I wrote the posts for the first two countries I visited on my trip, covering the Mekong region of Vietnam and Cambodia, on a point-to-point basis. Although I feel the information in them is pretty useful for those cycling the region they took a long time to put together, and most of the information can be …
The Cambodian leg of my SE Asia cycle tour would prove to be a stop-start affair; with prolonged stops because of sicknesses and injuries. Leaving Phu Quoc I cycled across the island to the ‘Superdong’ ferry point (that will never fail to be hilarious), took about 50 minutes for 15 km or so. Very pleasant …
Mui Ne to Rach Gia (through the sand dunes and the Mekong Delta for Phu Quoc and Ha Tien) I described my main aims and bike set up in my last post: see here. Though I didn’t stick to my plans exactly, in the last week of my training month up in Mui Ne I …
Those that Bike: Cycle touring through SE Asia for Adventure and Weight-loss As most people who know me know, I have a little bit of a weight problem at the moment. I guess over the years I’ve added a kilogram or so a year on average, and even in good periods when I am maintaining …
As with New Year, I use my Birthday – which is happily situated in the middle of the year – as a time to reflect on things past, and things future: What have I achieved? How is my health? Where have I been? Where will I go? Am I happy? Those and more besides, I’m …
There is nothing cutting edge about this post, but it may be useful to others who have been penalised by the Google Panda updates and feel like they are banging their heads against a brick wall. I have not gone into linking methods, mainly just on improving the sites themselves. I’ve been hit by Panda …
Fighting Pandas – Trying to get a site out of the grasp of Google’s Panda Read More »
As many of you who have previously read my blog will know, I have a soft spot for Borneo. It therefore gave me great pleasure when my nephew Dan (of reptileexpert.org fame) told me that he would like to carry out the final project for his masters in biological photography at Bako national park, and …
Starting the day with a cheese baguette, black coffee and a listen to Dan and Ian’s podcast. Next will be some Joomla……… Loving the feel of Mui Ne. Deano
Today I will mainly be working from Jibe’s bar. Can’t really see it on this picture but you get a nice view of the sea from this bar/cafe. If you have never been to Mui Ne then it is highly recommended, this is my second time to this Kite surfers paradise on this trip. The …
Today’s Workplace – Jibe’s Mui Ne Vietnam – Deano Read More »
There is a strong correlation between a cities griminess and the production of outstanding music, two of the best examples of this are Detroit and Manchester. Detroit (and the Michigan area) has produced or nurtured many great artists over the years ranging in style from the jazz of Duke Ellington and Ella Fitzgerald, the blues …