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(Dangerous )Tales from the UTE (pick up truck) near death experiences,dangerous travel ,bicycle, cycle touring ,hitchhiking,sailing,illegal border crossing,drugs,guns, corruption, comedy,humour,philosophy ...
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Two blokes from Yorkshire ,England 1995 . Cycle into a 40degree New Delhi day ,east toward Kathmandu,Nepal and South East Asia ,Illegal border crossings, near death by :thugs ,knife bandits ,car ,cyclones and crocodile. After bicycles stolen , hitching ,walking and sailing . Busting guts on a sheep station .No BS , No hype ,just how things really happened.And hopefully inspiring to potential travellers stuck in a rut doing the same same and turning to drink and worse at the weekends to compe ...
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7.Grapes đ Heading North (Final Episode)
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Dicky and me return to Fuengirola but the place ainât the same for us anymore . Dicky is pining for Maria so badly that we jump on a train to her home town.Money is running low and we start to feel the pull north .
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6.Grapes đ Shaving in Car Wing Mirrors
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After getting my moon bag pilfered in Torromolinos ,we ride even further south toward the tip of Spain and the Atlantic Ocean .We have a couple of brush in with the boys in blue ,Dicky falls in love . But will we find our Shangri-La
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5.Grapes đ Running away
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Despite living like kings on the Costa Brava the call of the wild is calling .
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4.Grapes đ Looking for the Double Glazing Dude
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After the slight oversight ,being two months early for the grapes , Dicky and me roll to the coast and over the Pyrenees to Spain, in search of Dickys mate Toni in San Antoni.If want to send me a message I can put it on the next episode and you will be famous đ
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3. Grapes đ Poor and hungry in France đ«đ·
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After waking up alive we jump on our steeds and ride out of Paris,rejoicing when we find the countryside again . After several more scrapes in boat and a Mercedes we hit a big blob of a mountain range. Undeterred by the perpetual headwinds ,we labour up and onward toward Perpignan and the chance to pick grapes .âŠ
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2. Grapes đ (Why donât you go pick grapes in France đ«đ·????)
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After getting knifed /falling in love /being crushed in a mangle .i limp back home to lick my wounds . Poor Dicky was in the same boat and back under his old superman duvet at his Maâs . It was at this point my Padre said âwhy donât you go and pick grapes đ in France đ«đ·!
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1.Grapes đ The Early Years
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This is another travel tale but with a much younger self and with a very good mate of mine Dicky Hanlon .Itâs the summer of 1988 .. both of us 19 years of age .After getting simultaneously dumped by our girlfriends ,my dad aka Padre said âwhy donât you go and pick grapes đ in France đ«đ· . âNotoriously low on cash đ° we buy a couple of second hand pusâŠ
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31.Escaping Paradise đŽ đčđŽ
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Back at the Blue Oyster Bar Trying to get enough cash to leave Tonga đčđŽ while avoiding gold diggers and getting married .Lil Frank burns his bridge with Naomi .This is the last of the book đ chapters . Gonna finish my book next and if I get enough positive feedback do another podcast of 7 months hitching and walking back through SE Asia . Just gottâŠ
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30.Kava, Lava,Feki & Coconuts đŽ đčđŽ
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I sail out the outer islands where I meet Lavasi who takes me across stone fish infested reef to a place I can pretend Iâm Robinson Cruiso .
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29.Little Franko and the Blue Oyster Bar
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Got a job working for a Swedish lady at the Blue Oyster Bar surrounded by many interesting characters.
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28.Shipwrecks ,Sharks and Angry Pirates đŽââ ïž đčđŽ
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Limboing my way out of the kiwi plantation for a chance to sail away to Tonga with an Angry Pirate and a Cherokee Indian Surfer from Cali.
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27.Aotearoa. Land of The Long White Cloud
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Crossed the pacific in a shinny silver bullet. Bought a bike off a bloke at the Flying Hedgehog đŠ for 150 kiwi dollars ... Tied my backpack on the back rack and headed south .
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26.Hot Ice-Cream, Coke Dealers and Bra Boys .
