Rainforest Discovery Centre Near Sandakan, Borneo, Malaysia

I stayed at a budget hostel hotel in Sandakan, Borneo for a month, making their webpage and online marketing in exchange for free accommodation. The owner there turned out to be rather dishonest, feeding me pipe dreams of a 60% profit share of her business for running it. She offered the same to a friend … Read more

Landing in El Nido, Philippines

    Finished exploring Malaysia and Indonesia for a while, too hard to find beers and too expensive, so decided will try Christian Asia for a while, head to the Philippines. Was an American colony, everyone speaks good English, beer cheap and everywhere. Above is a local mini bus, everywhere in Manila, the nation’s capital. … Read more

From Koh Phangan to Bali

Rather long awaited perhaps, but lots has been happening and wanted to complete it as a package (pictures, videos, storyline). For at least a decade or two I had an increasingly burning ambition to land on some paradise beach, with perfect weather year round, stay there for two years until I got bored of the … Read more

Browser privacy, postcards, planting trees

Browser privacy and prices of mobile phone packages between countries Found an interesting program how to hide Yr identity on the net … might be of interest for U. 🙂 well, been very good today so will be gone a few minutes to the grocery store to stock up on my beloved beer. I know … Read more

Sept. 14 update with pics, upcoming plans, still on the island

Just uploaded another round of pictures to https://picasaweb.google.com/103781745144117972393/KohPhangan# More or less the same but always beautiful things to find. Have started making preparations for the big bike trip, which I hope to launch around end April, assuming I’ll have everything ready by then. Such as four waterproof big bicycle bags which I plan to strap … Read more

All Great Plans are Laid to Waste

Alas, it is the Mediterranean, and my punctual arrival is made meaningless because the guy in charge shows up two hours later, at the last minute before the ship is to depart. With barely any instructions to guide me, I find myself frantically running between different buildings finalizing various paperwork, and of course spending additional … Read more