Labuanbajo, Flores, Indonesia, 2015

August 10, 2015 at 3:52pm Oh Lasse .. as he sat there on the curb doing his math, I knew full well that this would be a challenging and very long journey across to Labuanbajo. I can just hear him muttering “2 hours plus 1 hour .. then 50 kms for 3 hours … plus …

Amed, Bali, Indonesia, 2015

Amed, Indonesia, 2015 July 30, 2015 at 3:51am In the wake of all the worldly uncertainty (the Paris terrorist attacks).. the divisions being spliced between schools of critical thought, religion and human rights .. I reluctantly post the next chapter of our Asian trip.  I am in no way insensitive to the current happenings of …

The Gili Islands, Lombok, Indonesia, 2015

We are on the last morning (7:00am) of a 5 day stay on the beautiful Gili Islands. This has been a very relaxing and much needed time to recharge for the next couple of weeks ahead. Wifi has been brutal on this island, so it has been difficult to keep in touch with those back …

Cat Ba Island, Vietnam, 2015

So we took t he wrong bus to arrive in Hanoi .. they had no clue we were on the wrong bus because their tourism network is still organized by phone .. with tickets being simple receipts indicating that we paid for “a” trip to “a” destination. We were on the wrong bus and we …

Ko Pha Ngan, Thailand

Ko Pha Ngan We are on a bus now heading back to Bangkok after just under 2 weeks of island life. We had planned to do the big three.. Ko Tao, KoPha Ngan and Ko Samui.. but we learned that the latter is a giant island full of luxury resorts, retired expats and lady bars.. …

Ko Tao, Thailand

Ko Tao (Turtle Island) Islands are my favourite.. they are the most difficult to reach but also the most rewarding. The people on this island all share this: we all took a very long (and uncomfortable) train or bus ride to a remote village jumping point and we all took an ocean crossing vessel to …