Hello, You have received this link to my "new" blog as you are among many old and new friends who have been following me on my travels through Asia and Europe this year. From time to time I will do some travelling in Australia to places I may have been many times before, but as like you at home, you grow familiar with all the sights around you; however to someone who had never been here , or may want to visit / re-visit it may be of interest. This blog will be...

I've had a lot of time to think about the imminent return back to the life I left behind It’s stirred in me mixed feelings and a kind of detached numbness, much like the first days of my travels sitting on that stray street corner outside the station of Bangkok over four months ago. Now, I have returned, a sense of excitement and accomplishment overwhelms me. To make it this far and see the fruits of my efforts in a passive soul, a grateful heart and a pers...

I am back in Australia. Over the last few months I have "reported “from many different countries, all in all 21 of them . Starting in Singapore travelling across South East Asia, China, Mongolia and via Russia to the Baltic States and Western Europe to former Yugoslavia and a few places in between. My blog readers are from a wide variety of countries so I thought to be appropriate to finish by a “show and tell" of the area I live in. Everyone knows t...

Day 1 Sunday 21.4.13 Brisbane - Singapore Fly-Scoot it read. A new Singapore owned budget airline that started last year flying directly from the Gold Coast to Singapore and back for a budget price but great service. I had to cancel my Qantas flight as my passport had not been received back in time. Although the Russian consulate had assured me that I would have my passport back on Monday the 15th of April it was not to be. My flight was booked for Wed the 17t...