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
maandag 23 maart 2009
Summertime Whalewatching
Right now I'm in Airlie Beach. That's right. Where I am is irrelevant anyway. What matters is that I'm travelling and I feel fucking great.
We just got off Fraser Island after a 3 day safari sleeping in hot sweaty tents with 2 huge dutch guys. See facebook 4 pics. We were so too big for the little tents but at least we got so wasted that sleeping was no problem at all. :) Fraser was a blast! The driving was soooo much fun and I was pretty persistent at doing most of the driving and the group seemed happy with that.
Fraser is a beautiful little Island with nothing but jungle, jungle, beaches and beautiful lakes. Loved it. Lake Wabby was the greatest spot and the views there were mindblowing... Our group was great too and again I met shitloads of fun new people. My 2 personal favourites are Miss (Sophie) Love and Princess Anika with whom we went on to Airlie and partied for 2 more days. The highlight was Miss Love asking us out to dance, dressed up as a pirate and drunk as hell ;P Maybe it's good that U don't even remember hehe. Off course, we politely declined the dance :) Thank you so much for the hats girls!! We LUV them and wear them all the time :)
Im still stuck with Gert, the Dutchie, and he's stuck with me, but were naturals together, each doing our own thing but somehow it matches anyway so we just stick together.
Life is so good here. Tomorrow morning we head to the Whitsunday Islands for three days and once we get back we each go our own way. Me south, Gerth North.
Whitesunday is gonna be amazing .... I just cannot wait.
Airlie is full of beautiful whales btw. English whales mostly. You see them often at the McDonalds buying cheeseburgers, fries and other fat stuff after which they go to bake at the beach. Dear God! This is Whale Country! ;-)
I LOVE AUSTRALIA
I never wanna stop travelling :)
And to the people back home, enjoy the first rays of sunshine. I'm already so tanned that I can't get any more color :)
Big Big Kiss and so long
Pat.
We just got off Fraser Island after a 3 day safari sleeping in hot sweaty tents with 2 huge dutch guys. See facebook 4 pics. We were so too big for the little tents but at least we got so wasted that sleeping was no problem at all. :) Fraser was a blast! The driving was soooo much fun and I was pretty persistent at doing most of the driving and the group seemed happy with that.
Fraser is a beautiful little Island with nothing but jungle, jungle, beaches and beautiful lakes. Loved it. Lake Wabby was the greatest spot and the views there were mindblowing... Our group was great too and again I met shitloads of fun new people. My 2 personal favourites are Miss (Sophie) Love and Princess Anika with whom we went on to Airlie and partied for 2 more days. The highlight was Miss Love asking us out to dance, dressed up as a pirate and drunk as hell ;P Maybe it's good that U don't even remember hehe. Off course, we politely declined the dance :) Thank you so much for the hats girls!! We LUV them and wear them all the time :)
Im still stuck with Gert, the Dutchie, and he's stuck with me, but were naturals together, each doing our own thing but somehow it matches anyway so we just stick together.
Life is so good here. Tomorrow morning we head to the Whitsunday Islands for three days and once we get back we each go our own way. Me south, Gerth North.
Whitesunday is gonna be amazing .... I just cannot wait.
Airlie is full of beautiful whales btw. English whales mostly. You see them often at the McDonalds buying cheeseburgers, fries and other fat stuff after which they go to bake at the beach. Dear God! This is Whale Country! ;-)
I LOVE AUSTRALIA
I never wanna stop travelling :)
And to the people back home, enjoy the first rays of sunshine. I'm already so tanned that I can't get any more color :)
Big Big Kiss and so long
Pat.
maandag 16 maart 2009
well yeah...
That's right. I suck at this blogging. I can't get myself to sit in an internetcafe and write my blog. Most of the time it's so hot in these places anyway so all I do is upload pictures.
Australia is amazing. Byron Bay is a little gem on the East Coast. Skydiving was absolutely insane and so were many many more things. I got my open water diver certificate in Byron too and saw a looot of turtles and sharks on our dives. Diving is amazing too... The peace you find underwater is unmatched by anything else in the world.
Surfers Paradise was fun to see but thats it. Too many skyscrapers for me :)
I stayed in Noosa for 11 days due to some rainfall and had a bit too much party there. The surf festival kicked off 2 days before we left so we got a taste of that too. Felicia and Jani were still with us in Noosa (or we with them) but now we've all seperated to go our own ways. Im still travelling with Gerth(G-Money), the crazy Dutchie. The last remainings of surfcamp I guess. I hope to see some of you guys in Europe, if I ever go back. :)
Next up is Fraser island. The biggest sand island in the world. Supposed to be paradise so let's see bout that. Were gonna drive around a jeep there for 3 days and camp here and there on some of the nicest spots.
