Day 669: One Hell of a Halloween
31.10.10: I left the Mariott with a spring in my step. I had my book back and I had plenty of time to get to the train station, even considering…
Day 668: Back in Jak Jak
30.10.10: So I was expecting the ferry to arrive in Jakarta this morning. HA! Considering the boat was eight hours late getting out of port, I adjusted my expectations accordingly. …
Day 667: Captain Bob
29.10.10: So last night I arrived onboard the ferry from Pontianak on Borneo to Jakarta on Java. As I entered the passenger area, what could adequately be described as a…
Day 654: Time and Tide
16.10.10: The most irritating thing in the world – aside from Russell Brand – is when your infernal debit card gets declined at a foreign ATM because the bank assumes…
Day 653: As The Miller Told His Tale
15.10.10: First things first, I called the ferry company and found out when the next ship to Borneo was departing – not today but tomorrow, but that’s better than a…
Day 652: You Don’t Know Jakarta
14.10.10: Thursday took a while to get going. While my fellow travellers (in another cabin and arguably less full of Johnnie Walker) were rudely awoken at the crack of dawn…
Day 651: Lion City
13.10.10: Singapore! World’s End! You can get here all the way across the mega-continent of Eurasia from John O’Groats to Raffles via the Channel Tunnel, the Urals and the causeway…