Had to do a double take, but it’s real. Forced to drink at the lamentable Martin Place Bar for a work function. Not expecting anything special or new from the taps. Surprisingly got something new, but it ain’t special. …
Category: Bars
Happy 7th birthday for @4PinesBeer – BotF’s Spiritual Home
Today (16 June) is the official date of 4 Pines’ Anniversary. Happy 7th birthday to the Spiritual home of the Back of the Ferry. Founding BotF members Pommy_ch and Lamb0 travelled with this correspondent in inclement conditions on the Back …
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Shekou, Shenzhen Shenanigans
After a couple of bullet trains and a looong Metro ride I arrived at the second city of my Chinese weekend – Shekou, which is a district of Shenzhen. In 1978/9 Deng Xiaoping chose Shenzhen to be a Special …
A day in Zhongshan
A week’s work in Hong Kong means a weekend visit to China. Staying true to this blog’s origins I chose a city to start with that I could access via ferry. Zhongshan is 90 minutes from Kowloon, crossing the …
Naming a beer after the right sloth
In 1979, Life on Earth by David Attenborough was published. Like many others, I love it, but probably not for an expected reason. I was fascinated by two paragraphs of beautifully dry and exact prose that describes the world’s laziest …
Loving LA @KingHarborBrew @AbsolutionBrewing
Another trip to the U.S. means another stop in LA to visit a great friend of BotF – Geoffrey. G has been threatening to become BotF’s North American correspondent for some time now. Well he should, because LA offers no …
La Plage at An Bang Beach and my first Bia Hoi
Hoi An is a truly wonderful place. The Ancient Town is its deserved epicentre, but there is plenty around and about to keep one amused whilst that latest garment is being made. Transport options are plentiful and cheap. For USD$6 …
Mekong Delta bike ferries and Can Tho drinking
I’ve ventured to the heart of the Mekong Delta in a town called Vinh Long. We’ve covered a fair amount of territory in this part of the world travelling in a minibus from Ha Tien to Can Tho and have …
Cambodian beer – it’s pretty straight forward
Beer is everywhere in Cambodia. Every milk bar, restaurant, B&B and corner store stocks it. There is a real battle going on judging by the multitude of shopfront advertising. Angkor, Anchor and Cambodia beer are the big three, with Angkor …
Drinking in Siem Reap
Cambodia’s a hot country. It is winter at the moment and it was thirty degrees yesterday. Imagine what it is like in summer. After a day’s templing, you really do need a beer. Siem Reap has that covered and how. …
back of the ferry 