31 January 2018
Việt Nam vô địch!!
“Việt Nam vô địch! Việt Nam vô địch!!”. That’s one of the only few things I learned in Vietnamese, it stands for “Vietnam Champion!”
I had no idea that Vietnamese cared so much about football. Although, I think they didn’t even know themselves. In the past days Vietnam reached the final stages of the U23 Asian Cup and the entire…
28 January 2018
Italo Nguyen
We had a friend. His name was Italo. Italo is no longer our friend. Italo hates us. I don’t remember which one is his real name to be honest, maybe Alessandro or Antonio. I don’t know. He called himself Italo Nguyen on Facebook, as he was an Italian guy travelling in Vietnam (Nguyen is the most common vietnamese surname). We…
12 December 2017
I just wanted to buy a sim card…
“Excuse me, where can I buy…”“A motorbike!?”“A sim card”“A motorbike!?”“I mean, yeah… maybe I’ll get a motorbike as well at some point, but I need a sim card now”“Ok, my friend have motorbike”“Oh fuck…I give up…what motorbike?”“He be here in 5 minutes! Good motorbike!”“…ok…but what about a sim card?”“You go buy sim card with motorbike”“Oh FFS…ok ok, let’s have a…
3 November 2017
A grey island vs a sunny island. First impressions of Australia.
Sadness, that sadness that you feel when you’re leaving a place too early, or that it’s not the time to leave yet. That is probably the worse part of travelling. You get used for it, for sure, it happens almost every few days, then you’re in the new place and everything starts again. However, despite getting used, it always hurts…
2 July 2017
Should I stay or should I go?
I decided, I’m going to travel for at least 6-7 months in Asia. I’ll be working remotely as freelancer from exotic locations. If things work out I can even stay longer, like a year or who knows. I want to be free. Why not? After all the only things I need are my laptop and an internet connection. I found…