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Here are all the posts by Kate Andrews… Enjoy!
Tesco and a PectopaH
Posted 10th Sep 2009 by Kate
Kate makes it to Europe, and finds that Russians aren't really scary at...
The Trans-Siberian Olympics
Posted 30th Aug 2009 by Kate
Ill advised somersaults, and getting stuck in the luggage compartment: the hidden dangers of the Trans-Siberian......
An authentic Mongolian experience
Posted 20th Aug 2009 by Kate
Open air toilets, yak-attacks and other horse play. A truly authentic Mongolian experience....
Culinary Tomfoolery: The Offal Truth
Posted 15th Aug 2009 by Kate
I tried to eat the goat's innards, but they were just offal. Read this and other turbo puns...
You’ll have someone’s eye out
Posted 10th Aug 2009 by Kate
Reckless umbrella users in Beijing: Kate waxes lyrical about the many dangers of life in an overpopulated...
Hong Kong Lowlights
Posted 30th Jul 2009 by Kate
From to shiny hotel lobbies to exposed electrical wiring, Kate explores the highs and lows of Hong...
Cheeky Chinese train travel
Posted 25th Jul 2009 by Kate
Night trains, Popeye sing-a-longs and karst topography: Kate ventures south into China's Guangxi...
South of the clouds
Posted 20th Jul 2009 by Kate
Imposing mountains peek through drifting clouds in China's beautiful Yunnan province; but how long until there's a...
Old McDonald had a (Chinese) farm
Posted 15th Jul 2009 by Kate
I never knew that the chicken dance had so many variations; trying to get a meat-free meal in China...
Searching for China
Posted 10th Jul 2009 by Kate
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, and a $100...
And All Things Nice
Posted 6th Jul 2009 by Kate
It was time to leave Hanoi. I boarded a night bus and headed north for Sapa, leaving the hustle...
Sugar and Spice…
Posted 28th Jun 2009 by Kate
This month I made the decision to focus on the good things in life, you know, the heart-warming stuff....
Volunteering in Cambodia
Posted 21st Jun 2009 by Kate
Although I briefly unleashed my inner Lara Croft in the form of 5am sunrise army rolls in a ruined...
Love on the Mekong
Posted 14th Jun 2009 by Kate
I manhandled my backpack onto my shoulders, took a few short steps to the waters edge where the slow...
Mopeds and Marriage
Posted 7th Jun 2009 by Kate
There have been buses, and boats and trains, and bicycles, and night buses, and night trains, and mopeds and...
Miscommunication and injury
Posted 1st Jun 2009 by Kate
What with spider bites, drunken taxi drivers, blood banks, allergic reactions, near dislocated shoulders and ill-advised Tomb Raider army...
The Kuala Lumpor Flag Pole
Posted 31st May 2009 by Kate
Anklets, henna tattoos and monkey caves; Kate hits the road again after 10 months in Australia, and gets straight...
Going up over
Posted 28th May 2009 by Kate
Before you say anything, I know what you're thinking - the title of this post is the most immense...
Applying for a Russian visa
Posted 21st May 2009 by Kate
In this post, Kate describes how she applied for a Russian visa from Australia before embarking on her Westward...
Big Bald Bob the Budgie Smuggler
Posted 15th Aug 2008 by Kate
I may be one of the only people in the history of sailing to step aboard a huge luxury...
Deep In the Heart of the South Pacific
Posted 5th Aug 2008 by Kate
Having sailed across the Pacific with a motley crew of strangers and an increasingly grumpy captain I decided that...
Abandon Ship
Posted 1st Jul 2008 by Kate
That’s right folks, I’m leaving the sailing vessel Esprit in my metaphorical wake and striking out alone. As I...
Tattoos, Tahiti and Tonga
Posted 13th Jun 2008 by Kate
Armed with a bottle of Boric acid, and with the tune of ‘eye of the tiger’ reverberating in my...
Pearls of Wisdom
Posted 28th May 2008 by Kate
Pearl smuggling and a marriage proposal, the adventure goes...
Dry Roasted in Polynesia
Posted 16th May 2008 by Kate
In between land the sailing has been approximately the same, water in all directions and saltiness all round. Salty...
Good Housekeeping: Pacific Edition
Posted 23rd Apr 2008 by Kate
Forget the great piratical rambustifications of Kate ‘aaarrrgghh me harties’ Andrews, this was more like Pugwash & The Stepford...
Not a comedy beard in sight
Posted 22nd Apr 2008 by Kate
I have grown my eyebrows into a new style but you wouldn’t know it to look at me, and...
Land ahoy!
Posted 21st Apr 2008 by Kate
Consider me whelmed. As we approached land I suddenly understood what everyone has been talking about, it does have...
Nearing land
Posted 18th Apr 2008 by Kate
Apart from the occasional bird and schools of flying fish we have been without wildlife. If I were am...
Crossing the equator
Posted 17th Apr 2008 by Kate
With a plastic cup of cheap champagne and a piece of cake we toasted our success and watched as...
The Duldrums
Posted 14th Apr 2008 by Kate
Two knots of wind, an ocean without waves, no progress, and a...
Boobies (tee-hee!)
Posted 13th Apr 2008 by Kate
I don't mind the bird, says Michael, our captain, so long as it doesn't shit on the...Contemplating a lack of power
Posted by Kate
There's only so much life evaluation you can do in a fortnight; sometimes you just want to sing along...A lack of comedy beards
Posted 10th Apr 2008 by Kate
None of the imagination-devoid men on this yacht are utilising the opportunity of being this far from civilisation to...
How to learn about water conservation
Posted 8th Apr 2008 by Kate
We started to calculate how much water we were holding in the tanks, what instruments consume the most energy,...Sustainable living in the middle of the sea
Posted 6th Apr 2008 by Kate
If ever there was a crash course in sustainable living this is it. Even I, who thought I was...A week at sea
Posted 5th Apr 2008 by Kate
I wonder if I got lost in the space time vortex between me on this tiny yacht in the...
Cargo Ship Video Blog II
Posted by Kate
As well as sending back various letters/blogs, which you can read here, Kate filmed some video diaries on her...
Keeping watch… for not all that much
Posted 4th Apr 2008 by Kate
I'm getting to grips with the sailing; climbing the riggings, scrubbing the deck and all that jazz, but keeping...
Smug Dolphin Watching
Posted 30th Mar 2008 by Kate
With an extraordinary combination of arm flailing and pelvic thrusting, I was able to regain my balance, just in...
Cargo Ship Video Blog
Posted 15th Jan 2008 by Kate
In August 2007, Kate Andrews, founder of Loco2, decided to get on a fruit-carrying cargo-ship and go across the...
Noah and the Arc
Posted 8th Oct 2007 by Kate
The sea parted to reveal volcanic beaches, looming mountains, palm trees, and people! Enter the...
Going Loco Miles Away From Acapulco
Posted 1st Sep 2007 by Kate
Boredom can drive you to some terrible things, but none were so bad as my decision to read a...
Boats, Bananas and Scary Pirates
Posted 5th Aug 2007 by Kate
My ship could carry the equivalent of 100,000 passengers...However, due to limited space and the lack of reclining seats,...
