Travel Diary

Like travel, writing is best enjoyed when it’s shared

March 9, 2011

Writing, like travel and happiness is best when it is shared. If you can’t share your travels with someone who cares, you’re missing out. This year I intend to explore shared travel as much as I can.

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A holiday from travel

October 29, 2010

A brief update on my travelling and why I’ve decided to stop for now, and what I plan to do for the foreseeable future.

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Campaign Report Part 3 – future plans and photos

September 5, 2010

The third of a 3-part series of reports on my PCs for Migrant Children campaign. It turned out to be far more successful than I imagined and it kept me very, very busy in Maesot right up until the morning I left. Thank you to all who contributed either financially or with getting the word out. You have helped improve the lives of hundreds of children!

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Campaign Report Part 2 – achievements and lessons learned

August 30, 2010

The second of a 3-part series of reports on my PCs for Migrant Children campaign. It turned out to be far more successful than I imagined and it kept me very, very busy in Maesot right up until the morning I left. Thank you to all who contributed either financially or with getting the word out. You have helped improve the lives of hundreds of children!

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Campaign Report Part 1 – why and how much?

August 27, 2010

The first of a 3-part series of reports on my PCs for Migrant Children campaign. It turned out to be far more successful than I imagined and it kept me very, very busy in Maesot right up until the morning I left. Thank you to all who contributed either financially or with getting the word out. You have helped improve the lives of hundreds of children!

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The experience of an unlikely volunteer English teacher

July 16, 2010

I’m a unlikely, newly recruited, English language teacher for a Karen migrant school found on the Thai-Burma border. In this article I just relay some of my daily and classroom experiences so far, and my take on my progress and that of the children.

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One of the perils that await you off the beaten track

June 23, 2010

When on a motorcycle in southeast Asia, be careful of road conditions and drive a semi-automatic or manual bike. Drive slowly, then go slower. 🙂

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Is this how you cut a watermelon?

April 19, 2010

Approx. reading time: 10minutes. Sunday was an interesting day for several reasons and since I love the sound of my own voice I’m going to blab about it. Currently I’m hiding out somewhere in Bali, namely ‘Legian Beach Bungalows’ at a mere IDR:80,000 per night.  The cheapest accommodation I’ve found by far, and much better […]

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It’s rarely just a coconut

February 12, 2010

Like most capital cities, Vientiane is not representative of how the majority of the population live. It is a small city with two or three main streets within which you will find most of the things you need.  I did very little in the way of touristy sight-seeing while I was there and opted instead […]

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Bangkok to Nong Khai

January 14, 2010

As I start to write this, I’ve been in Nong Khai for about an hour and already I feel the journey has been worth while.  It all started over 13 hours ago… To get to Nong Khai there are a variety of paths you can take – all the most obvious forms of public transport […]

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