Getting ready to go to Asia. In the airport.

By Karel Kosman,
Freelance Translator,
Prague, Czech Republic

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Karel’s letters written during travelling

Well, my biggest fret is that now I can’t lock up a truck etc but am sort of at the mercy of people I'm staying with, possibly in straw huts without a door or lock. Thinking of always carrying my most valuable with me, so definitely a new leaf I will be turning and will have to be very careful. Carrying my gold in my wallet/pocket at the moment. So far had to pull it out every time when passed through the metal detectors, but no one seemed to care at all. They're not very big.

Picked up a new direct customer for an interesting translation and too bad he didn't tell me how he found me. Am rather curious. Will need to work on that slowly between this and that, but he gave me two weeks and not rushing. Translated 30 Euros worth and he will now send me a deposit payment of 90. Good to have direct customers for that. Have a good night!

Just woke up recently, by a rather rude woman. It's appaulling how many people are so selfish, uncaring and inconsiderate. She could have walked five feet further where there was a whole line of empty seats, but now, she had to slam her arse and throw her back against the chair to practically throw me out of my sleeping position. And yesterday I nicely asked one woman if she could slide down a bit so I could sit down after plugging in my laptop to one of the only few available electrical sockets in this massive airport. I mean, it's lit up like a Christmas tree and laptops or mobile phones, the charging of which people would mostly use the sockets for, consume no more than a 50W lightbulb. Humans can seem unnaturally uncaring so many times. Gives me a tendency to believe in those wacked out conspiracy theories that for 5,000 years the evil grey aliens have been bombarding humanity with negative energy from the moon and mars to create decencitised zombies who will go along with anything.

Anyway, just this morning it occurred to me that rebooking for flights the very day can be substantially more expensive and I will definitely think up a sob story to gain sympathy. Worst case scenario I'll try to find myself an army of couchsurfer hosts and roam around Turkey until the day when the price is low enough. Will definitely add spice to my travel stories...

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Karel’s letters written during travelling

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46. The ONLY Thai girl I am attracted to

45. Miscellaneous letters

44. I have always felt I will be a writer one day...

43. About freelancing and travelling

42. Thai girls are like demon possessed little witches

41. Living on a mystical island of Koh Phangan in Thailand

40. From Malaysia to Thailand

39. From Laos back to Thailand

38. How to publish a book

37. Back in Thailand

36. Feeling increasingly uncomfortable here on the island in Malaysia

35. My belongings

34. Staying in Malaysia

33. About running a blog

32. A short travel update

31. Planning to publish a book about my travels

30. In Thailand, God’s hand

29. Getting ready to go to Asia. In the airport

28. Escaping from Galia’s place

27. About Bulgarians, earnings, plans

26. Starting to earn more after approaching thousands of translation agencies

25. About writing and publishing content online

24. How to find really cheap plane tickets

23. The girlfriend: would like to find THE ONE

22. Still staying in Bulgaria but planning to go to Thailand

21. Travel outline

20. About translation industry

19. About female friends

18. About computer, online marketing, translation, CAT tool

17. About blabber - waste of time. About wanting to be a writer.

16. About God

15. More about software sales

14. More travel updates

13. Staying at a pension

12. About borders etc.

11. Software sales

10. Travel update

09. Translation job industry

08. Partying is a waste of time

07. How much they pay etc.

06. Translator charges, programming etc.

05. Working as a translator and travelling

04. Travel life

03. Why NOT to cheat Google...

02. About opportunities for working as a freelancer

01. About advantages of working as a freelancer

Working While Travelling

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25. First friends visiting me to Cyprus (February 29, 2008)

24. Staying in Cyprus (December 09, 2007)

23. Escaping the Cyprus heat (February 8, 2007)

22. Escape from boredom (February 8, 2007)

21. Barelling to Bodrum (November 20, 2006)

20. Staying in Stoliv, Montenegro (October 2, 2006)

19. Arriving to Montenegro (August 22, 2006)

18. Traveling through Croatia (August 9, 2006)

17. The trip begins - off to Croatia! (2006)

16. How to Live in a Caravan

15. How to Connect to Internet While Traveling

14. How to construct a caravan - Beautification

13. How to use solar panels to electrify your caravan

12. How to construct a caravan

11. Designing the caravan

10. Back to Czech - buying a travel van (April 10, 2004)

9. Mexico Trip - Off to Yosemite and Beyond (December, 2003)

8. Mexico Trip - Getting a Driver’s License (December, 2003)

7. How to Buy a Used Car (December, 2003)

6. Mexico Trip (December 14, 2003)

5. Traveling through Bulgaria (July 20 - Aug. 4, 2002)

4. Czech Republic: My Reflections

3. My life in Prague

2. My flat in Prague

1. Dream of working while travelling

Published - August 2013

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