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Working two jobs⊠amongst drug and alcohol dependent tenants during the day and cocaine addicted customers and staff at night . Then a dude rocks up smoking bongs from dawn til dusk and drags Deano into the darkness. Justin and me take sanctuary in the ocean swells at maroubra . A local Bra boy hurts Jay . Amongst all this my old man shows up âŹïž đâŠ
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25.Red Lights, Fights and DJs
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Finding Bri living in âThe Cross (Red Light District ) thick in the clan with a gang of Scottish blokes bent on causing mayhem when ever they could .And a Jean-Claude Van Damme wanna be gets jiggy with a big knife đȘ.
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24.Gold Tops And Bronze Whalers
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Still in Byron hunting down Gold Tops and watching the sharks follow the surfers .
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23.Byron Bay and Grimarse the cockney soul surfer .
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Back to Perth with a wad full of splodoonies . Searching out my old mate Bri . But heâs already heading east toward a rising sun âïž so I take off after him with a couple of naked blokes .
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22.Glitchy Sheep and Mallee Roots đ đŠ
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Subjected to a daily rattle ,getting verbal and actual shit thrown at me .I strive to pull my weight and get my own back on the shearerâs .Warning this podcast has some crude shearerâs humour which Iâve left in to project the true reality of life in the sheds .
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21.Sheep Shearerâs and Shoplifters
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Hitching South away from the tropical paradise. Bri and me wander different paths in the search for work.I arrive at a shearing town out in the salt lakes .
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20.Larry Seven Kids & Bodanđ
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Bri and Me hitch into Broome in search of work.
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19.Ant Muffy and the Funky Turtle đą
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As we slice through the India ocean we meet up with Ant Muffy and The Funky Turtle . We sail together toward Broome.Danger is always close by .We tread with trepidation past croc slides and box jelly fish . Ant loses a prized possession and Muffy finds treasure after a close call with a cliff.
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Sailing back out into the Kimberley and down the coast âŠunder watchful eyes. Keywords: Red eyes in the dark,what was that noise ? Chuck a coconut !
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This is a dedication to a beautiful person Jose âŠ.See you in the next life !
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16.Escaping Darwin đŠđș and the Demons
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Trying to survive Darwin the troppo troops and a dark demon .We roll down the hill to Dinah beach yacht club for a chance to escape. đ key words I wish I could fly ,Joseph Bonaparte gulf , SeaPlane Bay, big waves đ . Saving your skin with a sextant .
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15.Surviving Darwin Australia đŠđș (and avoiding a Darwin Award) the second close call in a week.
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Finally Bri and Me reach the âpot of goldâ at the end of our rainbow . The pot of gold also has six meter long crocodiles,box jelly fish and big sharks ..but the streets are even more dangerous.Key words :Troppo .drunk arseholes, near death experiences,running for your life.
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14. Bali Indonesia đźđ© DoppelgĂ€ngers broken boards and broken minds.
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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 . Thereâs a bit of time travel to give more deâŠ
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13.Sumatra đźđ© Part 3 Pirates Bandits and Wardrobes
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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 .
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12.Sumatra đźđ© Part 2 Smugglers , Fun-guy and the monkey boss.
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Navigating the volcanic landscape to the west coast of Sumatra .Hard as nails monkeys.smugglers broken buses . magic mush rooms and Mr BoomBoom ?
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11.Sumatra đźđ© Part 1 Jungle whacking bombs and bemos đŠ§
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Otangutans 𩧠Bemoâs Bombs đŁ and big bloody hills . Detours through dense jungle..Volcanoes and Gigolos . The first part of our Indonesian adventure as we gun toward Australia đŠđș listen to the end for the Bri interview đ
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10.Malaysia đČđŸ to Singapore bike and condom packing .
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Heading down the Malaysian peninsula. Skint and kipping on plastic wrapped beaches and in a very cheap hotel with an unusual bar .
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9.Thailand đčđ Part 2 (Extra Zing version in two parts ) Chiang Mai to Hat Yai .
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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 .
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8.Thailand đčđ Part 1(Extra Zing version in two parts )Golden Triangle .
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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 âŠ. Rich Morris East Coast Australia đŠđș or email drrichlonghair@gmail.com subject âTales from the Uteâ đâŠ
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6.Thailand đčđ Part 1 Thai Bribes Bikepacking and brawling
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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 itâs 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 .