Oh yes, and then there's Little Ozzie. She's gonna mess up my plan but I don't really care if it gets messed up. But that one I keep to myself :-)
Peace out.
Australia is amazing. Byron Bay is a little gem on the East Coast. Skydiving was absolutely insane and so were many many more things. I got my open water diver certificate in Byron too and saw a looot of turtles and sharks on our dives. Diving is amazing too... The peace you find underwater is unmatched by anything else in the world.
Surfers Paradise was fun to see but thats it. Too many skyscrapers for me :)
I stayed in Noosa for 11 days due to some rainfall and had a bit too much party there. The surf festival kicked off 2 days before we left so we got a taste of that too. Felicia and Jani were still with us in Noosa (or we with them) but now we've all seperated to go our own ways. Im still travelling with Gerth(G-Money), the crazy Dutchie. The last remainings of surfcamp I guess. I hope to see some of you guys in Europe, if I ever go back. :)
Next up is Fraser island. The biggest sand island in the world. Supposed to be paradise so let's see bout that. Were gonna drive around a jeep there for 3 days and camp here and there on some of the nicest spots.
Oh yes, and then there's Little Ozzie. She's gonna mess up my plan but I don't really care if it gets messed up. But that one I keep to myself :-)
Peace out.
donderdag 26 februari 2009
Surfcamp and arriving in Byron Bay
So off we went for surfcamp. A wicked track we were supposed to follow from Sydney to Byron Bay, along the Eastcoast, hopefully ending up somewhere along the coast preferably in no man's land.
And that's exactly what happened.
First of all the feeling of driving around with a bus or van when the hot sun is shining, with the windows open and the wind flowing into your face and body, with the right tune in the background is, to me, an awesome feeling of freedom of which I want to taste more. It is that experience that made me thinking to rent my own van. Now all I need is find someone to close the deal with and we're off. So that's what I'll try to do after I reach Brisbane. :-)
Back to surfcamp. The first two days actually sucked due to excessive rainfall. When you're from Belgium this is unacceptable! I do not want to see rain!!! (It's raining now btw, that's why I have time to blog :))) On day three the sun kicked in tho.
The surflessons were sweet and we got a pretty good idea of how the waves do their thing and the ocean controls these little waterhills. And of course, how to ride 'em. Now I did some surfing camps some years ago in France, but we did not get too much explanation there what to do, just take a board and go figure it out. So that really sucked compared to this.
The Australians take surfing way more serious then the French. It's a way of life here as compared to in France. We learned the different types of waves, the tides and the ocean bottom and how it influences the waves, we learned about curls and rip curls, righthanders, lefthanders and general board control.
The parties were not too shabby either since most of the folks ended up pretty smashed night after night. Especially Tuesday night was big since the second group arrived too and the general programme was "drinking games". We were complete and ready to kick-off the week. There were about 70-80 of us. Result: bad end :-P Or depends how you see it of course :-)
We stayed on some sort of old farm with cabbana's spread around the domain and a central cabbana with swimming pool and a large room for eating, partying and bar etc. The domain was filled with kangooroos, possums and probably snakes too. For more insight I refer to some of the pictures on facebook.
We drove the little bus back and forth everyday to different beaches, most of which quite deserted and people-less. Good for making a fool out of yourself while learning :)
On the fourth day we moved to a new sleeping place to surf our final day. I guess it's too much writing to explain everything that happened, so to sum things up: lots of new people, lots of surfing - almost every time after a hangover - and lots of beer, sangia, goon and other tasty crap.
Highlight of the whole camp: Surfing is THE medicine for hangover :)
Once in Byron Bay the group spread out to many hostels, some of them leaving Byron and others staying for a few more days of partying, surfing, tanning, hiking, or whatever you wanna do. The memorable ones I have on facebook so I will skip mentioning names of people i've met :)
In Byron the first day I arrived in a cool "island resort" in the Arts Factory, surrounded by mosquitos, reptiles and weird-looking black chicken-like creatures with red heads. Seemed like a combination of a chicken, a turkey and a vulture. They looked like birds of death lol :P ugly as hell and they could kinda fly a little bit since they got into the trees too (unlike chickens). A must-see when visiting Byron. I met up there with Sara again too. It was time for a few days of Byron Bay.
And that's exactly what happened.
