Big difference to the last trip in 2010: I fully intend to earn a living from day one on. Being a freelance website developer, I don’t need much besides a laptop and internet access to get work done. Following the local lifestyle, I set up camp in a cafe next door. Fitting in didn’t work […]
Caves
Nothing takes the fun out of camping more thoroughly than rain. Once again we awake to the sound of drops falling on the tent. We have some routine in taking down the tent and packing up the gear by now and before 10am we are in the car and heading down the A1 towards Rockhampton. […]
Kampot
Phnom Penh is an interesting city but not really to my taste. It is much dirtier than Bangkok and at the moment parts of the city are under water. That makes strolling around a bit disgusting at times. Watching Phnom Penh makes it obvious that Cambodia is way less developed than Thailand. The guy who […]
Albania to Kosovo – In Detail
The timeline to yesterday’s photo-story. 5:10 The alarm goes off. Not feeling fully rested but not totally destroyed either 6:10 A minibus (I’m starting to dread these) picks me and a fellow traveller up at the hostel. For the next fifteen minutes the driver makes his route through the city, picking up two or three […]
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 […]
My Pilot is on Strike
Ryanair’s pilots have decided to go on strike. Wouldn’t bother me much, except my flight was supposed to be on Ryanair. On Wednesday I got notice of its cancellation and got in touch with the airline to arrange for an alternative. That seemed almost too pleasantly easy. I do a quick search and find out […]