The Postman

It’s Wednesday night, I’m in my hostel room abusing the free wifi provided at the place next door and have been contributing to this; http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=205&t=684769&mid=63424&i=0&nmt=Pakistan…%20Taliban…&mid=63424 It’s a discussion forum on the trouble in Pakistan and with everyone saying how dangerous it is I thought I’d chip in. Initially I was getting flamed for saying it’s [...]

Well, that’s it. The visa for Pakistan. Inked by hand and everything. It wasn’t as hard to get as I thought. The indian one should also be easy. Down to the embassy tomorrow, put in an application and a cheque for fifty quid and it should be stamped in my passport within five days. Or [...]

It’s ten past ten where I am. Bangkok. I’m sat  at my desk in a room painted beige with one window that faces a wall and another looking out to a corridor at the end of which is the bog. Bits and bobs are scattered everywhere. Dot’s naked, it’s all on the floor. Tents and [...]

Dribs and drabs, that’s all I’ve been giving lately. I thought then that I should have a quick sneeze over everything that’s been happening. For a start the holiday’s over. Raylee left tonight, went back to Sydney, now very sad, lonely, but we had a very nice time down in Koh Chang relaxing on the [...]

Behind the shower door. What better place to hide a brand new Canon camera I bought just a week ago. I thought it was safe there, out of sight from the thief who might break in and take the lot. But there was just one problem. I forogt it was there. So when me and [...]

With the beard gone wild, these are all the people I’ve been told I look like these past few weeks. Chuck’s my favourite.

Hello everybody, sorry it’s been such a while. Okay, sowhere are we up to? Well, having survived the flaming buses and shooting policeman from the (over-cooked) Bangkok protests me and my very good friend Miss Bonnell did our best to get the hell out of there. Except we couldn’t, because the trains were down and so were the buses. Dot was [...]

Yeah right. It’s amazing being here to see just how much the media over-egg a situation. Hundreds and thousands of protesters have been just up the road from where I’ve been staying for the last five days. And they’re a lovely bunch. All smiles and waves as they beat their political drum over the tannoy [...]

Alright, so the black line’s where I’ve already been (Australia, East Timor, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand), the red one is the where I’ve still got to go. So from here over by plane to Nepal, then down through India, across Pakistan, Iran, Turkey. That’s where I have an option. The red route carries on the simple [...]