tequila mike

Preparations are ongoing concerning route, hostels/hotels/sights to see and friends to look up enroute. The 2008 Trans Siberian Rolls Royce trip seems to be gathering headway, I've even found the tyres to stick on the Roller to give me more grip and a bit more ground clearance, General Grabber AT2 on/off roaders, good reviews and they fit inside the wheel arches. Fuel costs are going to be the biggest cost as I'll probably average only 10 miles per gallon. In the meantime, my mate Sean and I are off on our 2007 Most Excellent Adventure, a 2000 mile trip around the islands of the central Philippines with a long haul down Palawan to Kota Kinabalu and back included. The vehicle this time will be a very fast open launch with 400 hp and a top speed ... read more

Hi, this is my first blog so I'm doing a short entry to see what happens. I have another diary at www.tequilamike.com but I'm hoping this site will be read by more people and I'll be able to pass on and exchange travel info. I live in the Philippines, am a 49 year old Englishman and have lived and visited in a load of different places over the last 30 years, normally third world for the living part as I'm not incredibly rich and I prefer the climate anyway! I've been in Asia for 15 years and apart from 3 years in Vietnam and 2 years in Hong Kong, I've really only visited the rest of Asia for periods of up to six months. I'm retired, but, then again, I really haven't done much work in ... read more