Nullarbor

Let it go
I woke up in the early morning, and took a sneak peak out of the window… Grey cloudy skies… Not what I had expected in the desert… It had rained overnight! The landscape? Flat as a pan, red dirt, some low bush grass. Looked like planet Mars after some terraforming project… The Nullarbor Plain is […] Read More

Through the wilderness

Let it go
Moving on again. Perth was much too short. And I spent too much time at the beach… I’m off for a two-day, 2659 km journey through Western and South Australia, to Adelaide. Leaving Perth on Sunday at noon, I’ll arrive two nights later around 7am in Adelaide. I’m curious. I should have a window seat, […] Read More

The Indian Pacific Railway

Let it go
I have one week in Perth, then I’ll hop on The Indian Pacific Railway and travel two days through the Western Australian Desert, to Adelaide. I just booked my ticket, 569 Australian Dollars in total – I paid a bit more (current lowest is 329 AUD) to make sure I’ll get a window seat. I mean, […] Read More

Back to civilization

Let it go
We got up at 3 something this morning and packed up our tents and loaded the rest of our stuff into the U-haul, and drove off the playa at around 4… All in order to avoid the mass exodus from Burning man that would inevitably clog the playa and the streets to Reno a few […] Read More

Silence

Let it go
I am so glad we stayed to see the temple burn. It was the perfect ending to a crazy week at Burning Man. We dressed up with our remaining clothes and rode out bikes over the playa. Well, I don’t really care to dress up anymore. I just made sure I had glow sticks on […] Read More

Camp down

Let it go
I woke up this morning, and Black Rock City is already disintegrating, vanishing. The burn of the Man is the highlight for many, and a lot o people leave after the burn. Sometimes right after, sometimes even before, in order to avoid the enormous traffic jam that builds u when several thousand vehicles try to […] Read More

Pre-burn white-out

Let it go
We were getting ready early to walk over to the central playa to watch the man burn. We got there early and had front row ‘seats’ – in the dust. Until, well, the dust covered it all up. If I called yesterdays little wind a white-out, I stand corrected. this however, was the real thing. […] Read More

Iced coffee and buntinis

Let it go
Our last event at the Burn: our Lemon Bunt Cakes and Iced Coffee Sober Social. When everybody is already worn out by the partying, and is getting ready to burn the man this night, we’re serving something sober. Full success, the queue was practically around the block. I am always amazed to see people queuing up that […] Read More

White-out

Let it go
Just when I thought that the playa is really friendly, and not as hard as I thought, it shows its real face. Today the winds picked up, and we had some sort of a weak white-out. It actually fits my mood, I am tired and I need to slow down. I hardly get enough sleep […] Read More

I’m with the freaks

Let it go
I’m with the freaks. And I mean that in the best possible sense of the word. I like and prefer a freak over a clone any time. Let me explain. There’s so many different people of all walks of life here in Burning man. It’s not only hippies and weirdo’s. It’s not only about Sex […] Read More

Playa dust explained

Let it go
First dusty day today! So far, my Burn has been pretty good. The weather was outright nice! Only the first two nights were cold, the others were warm, to a point where you could have worn shorts. There was little to no wind, so no huge sand storms, the dreaded white-out, when you can’t see the […] Read More