Medieval Toasters

What in the world. 

Meet Sam. Sam is an international street performer. This epic shot was taken by one of his ex girlfriends. One day for work me and him drove into the next town over to get a bunch of supplies for the barge and more wood to work on the deck, when he told me his story. 

Parsley Bay where his car and trailer were parked. There was a pelican flying overhead and some people throwing it some fish. Probably some of the goofiest creatures ever ah ha. Too funny. Oh, and Sam taught me how to drive one of his cruizers which was fun! 

As he was moving everything out of his van I noticed a giant metal suitcase. I asked what was inside, and in the most nonchalant tone you can imagine, he said "oh that's my robot that I stand on when I perform and juggle blindfolded with my head on fire." Whuuuuut.

Sam started breakdancing and popping when he was twelve years old, you know the kind where you just put out a hat and start flowin. By the time he was eighteen he had an agent and was in the big leagues and performing all over the world in places like Japan and New Zealand for businesses, circuses, festivals, etc. He started making his own props and continued to travel all over, but he told me he started to get tired of it because everything was planned for him you know? That's when he began backing out of a lot of jobs and did his own thing. He purchased his barge for $30,000 and found out about workaway and loved the idea of having people stay with him and help out with all his creative projects. Interestingly enough, when he started lining up his own gigs, for one he had more fun, and he made more money doing it. Nowadays he lives and travels all over the UK for the busy summer months (which works out great because the pound gives him almost double the money), and Straya' during the other part of the year. His next gig, just to give everyone an understanding, he'll be making $1500 for a forty five minute performance.

Sarah, who is Sam's current girlfriend, is also an international street performer. She has some crazy stories as well. She is a contortionist. Fluent in several languages. She was born in India and moved all over with her parents, to Africa and eastern Europe, and has performed all over Indonesia, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and more.

In town we went to a scrap yard and Sam knows a huge shipping/receiving business where he gets all his wood for free. We had a great chat about consumerism. It really is such a joke how much goes to waste in our society. For what? The name brand. To look cool? We were getting all this good stuff for FREE. I don't think I will ever buy anything at a firsthand store again. There's no point when there are yard sales, thrift stores, secondhand shops, where it's bounds cheaper and you can always find awesome stuff.

After diving I later found out it's only two meters deep here. Whoa. Luckily though I was diving during the high tide sooooo, yeah luckily I didn't when it was low tide because my head would have smashed into the bottom of the river. 

As I was walking alongside the deck i saw an orangish-brown jelly fish ever so gracefully floating past.

A different day, an exotic bird that swooped down and yoinked a fish out of the water and then took off like a plane. 

Sam likened sleeping in the barge to being in the womb, the gentle rocking and sound of water. He said a lot of people have a hard time getting up because it's so relaxing. For me and Tina, the first night we had really really strange dreams. Tina had one where someone was trying to sneak into her bed and she was calling out my name but apparently I didn't hear. 

After dinner I went on the roof with Tina (who's accent is the best), and she taught me some yoga poses, and the correct way to breath. So serene. So peaceful here. Lying under the magnificent sky.