First of all the feeling of driving around with a bus or van when the hot sun is shining, with the windows open and the wind flowing into your face and body, with the right tune in the background is, to me, an awesome feeling of freedom of which I want to taste more. It is that experience that made me thinking to rent my own van. Now all I need is find someone to close the deal with and we're off. So that's what I'll try to do after I reach Brisbane. :-)
Back to surfcamp. The first two days actually sucked due to excessive rainfall. When you're from Belgium this is unacceptable! I do not want to see rain!!! (It's raining now btw, that's why I have time to blog :))) On day three the sun kicked in tho.
The surflessons were sweet and we got a pretty good idea of how the waves do their thing and the ocean controls these little waterhills. And of course, how to ride 'em. Now I did some surfing camps some years ago in France, but we did not get too much explanation there what to do, just take a board and go figure it out. So that really sucked compared to this.
The Australians take surfing way more serious then the French. It's a way of life here as compared to in France. We learned the different types of waves, the tides and the ocean bottom and how it influences the waves, we learned about curls and rip curls, righthanders, lefthanders and general board control.
The parties were not too shabby either since most of the folks ended up pretty smashed night after night. Especially Tuesday night was big since the second group arrived too and the general programme was "drinking games". We were complete and ready to kick-off the week. There were about 70-80 of us. Result: bad end :-P Or depends how you see it of course :-)
We stayed on some sort of old farm with cabbana's spread around the domain and a central cabbana with swimming pool and a large room for eating, partying and bar etc. The domain was filled with kangooroos, possums and probably snakes too. For more insight I refer to some of the pictures on facebook.
We drove the little bus back and forth everyday to different beaches, most of which quite deserted and people-less. Good for making a fool out of yourself while learning :)
On the fourth day we moved to a new sleeping place to surf our final day. I guess it's too much writing to explain everything that happened, so to sum things up: lots of new people, lots of surfing - almost every time after a hangover - and lots of beer, sangia, goon and other tasty crap.
Highlight of the whole camp: Surfing is THE medicine for hangover :)
Once in Byron Bay the group spread out to many hostels, some of them leaving Byron and others staying for a few more days of partying, surfing, tanning, hiking, or whatever you wanna do. The memorable ones I have on facebook so I will skip mentioning names of people i've met :)
In Byron the first day I arrived in a cool "island resort" in the Arts Factory, surrounded by mosquitos, reptiles and weird-looking black chicken-like creatures with red heads. Seemed like a combination of a chicken, a turkey and a vulture. They looked like birds of death lol :P ugly as hell and they could kinda fly a little bit since they got into the trees too (unlike chickens). A must-see when visiting Byron. I met up there with Sara again too. It was time for a few days of Byron Bay.
zondag 15 februari 2009
Swimming with sharks, sandsurfing, wild dolphins and Newcastle
So another wild and intense few days have passed. I'm exhausted and I even got sick for 2 days due to "overdoing". Typical me yeah I know. Started off with a trip to go swimming with sharks in a closed kinda aquarium thingie. The thing was filled with stingrays and different kinds of sharks. It was really a-w-e-s-o-m-e to feed these creatures and swim with them, hug them and touch them. One of em almost bit my finger off, but it was my own fault coz I wasnt wearing gloves. The stingrays can be hugged, theyre kinda like pets, comparable to a dog or something lol...grab em, hug em, tickle em and laugh. hahaha. Loved it.
Next was the sandsurfing, which was amazing were it not for all the f***ing rain... We got two rides down and it was soooo cool, but we got so wet soaked that we decided we wanted to run from the rain.
Real pity for the rain, or i'd loved to have a few more rides in the sand.
After lunch we went on a boat trip to see wild dolphins. It was too cold and rainy to get into the waternet with the dolphins :( but seeing them was quite an emotional experience. Magnificent creatures. Very hard to take pics but I managed to get a few, see facebook for that.
I skipped the second day of the safari because the evening party at Newcastle was too intense. Didnt miss too much, coz it was wine tasting anyway :) We have enough good wines in Europe. :P I met Sabi from germany which I like veeery "mUch"(with Irish accent) so we spent a few great days together in Newcastle. I also met two Irish guys at the YHA which are absolutely insane fun :D So we kinda partied all weekend together with the rest of the peeps from the Hostel, both in pubs, clubs as at some Aussies place, to that extent that I got sick from sitting in the soaking rain on the beach at 5 in the morning, paralized by alcohol, with way too much wind. Marcel and Barry are the two Irishman, world travellers of a similar kind like me. Hope to meet the guys again in Byron Bay for another ride. Hope Matilda (its the name of their van) gets fixed so they get there by next week.
