Overland trip from The Netherlands to Australia. I never fly forward, when the money runs out I buy a return ticket from wherever I am to London and get some more of it.
| March 15th 2006 | A new beginning... | Europe » Netherlands » Gelderland » Gaanderen |
| March 21st 2006 | Zhe Germanz are approaching... | Europe » Germany » Bavaria » Nuremberg |
| March 25th 2006 | Schwarzenneger Country | Europe » Austria » Salzburg » Salzburg |
| March 27th 2006 | It's Tuesday, it must be Ljubljana | Europe » Slovenia » Upper Carniola » Ljubljana |
| March 31st 2006 | Republika Hrvatska | Europe » Croatia » Dalmatia » Dubrovnik |
| April 3rd 2006 | The deepest fjord in Southern Europe... | Europe » Montenegro » Kotor » Kotor |
| April 8th 2006 | The land of the Eagle | Europe » Albania » West » Tirana |
| April 13th 2006 | FYROM or Macedonia | Europe » Macedonia » Ohrid » Ohrid |
| April 18th 2006 | Cheap, cheap, cheap... | Europe » Bulgaria » Plovdiv Province » Plovdiv |
| April 23rd 2006 | Europe meets Asia | Middle East » Turkey » Marmara » Istanbul |
| May 6th 2006 | A trail of ruins | Middle East » Turkey » Aegean » Pamukkale |
| May 18th 2006 | Ottoman Heartlands | Middle East » Turkey » Central Anatolia » Cappadocia |
| June 2nd 2006 | The rise and demise of Team Yoghurt!! | Middle East » Turkey » Mediterranean » Antalya |
| June 14th 2006 | The largest washing machine on earth! | Middle East » Turkey » Eastern Anatolia » Van |
| June 23rd 2006 | So long and thanks for all the kebab!! | Middle East » Turkey » Black Sea » Trabzon |
| July 7th 2006 | In search of the Golden Fleece | Asia » Georgia » Tbilisi District » Tbilisi |
| July 18th 2006 | Vodka, wine and the mountains | Asia » Georgia » Tbilisi District » Tbilisi |
| July 31st 2006 | Monasteries and bad bills... | Asia » Armenia » West » Yerevan |
| August 20th 2006 | Stuck in the middle... | Asia » Azerbaijan » Baku |
| September 5th 2006 | Axis of Evil!? I think not!!! | Middle East » Iran » North » Tehran |
| September 16th 2006 | Mister, mister... Hello, hello... | Middle East » Iran » West » Esfahan |
| September 30th 2006 | Badgir, badgir, badgir... Mushroom, mushroom... | Middle East » Iran » East » Mashhad |
| October 12th 2006 | The Hazarajat, from Herat to Kabul | Asia » Afghanistan » East » Kabul |
| October 20th 2006 | A short trip to the North | Asia » Afghanistan » East » Kabul |
| November 6th 2006 | Pakistan, Zindabad!! | Asia » Pakistan » Karachi |
| January 31st 2007 | Intermezzo | Europe » United Kingdom » England » West Midlands » Birmingham |
| February 19th 2007 | The Bubble | Asia » India » National Capital Territory » New Delhi |
| March 9th 2007 | Mughal architecture and Holi | Asia » India » Uttar Pradesh » Faizabad |
| March 19th 2007 | Karma for sale | Asia » India » Uttar Pradesh » Varanasi |
| April 2nd 2007 | Stairway to Heaven | Asia » India » West Bengal » Darjeeling |
| April 12th 2007 | Here a Gompa, there a Gompa, everywhere a Gompa.. | Asia » India » Sikkim » Pelling |
| May 18th 2007 | Fellowship of the Permit | Asia » India » Arunachal Pradesh » Bomdila |
| May 19th 2007 | The two Tribes | Asia » India » Arunachal Pradesh » Tezu |
| May 20th 2007 | Return of the Angh | Asia » India » Nagaland » Kohima |
| June 6th 2007 | From the hills to the plains to the A/C bar... | Asia » India » Assam » Jorhat |
| June 7th 2007 | Forgotten paradise... | Asia » India » Meghalaya » Shillong |
| June 25th 2007 | What to do about the Bru... | Asia » India » Tripura » Jampui Hills |
| June 25th 2007 | Living on a prayer... | Asia » India » Mizoram » Aizawl |
| September 2nd 2007 | Intermezzo II | Europe » United Kingdom » England » Greater London |
| September 9th 2007 | The mean streets of Calcutta | Asia » India » West Bengal » Kolkata |
| September 20th 2007 | Useless Wali | Asia » India » Jammu & Kashmir » Ladakh » Leh |
| October 2nd 2007 | Of Houseboats and Hill Stations | Asia » India » Uttarakhand » Mussoorie |
| October 10th 2007 | A walk down Buddha lane | Asia » India » Bihar » Patna |
| October 16th 2007 | Bhutan on a shoestring | Asia » Bhutan » Thimphu |
| October 31st 2007 | Back to the North East | Asia » India » Tripura » Agartala |
| November 13th 2007 | 'To stare or not to stare that is the question' | Asia » Bangladesh » Dhaka » Dhaka |
| November 23rd 2007 | Temples, cyclones, bugs and a missed arribada... | Asia » India » Orissa » Puri |
