Arriving in Thailand for the first time, my anticipation runs high. The initial experience involves landing, taking a cab to the hostel, and collapsing in exhaustion. Tomorrow promises exploration, but for now, rest is paramount. With just a few days in Bangkok before heading south to the Similan Islands for more diving, my excitement is…
Author: Alex
Hong Kong
Leaving the Philippines leaves me with a strange feeling, I did not plan to go there, and I did not expect what I got. Great locations, great people, definitely a place I’ll go back to. First few days in the city, Got to the hostel late at night and, drop the stuff in the hostel…
Philippines
A last week end with the friends in Auckland is just what the doctor ordered. More time getting to know or reacquaint myself with great people, another shift in the pasta and risotto kitchen and all together a real good time. Time to leave has come but not before a last farewell coffee with Arantxa…
New Zealand
Bye bye Bali, it was great to meet you. It is time to “git on ye bike” now, and get to Auckland and, hopefully, a whole bunch of sailing The start is less than auspicious, for the first time in the trip I get asked about forward traveling and I am unprepared. I had not…
Singapore
Well, where to start? I flew out of Delhi on Malaysian Airlines, not without a little concern if I’m to be honest. Their track record with good fortune is not the best these days, and it is said that this might explain their lack of popularity and the lower prices they offer. Being on a…
Dubai
Leaving Tehran is easy, the much advertised trafic on the way to the airport does not really ever materialise. So it happens I am early and this increases, as if necessary, the time I spend in an airport today. I am sharing the seat with the neighbour from hell. An Iranian tyre salesman that works…