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Melbourne to London

a blog by Jon Faine

Latest 'Melbourne to London' blog entry

Stuck again, waiting for ferries

Jon Faine

Jon and Jack find out how difficult it is to ship their car from Indonesia to Singapore. While waiting for ferries, it is time explore the area and discover what animals lurk in the National Park at Way Kambas

We got to Jakarta and expected to get a ferry to Singapore. Ought to be simple, but many things that ought to be straight forward in Indonesia turn out not to be. We spent an entire day at the Jakarta Harbour talking to people who all thought we were crazy, funny, difficult ... anything but customers!! We decided to drive to Sumatra and look for ferries here. To cut the long story short, we have found a shipping company that will containerise our car to Singapore, but we will have to return to Jakarta to catch... More...

 

Previous 'Melbourne to London' entries

Jon Faine encounters Komodo Dragons

Jon Faine's latest pit-stop is Labuanbajo- which is on the western tip of the Indonesian island of Flores where Jon and his son Jack have a close encounter with one of the famous Komodo Dragons. More...

Sunday afternoon in Dili and everyone goes to the cockfights

Guest blogger Jon Faine and his son Jack arrive safely in Dili, and are made welcome by the locals at their annual Sunday afternoon cockfight. More...

From Darwin to Dili with crocodile spotting in between

We catch up with cross country adventurer-blogger Jon Faine as he prepares to set sail from Darwin to Dili on the Kathryn Bay. First Jon must hand over his beloved 4WD to customs for inspection and cargo shipping... will it arrive safely in Dili for the next leg of the trip? More...

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