So this was the plan: rent a fishing boat from a friend of a friend’s friend. At the Northern most tip of Borneo. Then drive it around at 8 knots to all of the surrounding islands, Thailand, Cambodia, Indonesia. We’d save money on accomodation, diesel is cheap, and we’d be fully independent. It was a […]
So what am I doing right now, people often ask me. (After we’ve been through the “Where do you come from?”, “Mighty, Mighty Loughborough” rigmarole) Right now, I’m trying to find some friends of mine based on the following information: the name of an island in Indonesia (which is good – apparently there are over
Despite being an island mostly filled with fish-hugger conservationists, there was a fair amount of competition on Pulau Balak. At the start there was a big challenge to learn to identify fish, coral, and slimey spineless things, with tests. Some of the volunteers were straight out of their A-Levels and were still on a learning
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