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5.Nepal đłđ” to Calcutta đźđł (Kolkata) Accidental border crossing .
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Bri and me follow a hand drawn map and 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.. no money a bunch of bananas and a loâŠ
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4.(Part 2)Yorkshire Halifax to Nepali Border.
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Have split this episode in two more bite sized chunks . Flashed up the intro a bit but apart from that itâs 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 travâŠ
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3. (Part 1 )Yorkshire Halifax to Nepali Border .Fights . Head butting cobblestones . Bikepacking
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Have split this episode in two more bite sized chunks . Flashed up the intro a bit but apart from that itâs 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 travâŠ
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2.The Early Years (and how I survived) life in a northern town
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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 ,tâŠ
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Ep 11 - Queer theology with Bingo
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Join us in the vicarage as we curl up on the sofa to discuss the bible from fresh perspectives. A challenging conversation in places - we introduce new complications which deepen and enhance a more traditional reading of scripture.
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Ep 10 - the president of uruguay and iowaska
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This week the universe delivered a first hand encounter with a revolutionary president of Uruguay and his chrysanthemums, and a beautifully unsettling experience with the drug iowaska.
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Ep 9 - Jesus joins me for a birthday/christmas special
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I'm as surprised by this guest as you are. This conversation gives more insight than any of us could have ever hoped for! Learn what the 'H' in His name stands for, his opinion on The New Testament, and how He has mastered the art of transendence.
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Ep 8 - When did The Good News go Bad?
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Conversation with Episcopal Priest Kenneth J. Katona. Ken is talking to me from Northern California where he is writing a book which aims to re-evaluate the meaning of the Christian Gospel.
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Love is a war. It's messy and there are casulties. Its a deathly and beautiful dance and the dance-floor can be a terrifying place. Hear thoughts from my friend Andrea in Oregon, and a conversation with an old man at a bus stop.
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Ep 6 - The Democratisation of Connoisseurship
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Are the finer things in life only available to a select few? How do you identify the point at which pursuing pleasure becomes unhealthy? Once you've learnt to experience the layers of taste does that make it easier to then see in layers and think in layers? As usual there are more questions here than answers, but questions can lead to curiosity andâŠ
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Ep 5 - Hitchhiking with Drug Dealers in Uruguay
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The real occurrences in my life didnât happen during the big events, but in the little gaps between them. The church meetings and big Christian rallies were not the places where I had life changing experiences. Instead, it was on my days off and during my holidays (when I was far from organisations and institutions) that I felt free enough to be suâŠ
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Ep 4 - The Prophetic Voice of the Transgender Community
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Chrissie Chevasutt runs a facebook group called Transgender Church. She talks to me about the central role of transgender people. We are fools if we think that tolerating the presence of the marginalised and allowing them space in the margins is enough. By joining them in that space we make them central. And not as an act of grace towards them. ItââŠ
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Ep 3 - A Community of Grief
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Sometimes we would like answers to solve the problem of our pain and grief. Sometimes the best answers are more questions. Sometimes when we call out and hear our questions returning to us like an echo from the heart of a fellow traveller on the journey of grief, we find comfort and the strength to continue...âŠ
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Ep 2 - The one where I force Garbutt to learn to sew
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Make yourself a hot chocolate and don your stripy bed cap. Garbutt and GarcĂ©s are sat up in bed learning to sew when they would really rather not. Is growth dependent on pushing ourselves that bit extra? Is good parenting aided by the rediscovery of our inner child? Is the earth flat? Are we a drop in the ocean or the entire ocean in a drop?... finâŠ
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Ep 1 - a mermaid and a knight in shining armour
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A mermaid and a knight in armour met and fell in love at a festival. They now travel the world together in a van. This conversation reveals some of what it's like to live a life which is surrendered to the wonder and hard work of serendipity. @thecornishmermaid on instagram http://www.kadersadventures.weebly.comâŠ
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Introduction - Releasing the Nuns
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What is Hitchhiking with Drunken Nuns? Is it a competitive sport? Did it really happen? What is the podcast about? In this short introductory episode you will meet Arnie (an old man singing on a bus) and be introduced to he infamous Toria Garbutt...
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