Leisure & pleasure: toilet break

 

If you can reach them....(at the National Art Gallery in Kuala Lumpur)

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                 Printed on the big machine behind me! The art of lithography.

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                 An exotic bird, I guess.

Leisure & pleasure: Indian photo shoot.

India, charming, colorful and overcrowded.

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Moon-shining near Muang Ngoi Neua, Laos. Making Lao Lao is tradition and used in copious quantities at parties and market days. Lao Lao meaning: Laotian alcohol. As simple as that.

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                  Heads, everybody has one. Not always that obvious though.

Leisure & pleasure: Bangkok Pilot.

Why Not? This one is in Bangkok, near "Central World" shopping mall.

Film, at Re:Converse#2.

Sarcophagus at Re:Converse#2 from sarcophagus on Vimeo.

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         Working on another lithographic stone.

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         Standing on the Litho press to watch my work in progress.

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                 Red soda cans.

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                 Irving Penn has been an inspiration for a long time. So I took another
                 look into the famous corner.

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                 Sarcophagus at Be-mine. A nice stay at Re:Converse#2 from 09/09
                 till 11/11/2012. You can visit the old bath house from 10.00 till
                 16.00 h, free entrance as well.

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                One of the food shops at the Savannakhet bus station, ready
                for some noodle soup and a well-deserved beer Lao.

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         Sarcophagus is getting out of the dungeons and will be on display at
         Reconverse #2 - Pieces of art. From september 9 up to november 11, 2012 at
         Be-mine (Beringen, Belgium). More info and a map here.

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                  Greek mythology, Leda and the Swan.

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                 The four witches (or judgement of Paris) by A. Dürer was the
                 inspiration to his sketch. The other page just sprung to mind.

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                 Three More weeks in the basement of the SASK-building in
                 Hasselt. Waiting to be transported to B-mine for
                 RE:CONVERSE #2 Pieces of Art.

                 More info on RE:COVERSE #2 Pieces of Art.

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                 Minnie mice!

Leisure & pleasure: Hoi An, Vietnam.

     

      Hoi An is a lovely town, crowded most of the time, but nevertheless charming. The
      Cau Lau, thick noodles in broth, are excellent. And beer Tourane is pretty amazing.
      Behind closed doors there are lots and lots of sweatshops as Hoi An is the center
      of fake clothing, if you can show it they will make it to order. You can cross a nice
      bridge, but you will need to pay an entrance fee before you can go any further. The
      other side harbours an old part of town. It is in fact no more than a tourist market.
      Every single house is converted into a souvenir shop, well I might be exaggerating,
      but only a little.
      Just Wait, a little before the shops close down you can get in for free.

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            Hoi An, Vietnam. A typhoon is closing in. 

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                    A head and some notes. HP must be Hai Phong, ND - Nam Dinh,
                    PLy - Phu Ly and NBinh obviously would be Ninh Binh. A trip
                    we made back in 2006. Probably payed 15.000 Dong, twice.

Leisure & pleasure: Snake wine!!!

They call it Snake wine but it is a liquor!

The snake liquor is available all over Vietnam, let's say all over Asia. May not always be snakes in there. The Than Binh Hotel guy serves snake, seahorse, scorpion....

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                 Ninh Binh, Vietnam. Women row the boats with their feet so the
                 hands can do the fishing.

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                  Ninh Binh, a restaurant near our hotel. Back from a motorcycle trip.

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                  Changing, trying, searching it is a trail and error book!

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                 Ninh Binh, Vietnam 2006.

                  Thank Binh hotel dining-room and kitchen, behind the window.

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                 The way a flying horse should be able to work and the skeleton of 

                 such a horse.

              

Leisure & pleasure: afternoon tea.

Cat Ba Island, Vietnam. Near the hospital Cave.

Tea, Vietnamese pipe and wedding pictures on a coffee table.

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                  Cat Ba Island, Halong Bay, Vietnam.
                  There is Cat Ba city and a few small communities, Driving around
                  you might cross this little store and have a drink or cup a noodle
                  meal. West side of the Island.

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                  Sarcophagus at "Kunstpunt Caré" Hasselt, Belgium. Happy to
                  have met so many new faces.

                  He is back home now.

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                 Halong Bay laundry !

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             Last weekend at "Kunstpunt Caré".

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                   Restaurant at Bai Chay seaside.

Leisure & pleasure: seaside fish.

Fish in salt crust is heaven, especially when cooked on a BBQ.

                

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          How to dry your underwear in a guesthouse room when it's raining
          outside. This is one way, if you have a cheap coat hanger available.

      

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More info here.

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           Sarcophagus is on at a new location until June 17, 2012.

              You can visit him at "Kunstpunt Caré" in Hasselt. On Friday, June 1, drinks
              will be served.

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                  Sapa area, meeting some water buffaloes.

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Leisure & pleasure: playing in the streets.

 

Locals smoke different kind of pipes, some of them look very funny. And the  Tien Len  card game played on the streets and in the local beer corners. Here are the game rules.

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Leisure & pleasure: Tram Thon Pass.

       Sapa to Tram Thon and back.

Troubles with the motorcycles are quite common in Vietnam don't let them stop you touring the Sapa area. The best moment is when the rice fields are luscious green. Cat-Cat village is more like a park with concrete paths and the local tourist shops selling clothes and local handicrafts. If you are into that have a look the setting is beautiful. The weather is unpredictable most mornings you wake up

in the clouds...nice....but moist...

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         Food stall at Sapa market!

Leisure and pleasure: Sapa area.

Sapa is a nice place to spent a few days, get out on a motorcycle or do some hiking. They serve some decent food, especially the sizzling hot-plate dishes. On the market you can find a wide variety of soups (pho) and local dishes. If you like a challenge that's where you want to eat. Remember, mainly morning till early afternoon.

Also down from the market on the left there is the local disco for some late night fun and cheap beer. The Tau-bar is easy to find.

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         Tram Thon pass near Sappa, Northern Vietnam.

          The Chinese motorcycle that was rented lost second gear after a few miles.
          Fourth gear went about half way. It turned out to be a fun day two people on
          a small motorcycle. First gear, forcing it into third and then full throttle
          screaming over another mountain .....