| December 7th 2007 | No pickles and spices | Asia » India » Andaman & Nicobar Islands » Port Blair |
| December 18th 2007 | On the backpacker trail... | Asia » India » Goa » Benaulim |
| December 30th 2007 | There is always something interesting behind the wires... | Asia » India » Daman & Diu » Diu |
| January 8th 2008 | Who needs Tigers when you can see Lions... | Asia » India » Gujarat » Junagadh |
| January 20th 2008 | Tearful goodbyes and faraway dreams | Asia » India » Gujarat » Ahmedabad |
| February 3rd 2008 | I'm leaving the rats to India... | Asia » India » Rajasthan » Bikaner |
| May 13th 2008 | Intermezzo III | Europe » United Kingdom » England » Greater London |
| May 19th 2008 | Reflections of the past | Middle East » United Arab Emirates » Dubai |
| May 31st 2008 | The good, the bad and the just plain silly... | Asia » India » Chattisgarh » Raipur |
| June 10th 2008 | What's in its pocketsessss | Asia » India » Tamil Nadu » Mahabalipuram |
| June 20th 2008 | A croissant for my fiery lingam, s'il vous plait! | Asia » India » Tamil Nadu » Thanjavur |
| June 29th 2008 | Poetry in motion... | Asia » India » Kerala » Trivandrum |
| July 9th 2008 | Reminiscing on bygone days... | Asia » India » Kerala » Kochi |
| July 18th 2008 | All that glitters is not gold... | Asia » India » Karnataka » Gokarna |
| October 17th 2008 | Intermezzo IV | Europe » Netherlands » Gelderland » Gaanderen |
| January 11th 2009 | What rain? Bahrain! | Middle East » Bahrain » Manama |
| January 25th 2009 | Faded memories | Asia » Sri Lanka » Eastern Province » Batticaloa |
| February 3rd 2009 | What's in a title anyway? | Asia » Sri Lanka » Central Province » Kandy |
| February 11th 2009 | Tea as far as the eye can see | Asia » Sri Lanka » Western Province » Negombo |
| February 25th 2009 | A voyeur in India | Asia » India » Uttarakhand » Rishikesh |
| March 7th 2009 | There is always an advantage to every disadvantage | Asia » Nepal » Pokhara |
| March 16th 2009 | Purple haze | Asia » Nepal » Kathmandu |
| March 30th 2009 | Why do I bother travelling? | Asia » Nepal » Bhaktapur |
| April 10th 2009 | Arabian nights | Middle East » Oman » Dakhliya » Nizwa |
| October 6th 2009 | Intermezzo V | Europe » Netherlands » Gelderland » Gaanderen |
| October 27th 2009 | The dream that is Tibet | Asia » China » Tibet » Lhasa |
| November 9th 2009 | China's not so wild west, or is it? | Asia » China » Xinjiang » Urumqi |
| November 19th 2009 | Learning about Kazakhstan, Kazakhs and a bit of the future | Asia » Kazakhstan » East Kazakhstan » Semey |
| December 7th 2009 | To see the sea that is no more, and enter Europe's eastern door | Asia » Kazakhstan » Western Kazakhstan » Atyrau |
| December 15th 2009 | The Golden Smiles of Central Asia | Asia » Uzbekistan » Samarkand |
| January 1st 2010 | I'm dreaming of a warm and sunny christmas... | Middle East » United Arab Emirates » Dubai |
| January 12th 2010 | Signs! | Middle East » Oman » Muscat |
| March 6th 2010 | Intermezzo VI | Europe » Netherlands » Gelderland » Gaanderen |
| March 28th 2010 | Q as in Qatar | Middle East » Qatar » Doha |
| April 3rd 2010 | The Tree of Life | Middle East » Bahrain » Manama |
| April 9th 2010 | A date with Kuwait | Middle East » Kuwait » Al Kuwait |
| April 23rd 2010 | Three Emirates and a little baby | Middle East » United Arab Emirates » Sharjah |
| May 5th 2010 | Power to your elbow! | Middle East » Iran » East » Mashhad |
| May 15th 2010 | Turkmenbashi and the land of the Golden Statues | Asia » Turkmenistan » Ashgabat |
| May 25th 2010 | Seperated from Kevin Bacon in four degrees, but still no Chinese visa | Asia » Uzbekistan » Samarkand |
| June 3rd 2010 | Fear and Loathing in Fergana | Asia » Uzbekistan » Fergana |
| June 16th 2010 | The long and winding road | Asia » Tajikistan » Khorog |
| July 4th 2010 | Strutting the Pamirs on my flip-flops | Asia » Tajikistan » Murgab |
| July 15th 2010 | The colours of Kyrgyzstan | Asia » Kyrgyzstan » Karakol |
| July 30th 2010 | Some people just like horsing around | Asia » Kyrgyzstan » Kochkor |
| August 9th 2010 | What a difference a border makes | Asia » China » Gansu » Dunhuang |
| August 20th 2010 | For relaxing and laying fallow | Asia » China » Gansu » Xiahe |
| September 6th 2010 | The end of the road | Asia » China » Shaanxi » Xi'an |
