RTW 2000 - ?

Left touristy Byron Bay vowing not to bother with any more tourist towns, and here I am in Cairns! I need some stuff for the bike, and it's been chucking it down, and at least in a town there's things you can spend money on while hoping it will stop (like beer). Excuses aside I did pretty well on the way up, only kissing the coast in a few 'select' places.Left touristy Byron Bay vowing not to bother with any more tourist towns, and here I am in Cairns!

Greetings from Darwin (no shoes, no shirt land).

It rained in Cairns, which was a real shame as I was
looking forward to going diving on the reef. I hung
around for a few days waiting to see if it would clear
(and who got the boot on Big Brother) but it didn't.
Boo. Did a one day trip out in 3 meter swell (i.e:
great big waves) and a couple of dives just to say I'd
done it. At least there was lots of fish as they were
feeding on the sick I was blowing through the
regulator.

Hello Mister,

Can't believe it's 5 weeks since I arrived in Singapore. Spent a week there, waiting for bike, watching football, and trying not to spend any money (it's expensive). Met up with my aunt Judy and cousin Tarryn, in town for a wedding, and trying to do their best to boost Singapore foreign currency reserves.

Hello what is it your name boss, where you from
Manchester? Michael Owen?

Bali's actually quite a nice place. I don't know why,
but I was expecting it to be awful. There's a few
tourists (me included) here for sure, and there's way
too much traffic, which makes getting about a hassle
(same as much of Indonesia). It's got some beautiful
countryside, though, cool culture and great beaches,
and the tourist centre (Kuta) has got everything you
need to have a good time before bedtime (and possibly
after).

Dra-da dra da da da (chukka), dra-da dra da da da,
Du-du wha whah-whaaah....., du-lu du dwaaah......,
There must be some kinda way out a here......,
Says the hooker to the sheik(sp?).....,

I am hanging around in Bangkok for a few days, resting up after a visit from my pal from back home. Good to see someone from the real world and talk about house prices and carpets (only kidding, Jay!).

Quite a few 'overland' bikers about here. Well done everyone. Can't remember the last time I had a good jaw about aluminium boxes. There's talk of a wander down to Ko Chang for a sit on the beach for Xmas, so we'll see how that works out.

Today I did something really stupid.