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PLANES, TRAINS, AUTOMOBILES.... A BUS, AND A SUITCASE WITH BROKEN HANDLE




Made it to Luton Airport this morning after a night of running about, trying to get everything ready.... 3 hours sleep, then a drive to Luton Airport at 7:30am, not much fun.... but I'm off to Worldwide Festival, Sete, so all good!

The sun is shining, and it's an absolute heater in London - got off the bus (from the supposed local the car park) to find the handle on my wheelie suitcase bust up... so I'm hunched over trying to wheel it without a handle looking like a proper chief! A £2 bottle of water and a £1 ziplock bag for security later (yes, they've for got wise to the game and started charging for them...), I managed to fix up a little string /carrier bag solution to the suitcase handle.... yes, this is a proper ghetto move, and i look like an even bigger chief.... but I'm a chief with a handle....



Landed at Nimes Airport to cloud and drizzle, but still very humid. Pretty small airport, guess quaint is the word.... a little vending machine for coffee, and three trolleys at the whole place.... yeah, quaint...


Found out that the station is actually in the town rather than anywhere near the airport, so was gonna be a bus or taxi ride. Met some fellow Sete revelers at the airport who spoke french, so chilled with them whilst looking for a way into town, cool cats...


After finding the only bus into town was full, had to order a cab into central Nimes.... sounds like a fairly simple ting, but fast forward an hour, and we were still chillin out front waiting for a cab - even the peeps who worked at the airport had started to leave...


Anyways, the madcap taxi driver finally arrived and got us to the station in one piece... just... bought my ticket from the machine, ran to the platform to see my train slowly crawling out of the station - sheeeit! I would say it's looking like one of those journeys, but the sun is back out, and Ryan didn't f*ck up, so I'd say I'm doing alright.


Quick coffee, few snaps, and i'm on the next train as i type. Trains here are decent, definately a step up from the Silverlink... beautiful views, super smooth...


another half hour, and I'll be in Sete ready for the madness to begin.

Gilles Peterson Worldwide Festival 2009 - here we go....









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