It’s a little known fact that if you visit New Zealand and try to leave without going sky-diving, they shoot you at the airport. That’s a FACT. So we - voluntarily - strapped ourselves to professional maniacs and discovered just how much damage you can do from twelve thousand feet. Click here to find out.
We leave Fraser Island and arrive somewhere where the Subway staff are testy, the shops are closed and the sweets will pull your teeth apart. How much will dental work in Australia set you back? Click here to find out.
The truly interesting part of our trip has come to an end, and we’re on a kind of backpacker hiatus in Sydney. Still, SFTGE has had its fair share of readers. Click here to find out how you arrived.
Five months, 15,000 miles, and over 6,000 photos. One fake driving license and a multitude of cockroaches. Countless trains, buses and boats. We must have learned something. Click here to find out what.
We go for a small walk in the woods that ends up with blood, sweat and tears. We dodge leeches, elephants and monitor lizards and, somehow, survive. Click here to find out how.
We wave goodbye to Thailand and head to northern Malaysia by way of a suicidally fast speedboat, held together in parts with duct tape. Find out how wet we got by clicking here.
We make like good tourists and visit the Angkor Wat temple complex which, in case you’ve missed the hype, is deeply impressive. Plus, we visit the Cambodia Landmine museum. Click here to find out just how many landmines were distributed across the country.
Finally, I’ve visited a knocking shop. Fine, I didn’t mean to and I visited with my wife with the innocent intention of finding somewhere to sleep, but still. See how many condom machines were on the wall by clicking here.
Continuing my love/hate relationships with animals the world over, we tempt fate by hopping on the back of some sturdy-looking horses and going for a ride.
This one’s going to be a bit scatological, I’m afraid. Still, if you’re visiting China, Mongolia, south-east Asia, or France, this is what you need to know.
