I arrived in Perth on the container ship Buxstar the night before actually disembarking. After watching the ship approach the port and dock from the bridge, I went to sleep and got up the next day for the customs inspection. The two immigration officers gave me a bit of a grilling, as I didn’t know […]

Being in a container port at night is like being in The Matrix. Huge machines work seemingly un-aided, loading and un-loading containers from ships, throughout the night. It’s not something that you normally get to see, but is critical to our transport infrastructure. Travelling on the container was a good experience, for a number of […]

I was in Singapore for a few days before getting on a boat for Australia. The journey to Singapore went well. It involved several modes of transport and a bit of improvisation. I didn’t know exactly how the journey was going to go before setting off, just that I had to get up early and […]

Melaka was a recommendation from someone on Tioman. I stayed here for a few nights before heading to Singapore. I got up very early on my last day on Tioman Island and made it to the jetty for the first ferry back to Mersing. The person who stamped the tickets hadn’t turned up yet and […]