Blackhat SEO – Esrun

You pay to go over bridges to get to london, you pay a congestion charge to drive in london, you get fined for speeding because they change the limit to 20mph with one tiny little sign, you get fined for driving in a bus or taxi only lane because you take a wrong direction and are confronted with a ‘taxi only’ sign at which point it’s too late. If you do the actual speed limits then you get tail gaited so bad that its only a matter of time before someone crashes into the back of you. Parking is stupidly high, living in london is stupidly expensive. Walking around london is like walking in a foreign country. Fuck london.

Oh and londonseo was an interesting night. Had a quick chat with Mike Nott and Jason D before they ran out and then didn’t really know anyone else there! Although I did chat to a few different people which was nice and the wordtracker guy was there. “Have you heard of onlinehoster.com… esrun…?? DITY!?”- “Oh DITY, the spammer yeah”.

Well I just arrived back home and it’s nice to be able to lay back in my own place. I got stopped for a “random” customs search and I ended up stuck there answering questions for 30 minutes or so. The main problem was that I was unable to provide any proof of where I had been staying within the EU. One comment made by a customs officer which made me laugh was “And you know it’s illegal to bring guns and drugs back into the country?”… why on earth would it be LEGAL!?

Some pics… Some were taken while driving so aren’t that great.

My route:

Random:

Eiffel tower:

The police in Paris chased after this vehicle and stopped it in front of the lights I was waiting at. After a short time they had the other people from the car in cuffs and on the floor:

When in Belgium I think there was a football (soccer) match on or something and there was such a huge police and military presence.

lol its about 5a.m and I’m feeling a bit rough. I got chatting with a couple of canadian guys in one of the ‘coffee bars’ yesterday and ended up spending the day with them getting pretty wasted. We went on the hienikken factory tour where you’re given 3 tokens to get beers while walking around but people keep giving us their tokens because they didn’t have time or just didn’t want to drink… we had a hell of a lot to drink there. I’m feeling a little worse for wear this morning but oh well I’m off to Dunkerque now.

I didn’t get a chance to go online last night but I did make it to Belgium.. I stayed in Brussels. To be honest I didn’t think much of Belgium. It was okay I guess but it just seemed a bit … I dunno just not that Great.

I have literally just pulled into Amsterdam and there are hundreds of open wifi points which beats paying 4.50 euro an hour! Looks good, I think a lot of places are closed though because its sunday and/or because its early. Oh well I’m off to explore now.

I left for Dover (UK) at about 7pm thursday evening and boarded the ferry at about half 9. The ferry departed at about 10-10:30pm and arrived at around midnight in Dunkerque (France). My initial idea was to drive straight from Dunkerque to Germany but I decided that since I was pretty tired then maybe I’d go for something a little closer to start with and sent an SMS to a friend back in the UK asking for the postcode of the eiffel tower in Paris.. Over 200 miles later I’m in the centre of Paris at about 3:30am and decided to get some rest at a ‘rest stop’ and got a couple hours sleep in my car. I set off to find a hotel at about 9am.

Let me tell you, driving in France is madness! The roads are generally poorly maintained and most have no lighting nor cats eyes in the ground. Many roads don’t even have lane markings so traffic kind of just merges into one big lump with everyone trying to fight for some space. I supose I got the raw end of the deal being in Paris because its obviously going to be one of the busiest parts of France but its just so crazy I cannot even explain it. It’s just dangerous.

Anywayyyy, I managed to find a hotel and had an nice shower and change my clothes then I went and spent today at the eiffel tower (it was SO SUNNY!) where I met a lovely little ladie who taught me the tradition of kissing goodbye… whoooo lol.

Right now I’m using a wifi at 4.50 euros an hour which isn’t too bad I guess. I’m trying to decide what to do next. No matter what; I will be sleeping in Paris tonight but I just don’t know about tomorrow. If I don’t leave for Germany early in the morning then it’s just not going to be possible to make it there, do something and make it back to Dunkerque by Monday. So I have to decide whether to stay in Paris for a couple more nights and check out some museums and such like… maybe even disney land LOL I like crazy rides OR find something to do in germany.. Or a whole different country!

Edit: Oh bollox! I thought going to Paris would actually bring me a bit closer to Germany but its added about an hour!!!!

Edit2: With the help of a mate I have decided on going to Belgium and then Holland and then back to Dunkerque. Wahey let the good times roll!