RETURN TO S.E. ASIA

I broadened my itinerary to include some above water destinations, starting with a month in Nepal. It took a little while to get my sea legs under control, but I loved hiking in this beautiful country. After nine days in the mountains I took a three day trip to Lumbini, the birthplace of the Bhudda, then spent a week making a religious painting with a Lhama teacher. Then I was diverted from my original plan of visiting Burma, and wound up in Mongolia for an astonishing desert trip. I returned to Sipadan, diving at last, and Maldives for yet more diving. I finished up with a month in Australia, first some sight-seeing and then fifteen days diving three days on a live-aboard in the far islands, three days on closer islands, followed by eight days working on the same boat, kitchen grunt work. For this work I got room and board and three dives a day. Fabulous.

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Trip Length: 3 months
Blog Entries: 22
Photos: 138
Words: 13079

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Blog Entries

Date	Blog Title	Location
June 9th 2014	DIVING MALDIVES	Asia » Maldives » Male Atoll
June 18th 2014	TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS OF BLOGGING	Asia » Mongolia » Ulaanbaatar
June 19th 2014	MONGOLIAN GOBI TOUR	Asia » Mongolia » Ulaanbaatar
June 20th 2014	GOBI TOUR (cont.)	Asia » Mongolia » Gobi Desert
June 21st 2014	MONGOLIA Moving Further South to the Gobi	Asia » Mongolia » Gobi Desert
June 23rd 2014	GOBI TOUR Vulture Valley	Asia » Mongolia » Gobi Desert
June 25th 2014	GOBI TRIP Camels	Asia » Mongolia » Gobi Desert
June 26th 2014	GOODBYE MONGOLIA	Asia
July 2nd 2014	DIVING BORNEO AGAIN	Asia » Malaysia » Sabah
July 3rd 2014	SEMPORNA DIVES More Photos	Asia » Malaysia » Sabah
July 5th 2014	MABUL Diving Borneo	Asia » Malaysia » Sabah » Mabul
July 11th 2014	SEPILOK JUNGLE RESORT HOTEL	Asia » Malaysia » Sarawak
July 12th 2014	BORNEO JUNGLE RIVER TRIP	Asia » Malaysia » Sarawak
July 14th 2014	BORNEO JUNGLE RIVER TRIP II	Asia » Malaysia » Sarawak
July 17th 2014	SLEEPING IN A SHIPPING CONTAINER?	Asia » Malaysia » Wilayah Persekutuan » Kuala Lumpur
July 19th 2014	MELBOURNE	Oceania » Australia » Victoria
July 31st 2014	SPIRIT OF FREEDOM LIVE ABOARD - Diving	Oceania » Australia » Queensland
August 5th 2014	KANGAROO EXPLORER Live Aboard	Oceania » Australia » Queensland
August 8th 2014	KANGAROO EXPLORER VOLUNTEER	Oceania » Australia » Queensland
August 13th 2014	KANGAROO EXPLORER Volunteer (cont.)	Oceania » Australia » Queensland
August 15th 2014	KANGAROO EXPLORER Volunteer Wrap-Up	Oceania » Australia » Queensland
August 18th 2014	GOING HOME	Oceania » Australia » Queensland