Yesterday and earlier today I got to experience Bangkok with local knowledge by my side. Two Bangkok-born couchsurfers, Sara and Oh, showed me around their parts of the city and told me about Thai everyday life. Now I know that Thais really love their king, they don’t like the prince and the police is corrupt […]
Trainee’s Log, Days 7 and 8
Trainee’s Log, Sept 23rd, Day 7 Highlight of the day: Sitting on the jib, watching dolphins swim by below. Magnificent and graceful animals. Other than that still tired and fucked every single day. Part of me is seriously looking forward to Cadiz. Trainee’s Log, Sept 24th, Day 8 See above, minus the dolphins. Still haven’t […]
Fast Forward
Over the weekend I met up with James, whom I met in Ha Long Bay. He’s been in town for a couple of weeks and has some information about the accommodation situation. I’m intending to stay here for quite a while and asked him about flat-shares. On Thursday I’m moving in. This morning I rang […]
Anarchy on the Farm
This morning Susan left for a couple of weeks of holiday in France. The farm is now in backpacker hand, mostly in Ben’s who already spent more than five months here and is in charge of everything now. While it might sound like endless partying all day and night, it is not. The three Frenchies […]
Educated Times
1944 – My grandfather is in his early thirties. He is wearing a SS-uniform and is fighting allied forces in the French Normandy. 2010 – Two generations later and at a similar age I am celebrating Christmas in Australia with a group of French, Americans, British, Japanese and Germans. Our ancestors clashed in a war […]
Београд
As in almost every city on earth, the area near the train station in Belgrade is not the nicest. When I arrived yesterday, short on sleep and covered in stale sweat, I thought I had arrived in some super-dodgy third world country. That changed though with every meter walked and by the time I was […]