Flores – a Paradise
https://www.thebluemantra.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/IMG_0748.mov Flores, the Komodo National Park, is something I urge everyone to explore. And soon, before it turns into another Bali. Bajo is the centre […]
The Wash Up After Hospital
I thought I’d show you the view I am looking at right now. This is a cheeky little place in Sarawak, East Malaysia (Borneo). Just
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Anxiety, Claustrophobia and Sheer Panic
Ok… a few people have chased me up. I’m slow. I have been really unwell. I am sick of saying sorry for not blogging every
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Hospital in Indonesia
It’s been forever since I’ve posted anything. It seems trite, but it annoys me way more than it probably annoys anyone else (….yawn, Miles who?).
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And So to Indonesia
Balibo was close to the border, and I was there by 10am. I was a little nervous as this was the first land border I’d
Balibo
For Australians, Balibo will always be synonymous with the Balibo 5 – five 20-something journalists murdered there in 1975. The house they where lived is
My Hotel, and a Little Adventure
The hotel was nice. Probably it was at the high end of Dili, price wise at US$85/night. But it was popular with westerners so I
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Quirks of Dili
They have a Jesus statue on a hill – some 27m high. Think of the big thing in Rio. It’s right at the eastern end
Impressions of Timor Leste
You’ve been to Asia, right? You understand the helter-skelter of motorbikes by the thousand weaving in and out of cars as they race towards some
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Timor Leste – a Brief History
To understand this country, and to appreciate how special the people who live here really are, I think maybe I might provide a small snapshot
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