Sydney, Australia
So now Im in Sydney. I’ve spent the last three weeks here arranging visas for Russia and China. Not the simplest of tasks. The plan from here on out is to travel overland through SE Asia, starting in Singapore all the way to China where I’ll pick up the Trans Siberian Railway via Beijing, through Mongolia and across Russia to Moscow. The China-Mongolia-Russia leg of the trip will be done in January and February. Winter. If I make it that far, I’ll cross Europe in some fashion and then back to the U.S. I’ve tied all my loose ends securely to the wind and by the time this gets read I’ll be in Singapore. I have a feeling Im not prepared. I’ve obtained the most difficult visas before hand so thats good. I don’t speak any of the languages, I don’t have a good idea of what I want to see and there has been major flooding in a lot of the areas I hope to travel through. Its not ideal but it should be fun to watch.
They have an event in Australia during local carnivals and fairs where an amateur boxing promoter sets up a tent and invites volunteers to step into the ring and fight each other for three rounds and no money. It really is quite a show. The fighters are almost always in varying states of drunkenness though I don't see how that matters. I caught this show in Katherine, NT. I took a job for two days working with the carnies at the carnival. Carnies are a fascinating group of people indeed.
The brothers Norse: Patrick on the left and Jean Phillip on the right. I met them at the last station I worked on and caught a ride to the east coast with them when we left the station. They painted the van themselves and have been nearly a year traveling the world from Norway, headed to South America next. Cool dudes. Great van.
So, you can go anywhere in the world, where would you go?
My projected route over the next few months excluding eastern Russia.
