alaska man 22 September 2010 | malekula The first thing to hit me as I walked off the plane and across the black top is the humidity and the smell, the smell of fresh tropical earth and a charge of life in the air. The next thing I noticed was the South Pacific string band[…]
Benito 09 October 2010 | Uraparapara Hi everyone! This is Benoit writing. I was trying to get a lift to Asia from where I’ll ride my bicycle back to France when Bubbles picked me up in Vanuatu. Nice to meet you guys! On our way up to the Solomon, we stopped in 2 other islands[…]
Benito, the frenchie 29 October 2010 | Noro, Solomon Islands Hi! This is Frenchy writing from paradise again. Well, somewhere in the Salomon at least, in a small port called Noro. But What happened to Bubbles last week? Well, after leaving Vangunu through the color full lagoon, Alex and I were wondering: “Well, we’ve got[…]
Tree 03 November 2010 | gizo, solomon islands We tied our vessel up to an underwater shipwreck from the bow and a coconut tree from the stern. Frenchie (Ben) tying bowlines to the dock from the dingy , and Capt. Alex leaping dramatically off the stern of the boat with his snorkel mask on to[…]
reed whiting 03 December 2010 | sepik river, papua new guinea After a wavering sleep in the cockpit of the boat, I woke up to multiple men from the village of Tanbanum surrounding the boat and trying to sell us carvings and artifacts. At first I was not too interested in trading as I felt[…]
reed whiting 04 December 2010 | sepik river, papua new guinea We came to shore at Kangaraman village early the next morning to the head counselor of the village we met the night before awaiting us. He took us immediately on a short walk towards the spririt house a half kilometer away. One the way[…]
reed whiting 12 December 2010 | sepik river, papua new guinea We dropped Alex off in Pagwi and with Mr. Mobo gone and back in the hands of the friendly villagers we felt safe. That night was another tough night of Croc hunting in which we wasted a container of gas chasing 3 ft crocs,[…]
benito the frenchman 12 December 2010 | sepik river, papua new guinea With Alex away at the hospital in Wewak and Reed gone croc hunting up river I am left alone with Bubbles in the remote community of Yenchen. It’s time for me to paddle to shore to make some new friends. I have drifted[…]
paul turc 14 February 2011 | romblon island, philippines I arrived around midnight in Cebu City absolutely exhausted due to a 26-hour travel day from Las Vegas. I told myself in the plane that I would be going straight to sleep upon arrival in Cebu. Alex had other plans. He greeted me at the airport[…]
valentine 25 February 2011 | coron island, phillipines I like to ride the local bus. Wherever I go I think ‘screw the air con’ and the very westernly concept of ‘one person, one seat’ and I bear with most of asia’s insane, chaotic organization of public transport. Then I experience what I like to think[…]