House!

I now have a house! And as it’s looking at the moment I’m pretty sure I’ll stay in this house until I’m leaving the area in June or something. I’ve already lived in two different locations, about a month each, and now it feels like I’ve finally ‘arrived’ and settled down. The house is fantastic, [...]

Stuck!

I’ve been in a mini-accident, and before anyone reaches for a phone in worry let me tell you I’m almost fine! And the actual accident was a week ago… I fell over with the bike and applied my right calf to the exhaust and thus removed a fairly large piece of skin, and then I [...]

Cockfight!

Cockfighting is a big thing here, almost everyone is trying to breed the noisy little bastards to win the big money… It’s apparently illegal but no-one is paying any notice to such things here. Massive big billboard adverts about new steroidal chicken-feed and sponsored events every Sunday. Surreal. As I’ve mentioned before there’s loads of [...]