“Home is the place where you are most thoroughly yourself, with no pretenses”. – V Moran In total I spent just shy of 6 weeks (41days) back in the UK. I was welcomed back with incredible warmth and generosity. To say it was an amazing visit would be a huge understatement . I am fortunate […]
A HAT-TRICK OF VISAS AND A NEW PASSPORT – ALL DONE IN 15 DAYS CHINESE, RUSSIAN AND MONGOLIAN VISAS My first step on English soil after 3 and a half years was on 20th February 2019. I’d just endured an epic 48 hour journey from my workaway in Sungai Petani in Northern Malaysia to Kuala […]
It certainly wasn’t an auspicious start. I arrived at the project and everyone stared at me as if I was a 3 headed dwarf. They hadn’t been expecting me. How odd considering all the emails, texts and phone calls I had sent to Predo, one of the project leaders. This immediately played on my […]
Friday 21st December A flight back to Phuket and Diana kindly offers to pick me up and then it’s back to the doggie hotel. Fortunately I remember all the dogs except the Christmas borders. It’s a full house with Bolle, Max, Minie, Flecky, Chiva, Katie and Perry, Paris and Archie. It’s great to be […]
Sunday 2nd December to Siam Reap, Cambodia My flight out of Phuket is at 6am so like the good traveller I am I arrive 3 hours before. Having checked my bag in I’m told security doesn’t open for another 1 hour 30 minutes! So much for arriving early! I arrive in Siam Reap at 735am […]
Sunday 2nd December Yesterday we left Diana’s Dog Resort to spend our last few hours together at a hotel near the Airport. Ah how poignant I hear you cry. Hardly!!! Daz’s right arm is now incredibly swollen, very painful and currently totally dysfunctional from Mocha’s bite (the extremely emotionally disturbed dog at Diana’s). He also […]
Friday 12th October / 13th October Muara, Brunei We complete another sailing leg and arrive in Muara. We anchor in the bay and Philip heads off to complete the Marina paperwork and immigration. Two hours later he’s back and he’s failed the Immigration test because they need to see us all personally. Whilst Phil’s away […]
Friday 28th September Cebu, Philippines So here we are in the Philippines sans trikes and the plan, if it comes to fruition, is to take a 6 month break from cycling . There are a number of factors that led to this cunning plan but ultimately our desire to cycle through China was the driver. […]
Friday 31st August Busan port to Songdo Beach Daily Total 62.39 km Trip Total 24220.6 km We arrive in South Korea at 6pm. We get through Immigration and then are wondering where our trikes will be when a shipping agent comes over and asks us if we are the trike owners. (We’re probably the only […]
Friday 10th August Mimasaka to Kori Daily Total 58.22 km Trip Total 23376.92 km And we’re back on the trikes, cycling again. It’s been a fab workaway but time to move on. It’s an uneventful ride as we retrace our previous tracks back towards the coast. However we do make one slight detour. Remember the […]