Belike 'n' Bedamned, Pyrate's life it be.

So I'm finally hitting the old dusty trail and leaving Oz. Made the decision to go sailing through Indo, Malaysia, towards Brunei and Borneo. Going with an old Czech expat named Ted Wanta aboard his good ship Olza. Cruising around and generally just loitering and being heaps stoked on how cool everything is for a couple of months, then I'm bailing in Brunei before Ted goes to the Phillipines and picks up his wife, and heading ashore for a while and checking Vietnam and shit out before tracks lead to Canada. Ill just have enough money hopefully, but money is for pussies anyway. Leaving first light Saturday morning, sailing for the first point of call, Ambon, Indonesia, in approx. 1 week. They have internet there so I'll keep you all posted on all the cool shit thats happened, such as giant squid attacks, whirpools, albatrosses curses, pleisiosaurs, mega-sharks, the galleons of spain, mutiny and Port Royal tobacco. See yas all later!

Crossroads.

Well I stand now at a pretty big decision. On one hand, I go back to work, earn another 5 or 6 grand, and travel good and proper. On the other, the Darwin-Ambon Sailing rally beckons, leaving next saturday for bare knuckle adventure, which was my original plan, though with not nearly as much money as I'd like. The pro's and con's for either option are evenly stacked, and as soon as I think I'm going one way, I sway to the other. God has thrown me a flipper, and right now I feel like Darryl Cullinan. I have the weekend to decide my fate. Both options are very, very lucrative. The question is, will I stay or will I go?

woo.

July begins with me signing a new job contract with Paspaley Pearls. First thing sunday morning I will be flying on a Mallard water plane bound for the coast off the Kimberlies in West Oz for a month of straight work (No Weekends) on the pearl farms out there. It will be a welcome change from the labouring work I have been doing at the shipyards here in Darwin, although that work was actually pretty good. Good crew of blokes and lasses I'm going out with too, so my nuts are pumped. 12 hour hard-workin, He-Man days, but the fishing is amazing apparently, and there is a distinct possibilty of getting eaten by sharks or giant  crocodiles, or killed by box jellyfish. Can't wait! May be out of contact for a month, mabe not, will keep you posted. Oh by the way I am going to be mega rich after 2 months of this. Oprah rich, yo. Cant wait to buy a motorbike in asia and a plane ticket to Bali. And one to Canada. Look out world, here she comes.