My fellow adventurers floated towards me on their kayaks in the slow-moving water. I was momentarily tinged with regret for not having joined them. But it was a fleeting moment and I soon realised that, with a life full of regrets, this one would not add much to the total.This book describes my thoughts and impressions of two bike trips in Asia. It wasn't all about cycling. We took trains, boats and some even had a day of kayaking.On, or off the bike, I had plenty ...

Les and Tracy had lived in the south of France from 1997 to 2007 before moving back to Australia via Bangkok.So, when COVID began to release its grip on the world and airlines were flying again, they ventured out of their quiet sanctuary in Brisbane and boarded a plane bound for Nice.Twenty-four hours later, they were basking in the dappled sunlight of the Cote d'Azur.But it wasn't all red wine and Salad Niçoise. There were inefficient bank managers and other bureau...

My previous two books, Go Away and Mostly Fun have described the pleasures and pitfalls of travelling solo, travel with a partner, and group travel. In my latest effort Quicker Than Walking, I've added a fourth option – travels with imaginary friends. But these aren't just any old invented souls, dragged from the dark recesses of my mind. I was accompanied, in my head, by some of the greats of literature.I checked in for my flight to Bangkok with non-other than Henry Miller for a t...

In early September 2023, I left the sanctity of my Brisbane home and sallied forth on a four-month adventure across Asia and Europe. I travelled, for the most part, alone, joined in a couple of locations by my wife. One fine afternoon, as we discussed the travelogue I would write about the trip, I was inspired by what to use as a title. Go Away, with its subtle as a sledgehammer double meaning, seemed appropriate.The title and writing style were inspired by one of my favourite writ...

The Soft Nut Bike Tour of Burma was led by our friend Chris. Boundless resourcefulness and a refusal to accept defeat are just two of his many skills. Snapped chains, grinding gears and punctures are fixed in a flash and if it all gets too much for our less than youthful bodies, he'll conjure up a truck or train to get us to the next outpost of civilisation.This book describes a ten-day tour of the less travelled area of Southern Myanmar. It's called the Soft Nut Tour because there...

Les and Tracy travelled extensively until COVID-19 wrought havoc on their plans. Like millions of others, they stayed home and wistfully watched TV shows set in foreign lands, dreaming of the day when they would dust off their suitcases, check that their passports were up to date and peruse airline and rail timetables.Les fretted. Being the older one in the relationship, he was concerned that his advancing years and recurrent back problems, meant that he would never again go on a g...

A journey of contemplation and misadventure as I attempt, mostly unsuccessfully, to re-live a bicycle trip I first embarked on as a fresh-faced 20 year-old.More than 40 years ago I headed south with a guy I had met at Liverpool Street station in London.Enfield to Athens on a tandem.They said it couldn't be done.For the re-run I was better prepared, or so I thought.But, as it turned out it didn't really matter.My Brother's Bicycle

By: Lois Stanley, George F. Wilson & Maryhelen Wilson, Pub. 1983, reprinted 2017, 130 pages, E-BOOK, Index, ISBN #978-1-63914-511-9. These records cover the time frame of 1810-1857 and contains about 2,900 deaths taken from 20 newspapers. This book sequels two previous books from the same author covering the same period (MO23 & MO24). This book differs from the other two volumes in that: some, primarily adults, are from papers not available for the earlier books while the remaining balance...

The Existential Railway Station Book was never really an alternative title, but it could have been. The story begins with a fever in Berlin.The sort that makes hotel ceilings pulse gently and convinces you that destiny has a sense of humour — particularly when you're in town to see Bruce Springsteen, who once wrote and recorded a song called The Fever.In Quicker Than Walking I travel the way I suspect many people do — curious, occasionally baffled, and always watching. From...

You are most certainly one of many people who are dealing with a problem that has progressively engulfed contemporary society as a whole: dopamine addiction. In a world where a laugh and a weep are always only a click away, we've gotten used to receiving what we want when we want it.The impact of frequent rapid pleasure on brain chemistry is large and negative. Dopamine Detox is a new book that will help you reconsider your everyday activities and physically rewire...

The Hidden Face of Migration: What They Don't Tell You About Life Abroad and How to Prepare for ItEvery year, millions of people leave their home countries in search of opportunity, stability, and a better future. Social media often paints life abroad as effortless success, but the reality is rarely that simple.In The Hidden Face of Migration, Stanley Imuentinyan reveals the untold realities of life abroad and the emotional, financial, and social c...

Instruction for Using a Slide Rule is a comprehensive manual designed to introduce readers to the practical and efficient use of the slide rule, a classic mathematical instrument essential for engineers, scientists, students, and professionals before the advent of electronic calculators. This book, available through Project Gutenberg, provides clear, step-by-step instructions on the fundamental operations of the slide rule, including multiplication, division, proportion, roots, logarithms,...