So, due to a number of reasons (like weather conditions aka monsoons, friends being in certain places, full moon party and other external factors which I shall not further bore you with) I have modified my trip to fly straight to Bangkok from Bali and hit the bus and boat combo to Ko Pan Nang the same day. I should arrive in Bali on Tuesday, Bangkok on Wednesday and Ko Pan nang on Thursday morning if all goes well ( and it will go well).
And I still think Darwin sucks :)
Cheers !
maandag 27 april 2009
zaterdag 25 april 2009
The end of one thing is just the beginning of another
Where to start?
Good question coz it's been ages since I blogged.
I'm at the backbone of civilization.
I'm in Darwin.
Northern Territory. Australia.
Home of the aboriginals, the oldest people on this planet. Yes, even older than the Incas and the Mayas or the old Egyptians. Way older.
Exciting isn't it?
Well it's not.
How we see the world and experience things around us are mostly just a reflection of our own state of mind. I guess my state right now is just not what I would want it to be.
But that's good. It means I'm learning.
When I look around I see hordes of young people getting pissed and drunk each and every single day over and over again (Me being 28 means I'm OLD here). I see the aboriginals stumbling through the streets in their old, dirty and smelly clothes, unshaved beards and long hairs begging around for cigarettes or money...getting pissed and drunk too. I see no beautiful white beaches and nice people, but black dirty uninviting sands...and once U go in the water, it's all sharks, crocodiles and deadly jellyfish. So you stay out... On the land it's all English, Scottish and Irish getting as pissed as they can every single day. No offence, I have nothing against English, Scottish or Irish people but I'm a bit tired seeing the same thing over and over again. My room is filled with...that's right. Same thing. I wanna have my own room now. Just for ME and not 5 others getting pissed.
Don't I like Darwin then? As I said it's probably just a state of mind, but at this point I'd have to say I resent it. The only place I can go in the evening is sit at a bar and drink...I wanna walk on the beach with my feet in the water. See the sun go down and feel utterly relaxed. Have some rest from all the crowd.
I think it's time for something different for me now. Something exotic. Something magical. Time for a different culture, or better, some culture of any kind, just not drinking culture :-) 3 more days and I do the jump to Asia. Boy am I happy about it right now. I'll sink myself into the deep serenity of Hindu culture. Until I'm ready to party again ;-)
Let's go a few weeks back in time now and see what happened.
The Whitesunday Islands :-)
Probably one of the little gems here in Australia, these islands lie scattered around the northern eastcoast, just below the Great Barrier Reef. I spent three days on a sailing boat called "The Card" sailing between the island and visiting various beautiful snorkling spots. The trip was amazing. We visited some of the most beautiful beaches in the world on our trip. Stunning. Really the kind of places you wanna just be alone with your girlfriend sipping a delicious cocktail.
The group on the boat was ok, not even close to as good as on Fraser Island but it was fine. It was a time to relax a bit and enjoy the sailing. So that's what I did. The boat apparently used to be one of the fastest sailing boats in the world. A true Ocean Cruiser. Really really nice...
The only funny thing is you always have to wear a stinger suit when U go in the water. Going in with just your swimming is a no-go.
Why??
Irukandji. Little Tiny jellyfish, the size of a fingernail but DEADLY poisonous.
After the Whitesundays I travelled back South to Little Ozzie in Coolum, my Australian special girl. I spent almost twenty days there just chilling out with Little Ozzie and her MuM :-) It rained for almost two weeks tho. That bigtime sucked. On top of that I had a nasty cold AND an even nastier rash all over my body from using bad washingpowder, which I'm still struggling to get rid off. We didn't get to do too much coz of the rain and Ozzie having a normal life like work 'n stuff but I still had a great time. At least we made a visit to the Australian Zoo where we had lots of laughs hehe. No details :-) I hope you clear your head up from all the ghosts from the past and we get to see each other again soon Little Ozzie :-)
Onward from there I flew to Cairns, back North, where the rainseason just ended. The hostel I ended up at first was a complete shock after living for almost 3 weeks in a normal house.
Smelly little room with almost no place, and on top of that...empty. No roommates. I really needed some good company at the time leaving Little Ozzie but bad luck. So I booked a rafting trip for 1 day and a diving trip for 3 days. The rafting was great but the diving was amaaazing. I did my advanced open water certification while we stayed on the boat for three days. We saw pretty much everything there is to see underwater, ranging from sharks to turtles and sooo much more. The night dives were insanely cool, so was the photography and the deep dive. Next thing I wanna do is wreck diving ! I LOVE diving. It's insanely cool.
After the diving trip I moved to the Greenhouse; a really really nice hostel where I instantly met the right people and off we went to party and have fun in the city of Cairns. I love Cairns. Great town, really. Definitely a place I'm going back!
After about 5 days in Cairns and 3 days in the Reef I flew over to Darwin.
And so we come back to where I began. I guess I don't need to refresh your memory of what I think of this place?
Let's hope the following few days will be better because these are my last days in Australia :-)
I went to see a movie today in the local open air cinema, just to get away from the crowds of drunk people. Almost no backpackers there, just locals :) The movie was "Burn after Reading". Funny. I liked the movie a lot :)
My plane to Bali leaves on Tuesday at 7.30 pm. I just can't wait to get there. Time goes too slow now :) I'm thinking about going to the national parks here for a day but I wanna save money coz I still have a long way to go. Hmm dunno yet. Just want it to be Tuesday really quickly! hehe.
