inundated, either due to heavy rain, deep mud, or crossing of streams. Yesterday ... Read more >
NEW ZEALAND | Wednesday, 9 Nov 2022 | Views [134]
Four of the NZ Great Walks I've completed, so I've set out to complete my goal of walking at least five (eventually, I want to walk all of them). Meaning "sea of rippling waters" in Maori, Lake Waikaremoana is a spectacular lake. Stocked up on stuff ... Read more >
NEW ZEALAND | Tuesday, 8 Nov 2022 | Photo Gallery
my fifth New Zealand Great Walk
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NEW ZEALAND | Wednesday, 2 Nov 2022 | Views [103]
A long time ago I learned, when travelling to remote locales like the Chatham Islands or the Falkland Islands, to not plan too much on the other end. This was especially true on Christmas Island when flights were delayed and cancelled left, right, and ... Read more >
NEW ZEALAND | Sunday, 30 Oct 2022 | Views [130]
The Roaring Forties pounded their windy fury this morning as I woke up, and I sure wouldn't want to be flying Juliett (my drone) today. A lot I had planned today yet all sorts of things would throw a spanner in my plans, and I know to absolutely never ... Read more >
NEW ZEALAND | Saturday, 29 Oct 2022 | Views [100]
"Misty Skies" is what Rekohu means in Moriori, and it was misty and foul this morning. The wind dictates the shapes of trees here, as I've noticed a few oddly shaped trees.
I know I mentioned the trees in my most recent story, but I can't stop ... Read more >
NEW ZEALAND | Thursday, 27 Oct 2022 | Views [175]
Windswept, remote, desolate. Those are just three words that describe the Chatham Islands. Called "Rekohu" meaning "misty skies" by the Moriori, the Chatham Islands are the first inhabited place on Earth to see a new day. My friend Pete Fowler, who passed ... Read more >
NEW ZEALAND | Wednesday, 26 Oct 2022 | Photo Gallery
The first place in the world to see the dawn of a new day
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NEW ZEALAND | Wednesday, 12 Oct 2022 | Views [133]
The Routeburn Track is one of the shorter Great Walks but it still feels that days are long. With a broken boot, I walked for more than seven hours yesterday. At 32 kilometres in length, some people rush it and walk the track in only two days but what's ... Read more >
NEW ZEALAND | Tuesday, 11 Oct 2022 | Views [142]
When I came to New Zealand back in 2008, I saw in a Department of Conservation (DOC) brochure that there were nine Great Walks, and I made a goal of doing at least five. Now there are 10 Great Walks, and I've done three so far: Milford, Kepler, and Rakiura.... Read more >
NEW ZEALAND | Monday, 10 Oct 2022 | Photo Gallery
My 4th completed Great Walk
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NEW ZEALAND | Monday, 26 Sep 2022 | Views [144]
The Lady of the Lake? You may wonder who she is. Is she a gorgeous lady who hangs out at the lake? Is she a mythical creature akin to Loch Ness or some sort of mysterious legend? Those would all be great guesses, but the TSS Earnslaw is known has the ... Read more >
USA | Tuesday, 16 Aug 2022 | Views [148]
Aloha! As a child I always wished for my mother to take me to where she was born. Strung like a forming bracelet of islands deep in the Pacific blue, Hawaii sits over a volcanic hotspot in the Earth's surface. Flying to New Zealand with Hawaiian Airlines ... Read more >
USA | Tuesday, 16 Aug 2022 | Photo Gallery
Hawaii's "Big Smoke"
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USA | Monday, 15 Aug 2022 | Photo Gallery
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USA | Saturday, 30 Jul 2022 | Views [177]
Phoenix is a huge city! Driving from Glendale to Chandler (northwest to southeast) takes the better part of two hours, so I can only imagine how long it would take to walk or ride my bike all over town, especially in triple-digit heat. Arizona called ... Read more >
USA | Tuesday, 26 Jul 2022 | Photo Gallery
Valley of the Sun
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EGYPT | Sunday, 10 Jul 2022 | Views [97]
It’s my final full day in Egypt. I’ll admit my time in Cairo has been OK but not what I expected. In a few days I’ll be meeting my brother, Dave, for the first time and I feel like the anticipation of that has thrown my concentration ... Read more >
EGYPT | Friday, 8 Jul 2022 | Photo Gallery
Home to the Pyramids of Giza and Tut's Golden Mask, Cairo is Egypt in microcosm
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EGYPT | Friday, 8 Jul 2022 | Views [239]
The oldest and only remaining of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World are the Great Pyramids of Giza. Few structures in the world, if any, have inspired writers, artists, historians, academics, archaeologists, photographers, filmmakers, and ordinary ... Read more >
EGYPT | Tuesday, 5 Jul 2022 | Views [121]
Scuba diving, temple exploring, sailing, feasting, hitchhking, and hot air ballooning...in Egypt, I seem to have done it all from the prototypical to the extraordinary. Today I would ride in a hot air balloon for the first time. Even at 37, I'm still ... Read more >
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