Some interesting Laos news about a failed coup attempt by Hmong exiles in the USA. Also good to see the deforesation in Borneo is making headlines news. It’s so sad driving around there. Most of the natural jungle has gone, and you can drive for hours and hours and all you see are endless palm […]
I’ve had a case study performed on me….. nothing to worry about though, it was all performed by my lovely sidekick (erm, my PR mentor, the one who kept me on the straight and narrow in Borneo) Kate. My case study is on the Raleigh International website. Note it may not be exactly word for word […]
Here’s a selection of pics from the Perhentian islands (apologies for the formatting!). Me on the Long Beach : A deserted Long Beach : View from Mohsin chalets : You transfer from the ‘big’ boats to one of these to get you to the islands : How clear (and warm) is this water? Painting Perhentian […]
Just a quick update as just arrived in Bangkok. I’ve spent a few days on Perhentian Kecil just before they pretty much close up for the season. A few days more would have been good but I had to get up to Bangkok to try and get a Myanmar visa on Monday. I did a […]
Well, you just can’t escape Raleigh folk, but I guess now everyone can be called friends rather than referring to them as ‘Raleigh folk’ – the Raleigh bubble has burst just now, but we’re all spreading ourselves across Asia for the moment. Here’s me just after having my few welcoming drinks in KL with Mia, […]
Well it’s my last night in KL, and I think I’ve done the city. I’ve spent too much replacing my camera, and a wee hard drive to replace the overweight DVD’s I’ve lugged around (how’s that for an original excuse to purchase a new toy!). This is way too tempting a place to wander around […]
Arrived in KL last night to a really chilled out hostel…that was until the club next door kicked off. I need to send a shedload more back home to the UK due to my excess baggage on Air Asia almost doubling the cost of my flight from Brunei to KL. I’m going to have a […]
Well when you look at any Tourism Malaysia brochure, or any diving websites, you’ll read about Labuan…a strange offshore financial centre run from KL. Why was I heading here? Good question, but to be honest, it had a bit to do with (ducks my head) ticking off a country for once…I mean Brunei is so […]
Well I’m now sitting in Labuan wandering WTF I’m doing here. You see I posted a load of stuff home this morning as I figured I wouldn’t need it til NZ. I then realised I still had my trekking poles, and my bag was way too ridiculously heavy. In my quest to do something different […]