Posted by julian on 24 August 2010
Motorbiking is fun. Being a lonely wolf. Racing with the wind and the feeling that your under. The thrill when you break down – will you be able to fix it, will you need a mechanic? Suddenly: Vietnamesian! The bored grandpa must have spotted you from his window-sentinel. Now everything is lost. You do exactly know, you´ve got fuel, the sparkplug is fastened and it won´t do any good to kick the starter a hundred times. Now guess which three things the Vietnamesian grandpa is going to try first, after pushing you aside. Of course he does not speak one word of English and your gesticulations won´t argue him out of it. Naturally you could hustle the old know-it-all away. Baring violence you will not get him away from your machine. What a shame that violence against old people hardly fits the code of behavior accepted by the other 20 Vietnamesians gathered around you. Simply fleeing does not work either, otherwise you`d not be here.
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Motorradfahren macht Spaß. Als einsamer Wolf täglich sein Rennen gegen den Wind verlieren, der Nervenkitzel, wenn man liegen bleibt – kannst du es reparieren, brauchst du doch einen Mechaniker? Plötzlich: Vietnameser! Der gelangweilte Opa muss dich von seinem Fensterposten aus erspäht haben. Jetzt ist alles vorbei. Du weißt genau, du hast Benzin, die Zündkerze ...
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Posted by admin on 29 June 2009
OK, this might sound a little cliché, but I swear it’s true: Winter in Morocco – what a dream if you like perfect point breaks, miraculously consistent surf, incredible colors, and a lifestyle so relaxed that you wonder what we’re being so stressed about in Europe all the time. Last January we went surfing there and stayed at Tahib’s again: The most chilled place you can imagine. Hanging with the locals taught us a different kind of cool.
One thing that stayed with us when we left is this: Why not? Read the rest of this entry »
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Learn the Moroccan Zen from the surf dudes chez Tahib: The Power of "Why not?"
29Jun