From garnish to tarnish - Most stupid question in a restaurant: "This 'Beef with Red Ants', that's just a funny name for 'Beef with red chillies' right?" Answer: "No, it's Beef with Red Ants." Most stupid reply in a restaurant: "Great, we'll get a plate of that please." Most shocked face in a restaurant: Realising that Beef with Red Ants is actually... beef with red ants on top. Thanks for the lesson, Cambodia.

Planning to Change a Plan - As we approached the end of the Indonesian leg of our voyage, we started to put some effort and Bintang time into thinking what comes next (other than Mr C giving James an education on the golf courses of Singapore). The original plan was to head to Papua New Guinea (PNG) and the Solomon Islands and it was the part of the trip when we were going to attempt to get seriously off the beaten track (recognizing that the track isn't all t...