40. ni hao

ni hao all fellow friends of the world! we are now in beijing, the great city of the east! and yes it is great by all means! we arrived today after a very beautiful ride from irkutsk via ulan bator. last days in irkutsk was slightly warmer, just -20, which felt like a heat wave for us ...

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Posted: 2005-01-03
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18. one day left

it's half past three in the morning of friday and i have packed most of the stuff now. it still looks like a bombed place but hopefully i'll get everything done by tomorrow night. tomorrow will be last day at work and then a quick beer with work mates and then back to shoreditch for the ...

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Posted: 2004-12-10
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16. FOR SALE!

ok i have too much stuff. here's a list of things i want to sell bicycle helmet, giro monza - new: £50 my price: £20 bicycle, raleigh. old nice racer. back wheel weird. £20 speakers Logitech Z-340 - new: £50, my price £25 aps camera, canon ixus II - new: £100, my price, £20 printer - epson stylus ...

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Posted: 2004-12-07
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15. last supper

two and a half years ago i arrived to the ditch on this island. one year later i discovered that the ditch had more to give than just concrete and hipsters - the vietnamese restaurant tay do cafe. that's two very important dates in my life. and now it's time for another one. on saturday ...

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Posted: 2004-12-06
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13. visas

big day! after three days in a row of queuing outside the russian embassy, i finally manage to get the visa today. or atleast i think so. i didn't have enough money to pay for it (£78!!!!!). i didn't have time to go and take out money for it so oscar was going to do ...

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Posted: 2004-12-03
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12. my room, rent it!

hi, ok, my room/cube will be available for a month starting in beginning of december. if you feel like become a cubist for a month, give me a call or send me an email.

Posted: 2004-12-01
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11. the beatboxing bus

ok, this has nothing to do with the trip but i just have to write about this: tonight when i was walking home from tesco liverpool street i took a short cut home on worship street. that's where all the buses are waiting for drivers before they take off south. as i passed one of the ...

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Posted: 2004-11-24
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10. plan

ok this is the plan. it will probably change a lot: december 10 - quit work 11 - ryan air to sweden 13 - boat over to either the baltic states or to helsinki then train to moscow 18 - leave moscow 19 - arrive perm 22 - arrive novosibirsk 26 - arrive irkutsk 29 - ...

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Posted: 2004-11-17
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9. tonight

work today was fine. lot of staff asked me where i was going and why etc. the news of my resign moved like fire in a medieval london. i told them about trans siberian. after work my plan was to go to julias house to take a bath. but just when i finished, adam texted me ...

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Posted: 2004-11-14
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8. quit 2

ok, so today i wrote my resign letter and handed it to my boss. apparently it's only two weeks notice so i was early!

Posted: 2004-11-13
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7. viceee

nathalie took me to this vice party tonight. free booze and live bands. headlining did soundtrack of our lives. they were really good. ebbot, the singer, praised my heart during the show because he overheard us talking about my heart earlier during the night. that felt good. otherwhise it felt strange to be on a ...

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Posted: 2004-11-12
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3. quit!

yo, today i told my boss i'm outta there. or actually, i said that i was going to travel soon and because of that i think i have to quit. he was ok with the news so i guess they are used to it.

Posted: 2004-11-11
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2. hello world!

ok, so here we go!

Posted: 2004-11-11
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