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Boating and Biking to the Southern Hemisphere

“Now I remembered that the real world was wide and that a varied field of hopes and fears, of sensations and excitements, awaited those who had courage to go forth into its expanse, to seek real knowledge of life amidst its perils:
- Jane Eyre [...]

I'm a kuta-n outta here

Ok so Bali has been visited 4 times now and has been the base for travel around Indonesia. The first part was covered in Gili Chillin. Second visit to Bali came after the Komodo and Kelimutu trip before making my way to oz. When changing the flights in Oz [...]

Dragons, boats, volcanoes and scams

To start the 4 day trip were forced to endure the Bangsal Mafia when we left the Gili's. they try to sell you all sorts of rubbish. I've came across hawkers all over Asia and these guys have to be the worst. They ask you for foriegn coins, local n [...]

Gilli chillin

We manage to get from Singapore to Bali in a day which is great. We are literally on boats, planes, taxi's all day, no trains involved. Kuta in Bali is the Magaluf for Australians but its a great introduction to Oz for me. We just rest our bones for a [...]

TRANS BORNEO CHALLENGING

TRANS BORNEO CHALLENGING 2006 [...]

Wink, wink, nudge, nudge, slip him a fiver

Oh eat the salad, what the hell, who gives a shit?

Could these be famous last words as I contemplate whether or not it's safe to eat the salad over here?

Anyway - I made it to Bali !!! [...]

New addition to the family

Slept in and rang Jimy at midday to see if he fancied a bite to eat... hoping he'd show me some tasty local off-the-beaten-track eateries. He turned up in his amazing LandRanger, a wicked machine that him and the lads had been doing up up for months. [...]

Gamalan-alam-a-ding-dong

I'm still fretting and faffing. When will I relax? I'm driving myself crazy with worry that I'm out of my depth over here, not planning my travelling well enough or watching my budget closely enough....

Anyway, I jumped on the shut [...]

...and Beckam scores again!

After a hair raising hour's journey on my suicike (suicide bike), stopping around 5 times to get directions, I've finally made it to Bali's second most important temple: Pura Taman Ayun. Surrounded by moats and covered with lotus blossums this [...]

Danau (Lake) Batur

What an amazing place.

A large rippling grey lake within a huge 300 year old blow-out caldera surrounded by several little poor vilages living on the edge in the shaddow of the active mountain: Gnung Batur. [...]