There is a cathedral around the corner, it’s heavy old doors bolted shut. Just like my heart to Madrid. We are not becoming friends. Normally it takes me half a day to find out where the good stuff is. Food, coffee, staff, … not so in Madrid. After two days and eight coffee shops I […]
Learning to dive (more)
After more than two years of dive-break, I went for a refresher dive yesterday morning. Just repeating how to assemble the gear and the basic skills like mask clearing and regulator retrieval. Following that, I added a nitrox course to my dive education, which now allows me to use different gas mixes for diving (e.g. […]
Westbound
Iceland looks pretty cool from above. Barren but interesting. WowAir hasn’t been wow so far. Flight to Reykjavik was ok, but the connection to Montreal is already 90 minutes late. More “meh” than “wow”. I still don’t know why exactly I’m going to Canada. But I don’t have another place I’d rather go. So might […]
Shkodër / Skadar to Pristina
Left at 6:00, arrived at 19:00 – quite a trip. More details once I have a little more time.
Mekong Cruise
The northern part of Laos is still largely undeveloped and the road network reflects that. Going from Luang Prabang to the Thai border at Houay Xai by bus would mean 14 hours on dirt roads in a vehicle that is old twenty years ago. A more pleasant alternative is to travel on the Mekong. Every […]
More time in Melbourne
So far the car market in Melbourne exceeds my worst expectations. Since Tuesday my ad on gumtree had 500 views and all I got was two replies. Over the weekend I put the price down as far as $500 but still got no offers. I don’t really know what to think about that. The high […]