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13 July 2013
How hard can it be ?
The lads from Top Gear usually say that when they’re going to botch something up, in my case, I guess it applies as well.
So on May 20th 2013, I was back in Perth while Troopy was still in Bangkok, having a bath. The mob in Thailand had the daunting task to clean the car entirely, through and through, as the Australian Quarantine Inspection Service (AQIS) is pretty much the stricter border inspection there is. No seeds, foods, bacteria or any foreign living matter must enter Australia and risk endangering the fragile flora and fauna. Fair enough too, the environment here is pretty unique and possible the closest there is to Jurassic Park in some ways. We wouldn’t want a Thai mushroom eradicating the Koalas would we ?
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13 July 2013
And so I brewed beer.
Well it’s rather easy really, especially when you receive a home-brew kit for St Valentine’s day… And you have great friends to help you out.
So, the kit. What is it ? Well it’s a 23L plastic container, it’s 30 x 75cc bottles, it’s a thermometer, a few ingredients, and a spoon.
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17 May 2013
May 11th – 18th
It took well over three months to plan this. Between the contradictive information about whether or not Troopy was allowed to remain on foreign soil for so long, between getting the right price for the right job, I finally booked the tickets to get her home.
I barely slept on the plane, was it the cramped seats of Tiger Airways, or me being eager to sit behind the wheel, I don’t know. Once in Bangkok I took a mor deu sai ráp jâhng, a 125cc motorbike-taxi. They’re quicker than a normal taxi, cheaper than a tuktuk and a lot more frightening than the bus. Traffic in Bangkok is insane. Not only because of the number of cars but also because nobody respects any rule. Red lights mean nothing, traffic is syrupy anyways, right of way mean nothing either, the only rule that applies is “go forth my son”. And that’s what people do, regardless of how big or small the vehicle they’re driving.
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