Let the real travel begin. In 19993 my workmate Vince who had been to all the main continents apart from Africa was thinking about it for his next trip. So as i hadn’t been to any of them and after seeing a kids show one …
Into Africa, 93
Author: Alan
Overseas for the first time. New Zealand.
Now 1992 and all i thought about apart from work and the punt was travelling. So in mid 92 i booked a 10 day bus tour of New Zealand. My well travelled friends scoffed as they suggested it would be like going to Adelaide. Yes, the …
Australia first up.
My first big trip was in Australia as i decided to drive from Melbourne to Cairns and back during my three weeks holidays in 1991. A week to get there via outback New South Wales before a week in Cairns and a week back along …
How Baktrax travel came into being and evolved: The early years. Part 1.
Hi, my name is Alan C. Foster and this the incredible story of how travel can turn your life in unknown directions through totally unpredictable and spontaneous events. No one could have possibly foretold that when i left Melbourne bus station with Europe in mind …
Spontaneous Travel Tales & Other Things
Hi, my name is Alan C. Foster and I am currently the owner of Baktrax; Budget small group tours in S. E. Asia. www.baktrax.com. I am an ex-pat Aussie who has spent most of the last fifteen years in S.E. Asia. During my travels over that …