Ah shucks: there's a drinking theme to this post as well. What was I thinking, back then in 2002 when my liver was still strong, eyes were un-bagged and hairline yet to recede? A month had passed since the last post during which time I worked the ...

Number six in this reprisal of travelogues past. The disdain for capital letters remains, as does the now inaccurate email address at the top. I'd say there's plenty more to be said about these couple of weeks, though with limited time at the keyb...

Back in March 2002 the Queen was a relatively old lady who travelled the world making some speeches and waving; eight years further on and I fear she's becoming typecast. She features in this post, as does a previous Queen and some news from the A...

Part 4 and I've spent a little time getting used to life in Australia and Adelaide, with relatively little else to say apparently. Surely that's a reflection of my general calm and relaxed state of mind at this point: having found somewhere to sta...

Part three of tonight's triumvirate - it reads as though I found my feet somewhat on this bit of the trip. The email home is certainly longer, though as I recall I had plenty of time to waste in internet cafes before starting work in Adelaide. I h...

Report two: Dubai to Singapore. What I don't say in these first couple of posts is that I stayed with my aunt in Dubai, so the move to Singapore was a step up in terms of independent travel. As it happened, Singapore was an easier place for me to ...

Long, long ago, in some lands far away, I followed a typical backpacker's itinerary around Australasia and some of the countries between there and the UK. Blogs were few and far between and I still used Hotmail: the digital landscape was sparse an...