Hello, Did you know that Byron Bay is not actually named after the gallivanting Lord Byron but in fact his nautical grandfather, a chum of the famous Captain Cook? Although it turns out Cook wasn't a captain when he found Australia but only a Lieutenant. You're not really interested? OK. You should try thinking of things to amuse yourself on 12 hour bus journeys then you too will find it fascinating that nobody knows why New South Wales is so called. I mean...

Hello, Here is the latest instalment from a cross between Ray Mears without hair and Michael Palin without the sense of humour. I have made my way steadily to KL. Yes, i'm that assimilated in to the south east asian way of life that I speak the lingo now. It's KL not Kuala Lumpur, m'lad-io. In other ways my metamorphis in to your average south east asian Joe/Ping has moved apace. I have mastered the language (all you need is "hello" and "thank you"), ...

Hello, Disaster. Crisis. Tragedy. Call the Cops. Gather up your children and lock the doors. Reading FC have lost a game (33 and out). You know who you are that were present in the UK when this happened. I've met some Triad friends out here and they now know who you are too. Sadly the life of riley must continue. So here is the customary boast list... After a month time stops going by quite so quickly and I am settled in to the complete absence of ...

Hello, Another long one for lunchtime. But well, i'm waiting for a bus and it helps me remember and hopeful gives a bit of a picture of what I do when you're all asleep. Hmmm. It is true what is said about travelling. As the structure and routine of weeks fade so it becomes ever more difficult to know what the day is. Monday becomes Wednesday, Saturday becomes Tuesday and Thursday becomes Thursday. In a back of a postcard style this is what I h...

Good evening, I guess you must all be at work now. Sorry, I'm just thinking aloud (well, not really as I'm typing but anyway), I think i'm comfortable with the time shift but it is strange to think I'm half way through my day when you wake up (it's seven hours difference). I have moved out of Bangkok and i'm now part of a tour going around various sites in the north of Thailand for the next week. So a brief run down of that goes like this... Went to ...