He flew from Darwin to Dili and took the ferry to move from island to island in Indonesia. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SINGAPORE – A weather-beaten man and his equally weather-beaten bicycle arrived at the Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal on Wednesday morning. His journey to Singapore did not start just an hour ago from Batam, Indonesia.
Looking spirited and energetic, Dr Wallis gamely posed for The Straits Times with his Thorn Nomad bicycle. He also showed ST what he carried with him in his bags – two of them mounted on his bicycle’s front wheels, two on the back wheels and one on the handlebar. He also tries to keep his own expenses low while on the road. His average spending per day is about A$40, and he projects that this trip will cost him around A$5,000 when it comes to an end back in Canberra in September.Seasoned cyclist
“I countered it by putting photographs of garbage on my blog. Those producing travel guides never mention things like garbage.”Dr Wallis had spent a lot of time on two wheels. In this photograph, he was at Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal in Singapore on the 129th day of his cycling trip that started in Canberra. ST PHOTO: JASON QUAH
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