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First steps on the old silk road

  • by Adventurous Hermit
  • Posted on April 30, 2019May 28, 2019
  • China

It was an adventurer called Zhang Qian, between 100-200 BC, who is said to have started off the old silk road trade route, from China to the west. He keeps appearing in lots of different […]

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From culture shock to panda bears

  • by Adventurous Hermit
  • Posted on April 20, 2019May 28, 2019
  • China

Arriving in China felt like we’d landed on an entirely different planet. One where we didn’t know the customs, how things worked or how to behave, where we couldn’t even communicate or manage the basics […]

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Into the wilds of Nam Ha

  • by Adventurous Hermit
  • Posted on April 15, 2019May 28, 2019
  • Laos

Even though we paid more than double the going price for tickets on the one-whole-seat-per-person fancy van, somehow we still ended up sitting in the aisle on the public bus to Oudomxay in northern Laos. […]

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The perfect harmony of Luang Prabang

  • by Adventurous Hermit
  • Posted on April 12, 2019May 28, 2019
  • Laos

There’s something special about the town of Luang Prabang. Almost everybody says so and I have to agree. It has a kind of perfect harmony. It feels ancient and it is. Apparently it’s been here […]

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Time out in Vientiane and Vang Vieng

  • by Adventurous Hermit
  • Posted on April 3, 2019May 28, 2019
  • Laos

Now I know why everyone who’s been here says ‘Oh, I love Laos!’. It’s because Laos is lovely. It seems to have a lot of the best parts of South East Asia without the madness […]

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More than 4000 Islands

  • by Adventurous Hermit
  • Posted on March 18, 2019May 20, 2019
  • Cambodia

It was sad to say goodbye to the many people we love in Siem Reap but it’s wonderful to be on our way. My feet feel light, my heart is singing and I keep bursting […]

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Fried insects and solar fans

  • by Adventurous Hermit
  • Posted on February 26, 2019May 13, 2019
  • Cambodia

We hadn’t been very far afield for the last few weeks but we had heard that the solar lights we installed in Lighting up a village are a big hit. In fact, they’ve been serving a […]

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On becoming a digital nomad

  • by Adventurous Hermit
  • Posted on February 12, 2019April 30, 2019
  • Cambodia

When I first started travelling in the early eighties, being able to keep on travelling meant finding work in each new place. It was usually bar work, waitressing, cleaning and such-like. My first overseas job […]

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A trip to Battambang

  • by Adventurous Hermit
  • Posted on February 2, 2019April 20, 2019
  • Cambodia

Note that ’bang’ is pronounced ‘bong’. One of the best things about going to Battambang is getting there by boat. The boat leaves Siem Reap, travels briefly along the very dirty Siem Reap river, crosses […]

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Lighting up a village

  • by Adventurous Hermit
  • Posted on January 26, 2019April 12, 2019
  • Cambodia
Brobmai village

The first time we came to Cambodia, we met a teenage boy working in the guesthouse where we stayed in Siem Reap. He had a big smile and very little English. This was the beginning […]

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Blessing at the bus stop
It’s ‘holy week’ here in Malta - a VERY catholic country. The usual church bells are replaced by a wooden instrument called the ċuqlajta that makes a strange constant clacking sound. It’s a custom from the Middle Ages and supposed to be a sad sound to do with Jesus having a very bad week. I find it kind of trance-inducing but it needs more bass.
Colourful luzzu (fishing boats) in Marsaxlokk harbour.
Waterworld!
The Rotunda church in Xewkija on Gozo. One of the largest domes in Europe - 75m high and weighs 45,000 tonnes. You can see it from almost everywhere on the island.
Darkness and light

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About me

I have always been a wanderer, a traveller, a seeker-of-adventures.

Growing up on a farm outside the small, pretty village of Urbenville at the edge of the Border Ranges, Northern Rivers NSW Australia, I spent my childhood poring over atlases and dreaming of faraway places.

When I finished school I worked for a few months, saved some money and set off travelling to Europe – and I never really stopped. The longest I stayed in one place between Urbenville and the age of 40 was 3 years.

Somehow, in the middle of life I got stuck. The longer I stayed still, the harder it was to move. I got so comfortable that I put down roots and turned into a hermit.

So, in the spirit of shaking things up, my partner JH and I are off on adventures outside the hermit-hole. This blog is about the journey.

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