Karijini

I spent a few days in Exmouth larking around and drinking copious amounts of goon with Zoe and Alan. Exmouth is very small and isolated but has lovely beaches, sunsets, pelicans and locals with interesting facial hair. Zoe and I...

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The West Coast

I wanted to take the Greyhound or a hop-on/hop-off bus up the West Coast to Broome, but since my visa expires in mid-July and I have a lot to see, I decided to take a tour instead. The tour started...

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The South-West

I had a couple of days relaxing in Perth, doing very little. Mark, who I met in Sakhalin, very kindly let me stay at his house, and I enjoyed catching up on sleep in his incredibly comfortable bed and meeting...

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Panic Stations

I got to the check-in desk at Seoul airport and was told I couldn't board the flight to Sydney because I didn't have an onward ticket from Australia. I didn't really know how to deal with this, and my brain...

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Seoul: Lantern City

I was lucky enough to be in Seoul for the Lotus Lantern Festival, which was part of the celebrations for the Sakyamuni Buddha's birthday. There were concerts, performances, street parties and lanterns strung up everywhere. I took the subway over...

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The DMZ

The DMZ tour is a popular attraction for visitors to Seoul but it was a pretty bizarre experience. I did a day trip to the old De-Militarised Zone when I was in Vietnam, so I felt like a bit of...

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Seoul: Spring Has Sprung

Korea was fabulous! So glad I left the airport!! It was a shock to fly from Sakhalin, where it was still drab, grey and even snowing when I left, to Seoul, where everything was bright, fresh and colourful. People were...

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Sakhalin: Dolinsk

Another Sunday, another bleak eyesore of a town. This time we were all hungover and tired. Lorraine and I had made the mistake of going to Koninginnedag the previous night - an event celebrating the birthday of Queen Beatrix of...

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