When the plane lands in Detroit (where there's a snowstorm), the stewardess kindly asks all of us out. "Welcome to Detroit, blah blah, for connecting flights, blah blah, thank you for flying with us, blah blah". No word whatsoever about Sao Paulo, which is really great for a flight that was indicated as going to Sao Paulo.So I get out, not without asking the lady what the hell's going on here ! She stays cool and says, very matter of factly : oh, it must ...

Uneventful flight, really. I just fell asleep right after we took off.I woke up just minutes before we landed.That enabled me to take some pictures proving this was definitely not San Diego... nor Brazil for that matter.I got off the plane and headed right out of the airport for a smoke. And two. And three. Then back inside, security, lunch (last burger !), coffee, and off I am on my next flight.This next flight is clearly indicated everywhere (screens, gate) as...

Yeah, that's about all I need right ?I have just spent 6 awesome weeks with my brother Ludo in his house in San Diego. But now it's time to leave...I have butterflies in my stomach. I have this very sane fear in my head and in my guts that's going to get me going as soon as I arrive in Brazil.I have a very clear objective : find (at least) a job, settle down somewhere (basically where I'll find my first job !) in this awesome country and ... live ...

met with Chanthavong on Wednesday evening at Tum Tum Cheng (a restaurant recommended by Odanie. Good but expensive ! Spending 12 euros in two appetizers and a lime soda is not what I call cheap in Laos !). He had just come back from Vientiane (the capital city of Laos) and had been delayed for 5 hours because of a huge mud landslide on the road. Now this is not an exceptional event. During rainy season, erosion is a wide phenomenon. During the dry season, Lao peo...