Days of Kampot
I’m walking down the street in Kampot when I see my friend sitting out the front of Milano Pizza. I cross over an...
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Apr
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09
Apr
Life’s a beach… by a river in Cambodia
I am lying on a swinging daybed beside a river, gently sautéing in my own sweat. The hot wind has pushed clouds o...
06
Apr
Bike ready, brain full
5.45 am, Phnom Penh, Cambodia. A comfortable studio apartment in a comfortable part of town. I try to make myself...
15
Feb
Buy your own roses
Today is the exact anniversary of 5 years on the road – 15 February 2017 was the day I rode out of Sydney, never ...
18
Jan
Risk Calculation
Today let’s talk about risk, and sweat, and tears. Now, it’s been a while since I was travelling fully loaded on ...
03
Jan
Before Times
Back before covid sank its teeth into the world, vagrants like me used to do border runs. You'd get your thirty d...
29
Dec
Complimentary House Dragon
Here in south-east Asia we have these magnificent tokay geckos. They like to live in your house and eat all the i...
28
Dec
Traveling monks and breakfast beers: Thailand
When I first checked into the roadside guesthouse, there was an old lady running the show and she seemed positive...
23
Dec
Debrief
After the shock of the accident, I ride sedately into Loei and pulled into my usual parking spot behind my usual ...
16
Dec
‘But she’s alone and has no friends’
The gods were smiling on me as I waved goodbye to my friends in Nong Kai, a foil wrapped serving of barbecue ribs...
10
Dec
Slaying the Demon
Road tripping… day four? Five? Oh well, irrelevant. I am back to my peripatetic exiseance, in which I don't know ...
05
Dec
Road Tripping – In Real Time
It's 4.40am and the sun won't be up for another hour or so. Although warm beds beckon, this is my writing time. I...