Howdy my friends! Today I welcome you into my ridiculous habit of backpacker: sleeping. Before I started travelling I would struggle to fall asleep. Anxiety, nightmares or simply insomnia, I’ve spent years sleeping 5 hours a night, waking up tired and feeling worse than the day before. BUT Ever since we’ve left France, since we’ve […]
Sleepy travels
Vientiane
Places like Vientiane have nothing to offer to the traveler, except perspective. For tourism, the city has no real interest and most travelers only stay the night before heading to more exotic places. But we have to spend four days here and this is what I’ve learnt. The only affordable food is the western one. […]
A morning in Nong Khiaw
Waking up at first light with roosters crowing (I swear if I hear one more rooster at 4am I’m going to roast it alive) , walking up the streets as the morning dew slowly vanishes leaving a light mist behind. Watching girls combing their long black […]
Luang Namtha
It took me some time to start writing about Laos. What to say, where to start, what to show. And then I decided, I’m going to show you with words. Things that pictures cannot show you. When I travel I place myself as an external observer, a marginal poet looking for […]