Could have died but ended up saving a life in this one ( with the help of a legend Balinese dude with two surf boards)Bri and me reach Kuta Bali ,the young Australians Ibiza .. gritty seedy and sporadically dangerous . Corruption .. Drugs .. and close shaves before being summoned to help a drowning man . There’s a bit of time travel to give more depth to Bali and it’s underworld .ps if someone hands you a pill in a pitch black nightclub don’t take it . --- Send in a voice message:...

After a jungle kip stop with Acmed the wardrobe guru and Mo Moon Kopi lady Bri and Me crest the final hill and catch a ferry across the Sunda Straights to Java and Jakarta . Unfortunately we come across a few unwanted blades along the way . --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/richard-morris1/message

Navigating the volcanic landscape to the west coast of Sumatra .Hard as nails monkeys.smugglers broken buses . magic mush rooms and Mr BoomBoom ? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/richard-morris1/message

Otangutans 🦧 Bemo’s Bombs 💣 and big bloody hills . Detours through dense jungle..Volcanoes and Gigolos . The first part of our Indonesian adventure as we gun toward Australia 🇦🇺 listen to the end for the Bri interview 😎 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/richard-morris1/message

Heading down the Malaysian peninsula. Skint and kipping on plastic wrapped beaches and in a very cheap hotel with an unusual bar . --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/richard-morris1/message

With cash and time against us Bri and me decide to hitch back to Bangkok and ride to Malaysia from there . Kipping in monasteries and on the floor in the back of a friendly shop keepers gaff . --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/richard-morris1/message

Decided to retell the Thailand episode with more ZING and in two parts .If you like this more than the sleepier version. Would love to hear some feed back . Just write it on the back of a $100 note and mail it too …. Rich Morris East Coast Australia 🇦🇺 or email [email protected] subject “Tales from the Ute” 😎 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/richard-morris1/message

After a drunken night with Niyom (The Thai policeman ) and his work mates .Bri and me continue along the Gulf of Thailand 🇹🇭 toward the border with Cambodia 🇰🇭. Time and money is filtering away at this point.We decide to try and hitch with our bikes North to the border with Myanmar 1200kms away , in the heart of the Golden Triangle . At this time ,1995 ,Drug Baron Khun Sa was still active . Supplying 25% of the worlds Heroin. --- Send in a voice message:...

This episode follows Bri and me circumnavigating the Gulf of Thailand heading in the direction of Cambodia . We stop in at Pattaya until we realise it’s one big brothel And head further south in search of paradise at Ko Samet .Bris holy water saves his arse and I end up getting a beating . --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/richard-morris1/message

This Episode starts following the cardboard map drawn by a local as Bri and me ride along the Terai (grass lands and swamps ) til we find a break in the Himalayan mountains . Slowly we weave our way up the river valleys ,avoiding the massive drops offs and washouts . We sleep rough in Tiger territory,meet a friendly Gurkha, and hobble into Kathmandu with amoebic dysentery. Only to witness a blood bath in the streets .15 lost kilos later we are back in India 🇮🇳. 200kms from Calcutta with no...

Have split this episode in two more bite sized chunks . Flashed up the intro a bit but apart from that it’s the same audio as before .This Episode is the real start of the journey and hopefully inspiration to anyone considering stepping off the 'merry go round' for a bit . The sudden inspiration to leave and the challenge of finding a committed travelling buddy(aka Brian) amongst the eight pint heroes who were all set to go until they woke up the next morning. Escaping the drunken nights in...

Have split this episode in two more bite sized chunks . Flashed up the intro a bit but apart from that it’s the same audio as before .This Episode is the real start of the journey and hopefully inspiration to anyone considering stepping off the 'merry go round' for a bit . The sudden inspiration to leave and the challenge of finding a committed travelling buddy(aka Brian) amongst the eight pint heroes who were all set to go until they woke up the next morning. Escaping the drunken nights in...

This Episode paints a lil picture of where the journey began ,upstairs above a laundrette , and the need to find adventure from an early age . It touches on the rather rustic childhood I had in a rural town before moving closer to the bigger cities and the characters I encountered. From kids knocking me out with bricks to thugs trying to beat me ,to male strippers and a farmer called red vest . It’s probably easier just to listen .

This is my first upload of what will be many travel stories to take the listeners away from normality and add a bit of spice to their day. The intro is  setting the tone for the journey and the start ,in New Delhi India, riding pushbikes toward Nepal and the Himalayas, along with hints of other stories to come .  This aint no red bull sponsored trip, its two not very flush blokes trying to get around the World .These blokes aren't athletes in fact they hatched the plan in the local pub over a...