| January 29th 2011 | Intermezzo VII | Europe » Netherlands » Gelderland » Gaanderen |
| February 13th 2011 | A day in the life... | Middle East » United Arab Emirates » Dubai |
| February 25th 2011 | Back up and running! | Asia » China » Zhejiang » Hangzhou |
| March 9th 2011 | All roads lead to Master Kong | Asia » China » Shandong » Qingdao |
| March 16th 2011 | The irritation of being stupid | Asia » China » Liaoning » Dandong |
| March 21st 2011 | The Disturbingly Paranoid Republic of Korea | Asia » North Korea » Pyongyang |
| April 1st 2011 | Ladies and gentlemen we are starting our descent | Asia » China » Shanxi » Pingyao |
| April 11th 2011 | When in Rome do as the Romans? No thanks | Asia » China » Guizhou » Zhaoxing |
| April 19th 2011 | Entry gates and traffic jams | Asia » China » Guangdong » Guangzhou |
| May 6th 2011 | My best friends wedding | Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Perth |
| May 20th 2011 | The guilty pleasures of life | Asia » China » Anhui » Huangshan |
| June 1st 2011 | Groundhog Day | Asia » China » Sichuan » Chengdu |
| June 12th 2011 | How to talk the talk | Asia » China » Yunnan » Dali |
| June 19th 2011 | A farewell to China and other tidbits | Asia » China » Yunnan » Jinghong |
| July 1st 2011 | Trouble's a brewing in laid-back Laos | Asia » Laos » West » Vientiane |
| July 12th 2011 | Mr. Tim I presume! | Asia » Laos » South » Pakse |
| October 9th 2011 | Intermezzo VIII | Europe » Netherlands » Gelderland » Gaanderen |
| October 25th 2011 | Bartending memories in the sands of time | Asia » Thailand » South-West Thailand » Ko Pha-Ngan |
| November 9th 2011 | Lost in Thailand | Asia » Thailand » North-East Thailand » Nakhon Ratchasima |
| November 22nd 2011 | What do roads that have more holes than a Swiss cheese, crazy man, a blacksmith and the prawn-bus, have in common? | Asia » Burma » Western Burma » Mrauk U |
| December 2nd 2011 | Snippets of conversations on the road up north | Asia » Burma » Mandalay Region » Kyaukme |
| December 9th 2011 | Life through the view-finder | Asia » Burma » Southern Burma » Kyaiktiyo Pagoda |
| December 21st 2011 | What's with the banana pancake? | Asia » Thailand » North-West Thailand » Chiang Mai |
| April 20th 2012 | Intermezzo IX | Europe » Netherlands » Gelderland » Gaanderen |
| May 7th 2012 | Around the bend in Musandam | Middle East » United Arab Emirates » Dubai |
| May 21st 2012 | A holiday in Cambodia | Asia » Cambodia » East » Banlung |
| May 28th 2012 | What the bleep am I doing here? | Asia » Cambodia » South » Kampot |
| June 10th 2012 | The power of expectations, or how divided opinions can be a good thing. | Asia » Vietnam » Central Highlands » Lam Dong » Da Lat |
| June 21st 2012 | Who writes the blogs, when the blogger is tired? | Asia » Vietnam » North Central Coast » Quang Binh » Phong Nha Ke Bang |
| June 30th 2012 | To boldly go where millions have gone before, and explore strange crowded worlds | Asia » Vietnam » Northwest » Dien Bien » Dien Bien Phu |
| July 5th 2012 | Six buses in six days, now I know what it feels like. | Asia » Laos » East » Phonsavan |
| December 2nd 2012 | Intermezzo X | Europe » Netherlands » Gelderland » Gaanderen |
| December 12th 2012 | My classic stopover (and probably for countless others as well) | Middle East » United Arab Emirates » Dubai |
| December 24th 2012 | Fishy business | Asia » Malaysia » Penang » George Town |
| January 7th 2013 | Killing time in Malaysia | Asia » Malaysia » Melaka » Melaka City |
| January 21st 2013 | I suffer, but why? | Asia » Malaysia » Sarawak » Sibu |
| January 25th 2013 | The intricacies of being stubborn and how it affects my plans | Asia » Malaysia » Sarawak » Miri |
| January 30th 2013 | Sultan of Bling | Asia » Brunei » Bandar Seri Begawan |
| February 7th 2013 | Travelling equals Waiting | Asia » Malaysia » Sabah » Sandakan |
| February 17th 2013 | Reality versus an idealised version of it | Asia » Malaysia » Sabah » Tawau |
| March 2nd 2013 | Somewhere near to nowhere | Asia » Indonesia » Kalimantan » Samarinda |
| March 10th 2013 | Long river, long houses, long boats, all that is missing is Pippi Longstockings! | Asia » Indonesia » Kalimantan » Balikpapan |
| March 21st 2013 | Alone | Asia » Indonesia » Kalimantan » Palangkaraya |
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