Quit & Go Travel
No Tours, No Guides, Just You and the Road
West Timor: Crystal Pools and the Best Pork in the World
West Timor: Crystal Pools and the Best Pork in the World I arrived in Kupang, the capital of West (Indonesian) Timor, with nothing more than a letter from the Timor Leste embassy in Bali, required to receive a visa on arrival at the border to that country, and...
Sunda Kelapa Harbour: Exploring the Old Port of Industrial Jakarta
Sunda Kelapa Harbour: Exploring the Old Port of Industrial Jakarta One of the reasons I love Couchsurfing is that local people (or even other travellers) can often take you to places that you would never have thought of yourself. In this case, a local-ish...
All’s Well that Ends Well in Sri Lanka: A Story of Vampires, Drunks and Racists
All's Well that Ends Well in Sri Lanka: A Story of Vampires, Drunks and Racists I travelled Sri Lanka with travelaholic Uzbek Couchsurfer Liliya and we had a wonderful time. The scenery is beautiful, the weather is hot, the beaches are relaxing (except when the...
Gagauzia – Exploring the State that Doesn’t Exist
Gagauzia - Exploring the State that Doesn’t Exist Okay, so I admit it. Like most people, I had never heard of the Republic of Gagauzia before in my life. Until I met Inka that was. Inka contacted me through Couchsurfing because my profile looked like I might go to...
How I Met the Sultan of Brunei
How I Met the Sultan of Brunei My friend Tim and I arrived in Brunei on a visa run from Indonesia with two litres of duty-free alcohol (as it’s illegal to sell it in Brunei, but legal for non-Muslims to import it for personal consumption) and no plan whatsoever. ...