Time seems to have slowed down somewhat, now I'm pretty much stationary myself and I muat say I'm really enjoying the change of pace. Last time I wrote I was undecided about the fate of my faithful Ducati but since have decided to sell it prior to going home. I spent some time washing it before taking it to some dealers and a frieght company for quotes. It's not very expensive or difficult to ship it home but the Australian authorities don't make importing easy ...

Hello from Brighton for the last time for a while. Yes, today I am leaving Brighton and the kind hospitality of Mark & Maki (and Maki's cooking!) to head north and west. Yesterday I took Mark's advice and spent an hour or two looking through Brighton's Royal Pavillion - a bizarre building at the South British seaside, designed to look and feel like Asia, by people who had never seen Asia. When I left the last blog, the Ducati was in the shop for a service a...

Hello from sunny Brighton. It was almost hot here today - so much for the miserable weather England is meant to have! I think it is going to rain tomorrow though. I arrived in Brighton around 4.00pm yesterday and met Mark at the end of the street near the pub. Actually there's a pub at both ends of the street (two one end). Brighton seems to have a pub and a cafe around avery corner. A great town, a bit like Fremantle in WA only much bigger and better. I maent ...