Luda, your friendly neighborhood barracuda

Barracudas have a bad rep, mainly due to their dodgy smile



and while i have encountered some that are indeed of the asshole variety, here in Sharm there is a particularly nice one called Luda



not only is she very nice, she's also very photogenic, and she doesn't mind posing -though i managed to find a wrong angle for her



but she's cool with people about, even an idiot like myself



but she prefers to hang with the little fish under the platform



and i reckon she a romantic soul, for every once in a while she wanders off from the group



and into the sunset

at play in the empire of light

Back in the empire of light, where the fish rule



after the goddess created them



lots of them



 to play with



because play is important for light



and being light is important for play



so we might need more air than the fish



and we might have something to do with sea-levels rising



but at least we're very good at cheating during tight-rope walking

last day in Crete

It was all about filming. A French crew was there



documenting Guillaume's every move





and rightfully so, for he's our golden boy



but then Tranny got all petulant because he didn't get enough attention



so Rémy filmed him too



and on the boat i told him he could have a nice strawberry lolly once we reached the shore, which placated him


picture by Chloé Villaume


but then Gui got all jealous



so we gave him some oxygen, which turned him back into his usual rockstar self



it's strange to see how the TV crew transformed people, though; Tranny became Mr Showbiz



Chloé turned into a man backwards



but Gui remained his cool self



stars are used to the gaze, i reckon.

life at the 5th Mediterranean World Cup

There's a wonderful strangeness in the air and water here in Myrtos





the sea is its usual fantastic blue and filled with golden rays





but the fins are on fire and the socks stripy



and the monofins bend in odd angles





the noodles go on forever



and the fish have a foot fetish (fetfish?)



all this strangeness has people contemplating





and turned very French Aurore into Japanese Aulole



it makes Irina kiss the horizon



whereas Leila started licking it



and i invented a variation on the mouthfil



Olga is playing hide and seek



and Sergio found his smile again



so even though there's the usual going down a line







and coming back up







there's an added happiness to it



some say it's because of the ice cream,  which is so good even zombies like it



but the swallows tell me it has to do with the water



and the dust tells me it has to do with the air here