The white sand’s hot, but the breeze cool. It’s quiet. My ears hear only the sound of the waves lapping the shoreline, and the occasional...

It’s been a really special couple of days. I’m beaming from belly to face. It’s sorta hard to describe how good it feels when a group of...

Song Cau And so here I am, in yet another completely non-touristed rough and ready hick town, on the central coast of Vietnam. After...

Dà Lat What a complete change of scenery this is. I feel like I’ve been transported into a completely different world. I’m sitting at a...

I’m watching the world go by, and, for a change, I don’t have to pedal to do it. I’m sitting on a train, staring out into the view,...

Sensual Harassment I’ve been sitting in this little locals vegan restaurant for about an hour now, and the very same traditional...

Ok,  so let’s get it over with. Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum Being a literal stone’s throw from my guest house room in Phnom Penh, I...

How Many Heavens Are There? When I was a kid I thought there was only one, and if I behaved myself I might get to go there when I died....

Wow. What an amazing day. The coastline here, on the northeasterly tip of the Gulf of Thailand, is so stunning. And I’ve been hugging it...

Bangkok’s the sort of place I could hang out for awhile. Yeah, it’s got all the hassles of the big city - traffic, air pollution, lots of...

I’ve stored my panniers. Temporarily. They’ll resurface sometime in a couple of weeks, when I load up and head southeast. It’s so good!...

Chaiya to Chumphon Ok, so there’s things to do. I have to extend my visa, it runs out in a few days. I want to do that in a large town...

It’s hot. Hotter than it’s been anywhere on this trip so far. It’s mid March, it’s been dry for at least 10 days, it’s the middle of the...

Haad Pak Meng Sometimes I have to pinch myself to check if I’m actually still alive, and that I’m not in some kind of amazing dream that...

Georgetown Hey guys, there’s so much to see in this amazing city, you just gotta have a look for a bit … Lebuh Armenian (Armenian St) is...

Nothing Could Be Finer …than to be here in this diner, in the eve-ning. It’s just so good to come into a South Indian dhaba and order a...

Pangandaran I’d be surprised if you’ve heard of this place. I hadn’t heard of it myself until a few weeks back, when Remi, a Dutch guy I...

Solo in Solo I’m sitting in a large spacious antique coffee house, decked out with old wooden and cane furniture, black and white framed...

The Far East Well, this is a different world, I can tell you. I’m in Ketapang, also known as Banyuwangi, on the far east coast of Java....

What Goes Up, Must Come Down So here I am again, sitting on my butt in another warung, waiting for my food. I’m doing a lot of sitting on...