Archives for the day of: October 7, 2008

It was raining pretty much all weekend. I was hoping to get out on another cycle on Sunday – it would be onlt my second outing. I didn’t let the rain get me down though:
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Yes you’re eyes are seeing correctly, I engineered a rain retardent solution to allow me to continue to take pictures with out fear of my camera getting damaged. I’m not actually sure if the pictures that I took made the effort worthwhile, but the DIY-ness of it was very satifying.
I was a bit confused though, I was getting some odd looks from some of the locals, even after smiling and waving they didn’t smile back (as they usually would).
After about two hours I suddenly realised why: Read the rest of this entry »

When I first came here I was able to relax, to an extent, around insects of all types. Since I’ve been here I find myself becoming increasingly scared of almost all types of wildlife. To the point that I now hate having to go to the toilet at night.
I do have good reason though:
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That’s no trick pencil eaither!