A town like Alice
The flight to Alice Springs was only about 10% full so our bags came quickly, and the shuttle bus was parked just outside the airport door. Alice Springs is not More… →
Back to Darwin
Petrol was a little cheaper in Pine Creek than in Jabiru, but still much more expensive than Darwin – the “remote premium” must impact significantly on residents. We could have More… →
Jabiru to Pine Creek
The change to our schedule caused by the burglary meant that we had an extra day between Kakadu and our flight to Alice Springs. Rather than spend it in Darwin More… →
Kakadu
Collecting the car was a simple enough matter. Neither of us had driven for almost 2 years, but Darwin’s quiet, wide streets and simple grid layout was as gentle a More… →
Bottled water at KLIA2
Like most budget travellers we normally buy bottled water to take on flights, but when it comes to buying water at KLIA2 there’s a problem. You can’t buy bottled water More… →
Getting an Indian tourist visa in Bangkok
Like many long term travellers, we had been planning to get an Indian tourist visa in Bangkok – at least for 3 months if we couldn’t score a 6-month one. More… →
Darwin
It was dark by the time we touched down in Darwin, so we saw nothing of Australia on our approach. We knew from TV programmes that Australia has very strict More… →
Reset, Play
Even in a taxi and after dark, you know you’re in Bali. The flute and gamelan music on the stereo with its distinctive jaunty tempo (so different from the stately More… →
Putting it all back together
We were really lucky with our choice of guesthouse in Sanur. The Jukung was small but our room was bright and immaculate, and equipped with a safe, kettle, fridge, TV More… →
Robbed
“Ohhh shit”. Mr V was ahead of me and saw it first: I followed his gaze through the window, and could see that the patio door stood open. For a More… →