Peace out bro's 'n sistah's.
X
Good question coz it's been ages since I blogged.
I'm at the backbone of civilization.
I'm in Darwin.
Northern Territory. Australia.
Home of the aboriginals, the oldest people on this planet. Yes, even older than the Incas and the Mayas or the old Egyptians. Way older.
Exciting isn't it?
Well it's not.
How we see the world and experience things around us are mostly just a reflection of our own state of mind. I guess my state right now is just not what I would want it to be.
But that's good. It means I'm learning.
When I look around I see hordes of young people getting pissed and drunk each and every single day over and over again (Me being 28 means I'm OLD here). I see the aboriginals stumbling through the streets in their old, dirty and smelly clothes, unshaved beards and long hairs begging around for cigarettes or money...getting pissed and drunk too. I see no beautiful white beaches and nice people, but black dirty uninviting sands...and once U go in the water, it's all sharks, crocodiles and deadly jellyfish. So you stay out... On the land it's all English, Scottish and Irish getting as pissed as they can every single day. No offence, I have nothing against English, Scottish or Irish people but I'm a bit tired seeing the same thing over and over again. My room is filled with...that's right. Same thing. I wanna have my own room now. Just for ME and not 5 others getting pissed.
Don't I like Darwin then? As I said it's probably just a state of mind, but at this point I'd have to say I resent it. The only place I can go in the evening is sit at a bar and drink...I wanna walk on the beach with my feet in the water. See the sun go down and feel utterly relaxed. Have some rest from all the crowd.
I think it's time for something different for me now. Something exotic. Something magical. Time for a different culture, or better, some culture of any kind, just not drinking culture :-) 3 more days and I do the jump to Asia. Boy am I happy about it right now. I'll sink myself into the deep serenity of Hindu culture. Until I'm ready to party again ;-)
Let's go a few weeks back in time now and see what happened.
The Whitesunday Islands :-)
Probably one of the little gems here in Australia, these islands lie scattered around the northern eastcoast, just below the Great Barrier Reef. I spent three days on a sailing boat called "The Card" sailing between the island and visiting various beautiful snorkling spots. The trip was amazing. We visited some of the most beautiful beaches in the world on our trip. Stunning. Really the kind of places you wanna just be alone with your girlfriend sipping a delicious cocktail.
The group on the boat was ok, not even close to as good as on Fraser Island but it was fine. It was a time to relax a bit and enjoy the sailing. So that's what I did. The boat apparently used to be one of the fastest sailing boats in the world. A true Ocean Cruiser. Really really nice...
The only funny thing is you always have to wear a stinger suit when U go in the water. Going in with just your swimming is a no-go.
Why??
Irukandji. Little Tiny jellyfish, the size of a fingernail but DEADLY poisonous.
After the Whitesundays I travelled back South to Little Ozzie in Coolum, my Australian special girl. I spent almost twenty days there just chilling out with Little Ozzie and her MuM :-) It rained for almost two weeks tho. That bigtime sucked. On top of that I had a nasty cold AND an even nastier rash all over my body from using bad washingpowder, which I'm still struggling to get rid off. We didn't get to do too much coz of the rain and Ozzie having a normal life like work 'n stuff but I still had a great time. At least we made a visit to the Australian Zoo where we had lots of laughs hehe. No details :-) I hope you clear your head up from all the ghosts from the past and we get to see each other again soon Little Ozzie :-)
Onward from there I flew to Cairns, back North, where the rainseason just ended. The hostel I ended up at first was a complete shock after living for almost 3 weeks in a normal house.
Smelly little room with almost no place, and on top of that...empty. No roommates. I really needed some good company at the time leaving Little Ozzie but bad luck. So I booked a rafting trip for 1 day and a diving trip for 3 days. The rafting was great but the diving was amaaazing. I did my advanced open water certification while we stayed on the boat for three days. We saw pretty much everything there is to see underwater, ranging from sharks to turtles and sooo much more. The night dives were insanely cool, so was the photography and the deep dive. Next thing I wanna do is wreck diving ! I LOVE diving. It's insanely cool.
After the diving trip I moved to the Greenhouse; a really really nice hostel where I instantly met the right people and off we went to party and have fun in the city of Cairns. I love Cairns. Great town, really. Definitely a place I'm going back!
After about 5 days in Cairns and 3 days in the Reef I flew over to Darwin.
And so we come back to where I began. I guess I don't need to refresh your memory of what I think of this place?
Let's hope the following few days will be better because these are my last days in Australia :-)
I went to see a movie today in the local open air cinema, just to get away from the crowds of drunk people. Almost no backpackers there, just locals :) The movie was "Burn after Reading". Funny. I liked the movie a lot :)
My plane to Bali leaves on Tuesday at 7.30 pm. I just can't wait to get there. Time goes too slow now :) I'm thinking about going to the national parks here for a day but I wanna save money coz I still have a long way to go. Hmm dunno yet. Just want it to be Tuesday really quickly! hehe.
Peace out bro's 'n sistah's.
X
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