Hi All. We arrived safely in Vietnam and are having a great time. Vietnam is unbelievable! At the airport our first attempt to get into the country was rejected by the stone-faced communist customs officer, because we had not filled out the section about where we were staying … we didn't even know that ourselves! [...]
Rob’s Two Short Trips into Mexico, 1995
In my early days of international travel (prior to a wife and kids!), I was lucky enough to have a couple of Mexican experiences while visiting the USA for a conference. Visiting My Sister After a couple of weeks on a tour of the USA west coast, I flew from San Francisco to Cancun in [...]
Travelling through Trichy
I am now in a town called Tiruchirappalli, or Trichy as the locals and myself call it (it is a lot easier to pronounce!). It is another temple city, with one set upon a huge rock in the centre of town. From here I go to Madurai and continue to the west coast, then I [...]
India 1999 Photos
Here are just a few photos from Rob's first solo trip in 1999 - three months travelling throughout in India.
A close shave
For a male, getting a facial shave in any third world country is a memorable experience. A highlight of any male's trip to India is getting a shave at a street-side barber shop. Usually it is well needed after a few days on the road. Once you are assured that the blade is a clean [...]
Street Art of San Francisco
Way back in 1995 while visiting San Francisco, at the beginning of our street art obsession, we came across a free tour of the street art of the area. It was double whammy goodness - it was art and it was free. Here are just a few of the images we saw. If you were [...]
Escape to Broome, 1988
After eight months of working as an orderly at the Fremantle Hospital, a job going nowhere with no idea what I wanted to do, I was ready to escape to somewhere else, anywhere. I don't know what made me pick Broome, a thousand kilometres north, as I did not know much about the place, but [...]