‘Travelling alone is a holiday, travelling together is a journey’ Dennis Bos The first days on Weh Island have been quite enjoyable, albeit very busy. Nothing really happens before 8am when the dive shop opens and the local divemasters begin assembling the guest’s gear for the upcoming dive. As an early riser who only sleeps…
Spent my first day on the island relaxing and getting to know the beach. The next few weeks would be all about complete the courses required to qualify to study the Divemaster course meaning everyone else would be doing all the fun diving while I would be in the classroom or diving on the House…
After a lovely sleep at Nurlinda’s homestay I awoke at 7:00am to pack and get ready for the ferry to Pulau Weh, or Sabang Island as it is otherwise known. At breakfast over the strong Acehnese coffee I would grow to love my new travel buddy Clara informed me that she had been up since…
Whilst I try my best to stay sober the night before travel days in order to make good decision when visiting new places, it sometimes comes to pass that I am very hungover when catching planes, trains and automobiles. The night before leaving is often one of farewells and catching up with friends so quite often you…
So after a refreshing trip on AirAsia I arrived in Kuala Lumpur early Thursday morning for a day of rest and catching up with friends, albeit one less day than originally planned but still enough to tick off a few objectives from the itinerary. Kuala Lumpur is host to some of the best food in…
Spending time in Bali on the way to Kuala Lumpur really made me question my decision to learn the expression ‘Saya Faham, Jaga Jaga’ (I know what you are saying, be careful) over actually learning how to speak Malay, which pretty much the same language as they speak in Indonesia. They are both under the…
Air Asia (like the X-men) is feared and hated by many, possibly due to xenophobic conditioning that all things Asian are cheap, unsafe and only created as an attempt to rip of the white man. I, however, am a big fan. This viewpoint is, in my humble opinion, a reflection of the average Australians’ experience…
Here we go again. After a very unpleasant stint back in the corporate world I’ve finally saved enough cash to execute my ‘Practice Retirement’. In the traditional model of working life the average punter will work until the age of 65 before retiring so it makes good sense to ensure that when you do retire…
Earthmans' Walkabout 