20 January 2016

Three weeks ago, we went camping. I remember using my camera, shooting at a family of wallabies near our tent. I also remember using the pair of binoculars I got for my birthday from the folks back in Belgium (remember Laos ?), I think Claire even has a picture of me using them.

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14 January 2013

So we’re living in this Perth suburbia, renting a room in a house. The owners, George and Rebekha, aren’t what we’d call our friends. Not that we’re fighting or anything, it’s just we have absolutely nothing in common. They’re paranoiac, insisting on locking all doors at all times, whether we are or not in the house. They don’t like gardening, so the backyard’s grass has been replaced by a concrete, which Toby the dog can turn into a minefield of turds. Speaking of Toby, he lost two kilos while his masters were on holiday. We simply refused to feed him while we ate, stopped handing him candies and biscuits, and halved his daily portion of canned food. They are nice, but that’s it, just nice.

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12 December 2012

November 30

The contrast between Laos and Thailand is pretty obvious, aside the fact they drive on the left side of the road, and I can finally overtake without taking any risks. The most obvious is the state of the roads, we’ll be able to reach Chiang Rai in no time.
We sorted out the usual paperwork (visa, carnet de passage, etc) and we were off. Two hours later, we booked in the first guesthouse that looked half decent.

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