It happened in SE. Asia

Many aircraft journeys between Western Australia and Singapore, but that's where the real travel starts. By train and air but mostly train throughout Malaysia and Thailand. Many warmed beds in cheap hotels and backpackers rooms in remote towns in both countries. Travels to cities and towns, many rarely visited by the normal traveller. The story of two lovely ladies to whom Jim Roberts becomes very attached, one in Bangkok, one in Hat Yai, a southern city in Thailand. But in the end, home to Australia always beckons.