The Last Hoorah!

I just couldn't help but publish this pic, I have always been an anti "day-pack-on-front-guy"...but after loading about 3000 kgs into my carry-on luggage (to conceal my snake whiskey from customs, and to bring my main pack down to a low 18kg) I had no other choice.

This was the last photo taken in Thailand, in Ko Samui, after an all day, multi-vehicle airport run, that just managed to get me from Ko Phangan to Ko Samui and back to Bangkok on the same day...in time to get my flight back to Oz.

Sometimes I wish I hadn't made it in time...I might still be there :)

NB: Special thanks to the österreichische Eiche (Austrian Oak) ...Christian Mossler for being such a great guy to travel with in the South of Thailand and departing Ko Phangan with no notice when I had to get my a$$ back to Bangkok.

The End Of An Era...

The unimaginable has happened...

After an unbroken lineage spanning 16 years the Bat Cave will soon be no more.

I will be vacating The Cave later this month for new digs in Camberwell.

For all of those that have experienced "cave life" on a permanent or part-time basis, I hope that you will join me in a moment of silence, and reflect on all of the great times we have shared.

Reclining Buddha

Possibly the best photo ever taken of the Reclining Buddha at Wat Pho in Bangkok...from the outside on the window ledge.

More photos are available at:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/daireoleary/