Recently I met with Chiang Mai based couchsurfer Palm, who runs a shop selling handmade shoes in her own designs. She mentioned that she’d be visiting a new shoemaker to see if they could do business together and I had asked her to take me along. Thus on Monday I joined her mum and her […]
Sächsische Schweiz Day #2, Déja vu
The April trip had shown me one of the highlights of Sächsische Schweiz: the Schrammsteine. Given that it’s a highlight and you can walk it in two directions, why not go again? We drove the car to Beuthenfall and… discovered that we needed €5 in change for the parking ticket. The things you don’t think […]
Back in the Cold
As-Salamu Alaykum, that’s how our captain greeted us in the morning, two hours before arrival in Germany. The crew served breakfast, offering a choice of omelet and chilli prawns on rice. I went for the chilli prawns and a last taste of Asia. At 6:45 we touched down in Frankfurt. First thing I saw when […]
Gone Fishing
Today after work Florian and I grabbed our fishing rods and drove out to the Barron River near Machans Beach to catch some fish. I’ve never been fishing before (as far as I can remember) but as I got some rods with my car I figured I might as well learn how to use them. […]
Farm Fun
On Saturday AJ, Sean and me went for a little off-road action near the farm. AJ took his 4WD, Sean manned the quad and I gave AJs dirt bike a try. I never sat on one before and never drove a motorcycle off the road. Well I did once but that didn’t end well. With […]
New Zealand
Arrived in the morning after a quiet 10h flight. Strange to be back in the western world, I really miss SEA. But probably the world looks brighter after a good sleep, didn’t get that on the plane.