22nd January There is always a narrow slope-sided drainage ditch alongside or close by. When it’s flat everything exists in straight...

24th January This blog has to be in note form. So little time to compose a limerick let alone something that might have some meaning. It...

21st January I’m on the ferry under the shadow of King Bhumibol’s Bridge. It waited for 20 minutes, we were firmly fixed to the quay as...

19th January Early start, birds chirping, just getting light, cool. Farmers not yet up. Dogs still asleep, stalls being awakened. Rough...

17th January It was a construction unit like Travis Perkins and I'd go in and I'd ask for "as many breeze blocks as you can get, 30 mil...

January 18th Cambodian Peoples Party Cadre These geezers are everywhere, I mean thousands of posters in every village and town. I Am...

16th January Today I visited the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum lit translation: "Hill of the Poisonous Trees" or "Strychnine Hill". Located...

January 15th Vietnam and into Cambodia Sometimes there just isn't too much to say except that travelling and adventuring can be like a...

14th January Ridng 100 miles each on successive days I find a cafe in Dau Tieng and sit and drink Milkfroth. It’s a green drink topped...

11th January On a bicycle it’s like riding across a sea of space rarely stepping on to shore. It’s slow. The distance I can cover on my...

13th January In this never ending adventure I set off with renewed well slept positive energy. Once again it was sunny with a blue sky...

12th January Because English is not widely spoken in Vietnam - in fact, English is not spoken at all on the 'Highway' and except to buy...