We drank way too much "goon" which is actually cheap australian wine which gives you a headache the day after. Its like superpopular here.
Today was goodbye day since I had to leave Newcastle :( Had to say Bye to Sabi and all the great folks there. Sabi I hope youll have good times at your new place with Connie! Say hello to her from me!! Can't forget to mention Rebecca, which I called "CCG", Crazy Canadian Girl, coz she is completely f***ing crazy (hope she doesnt read this :P) and she's canadian. She started calling herself CCG so we were kinda cool :P And not to forget the annoying american girls with their high heels and tons of make up :P Their room looked like a hurricane had passed by. Women tssss :) The guys' rooms were so MUCH more cleaner hehe. See pics on facebook hrhrhr. Tomorrow starts my surfcamp so ill prolly be away and offline for some time surfing between all the sharks that started to appear here lately. But no worries mates! We'll be fine ;)
Being back in Sydney today I felt kinda bit lonely/homesick for a few hours. It's a shock to be alone again after the intense days in Newcastle.
Newcastle really rocked. With such bad weather and so few things to do we had an absolutely great time. But the rain started getting to me in the end (and so did my cold).
Looking forward to Skydiving in Byron Bay :-)
Anyway...let the adventure continue. :D
And remember...No Worries Mates :-)
LOVE YOU GUYS!!!!!
Next was the sandsurfing, which was amazing were it not for all the f***ing rain... We got two rides down and it was soooo cool, but we got so wet soaked that we decided we wanted to run from the rain.
Real pity for the rain, or i'd loved to have a few more rides in the sand.
After lunch we went on a boat trip to see wild dolphins. It was too cold and rainy to get into the waternet with the dolphins :( but seeing them was quite an emotional experience. Magnificent creatures. Very hard to take pics but I managed to get a few, see facebook for that.
I skipped the second day of the safari because the evening party at Newcastle was too intense. Didnt miss too much, coz it was wine tasting anyway :) We have enough good wines in Europe. :P I met Sabi from germany which I like veeery "mUch"(with Irish accent) so we spent a few great days together in Newcastle. I also met two Irish guys at the YHA which are absolutely insane fun :D So we kinda partied all weekend together with the rest of the peeps from the Hostel, both in pubs, clubs as at some Aussies place, to that extent that I got sick from sitting in the soaking rain on the beach at 5 in the morning, paralized by alcohol, with way too much wind. Marcel and Barry are the two Irishman, world travellers of a similar kind like me. Hope to meet the guys again in Byron Bay for another ride. Hope Matilda (its the name of their van) gets fixed so they get there by next week.
We drank way too much "goon" which is actually cheap australian wine which gives you a headache the day after. Its like superpopular here.
Today was goodbye day since I had to leave Newcastle :( Had to say Bye to Sabi and all the great folks there. Sabi I hope youll have good times at your new place with Connie! Say hello to her from me!! Can't forget to mention Rebecca, which I called "CCG", Crazy Canadian Girl, coz she is completely f***ing crazy (hope she doesnt read this :P) and she's canadian. She started calling herself CCG so we were kinda cool :P And not to forget the annoying american girls with their high heels and tons of make up :P Their room looked like a hurricane had passed by. Women tssss :) The guys' rooms were so MUCH more cleaner hehe. See pics on facebook hrhrhr. Tomorrow starts my surfcamp so ill prolly be away and offline for some time surfing between all the sharks that started to appear here lately. But no worries mates! We'll be fine ;)
Being back in Sydney today I felt kinda bit lonely/homesick for a few hours. It's a shock to be alone again after the intense days in Newcastle.
Newcastle really rocked. With such bad weather and so few things to do we had an absolutely great time. But the rain started getting to me in the end (and so did my cold).
Looking forward to Skydiving in Byron Bay :-)
Anyway...let the adventure continue. :D
And remember...No Worries Mates :-)
LOVE YOU GUYS!!!!!
zondag 8 februari 2009
Sydney
Sydney is HoT!
Nothing but positive vibes coming from this city. I especially loved the nightlife. Huge amounts of hot chicks (read: beautiful girls) and a plethora of night clubs. Perfect city for going out and pick up for whoever is into that. (not me tho :P) Darling harbour is a wonderful place and I could easily spend my whole day there and discover new stuff all the time. Actually darling harbour is what I liked the most. The opera house is nothing special, just another overhyped must-see. Chinatown is really cool too! I enjoyed walking around there. Feels like your in Asia and not in Australia. I'm at Bondi beach now. Its all surf here, so lets just do that and forget about all the rest. I dont feel like writing coz its too hot here in this room.
I have a week to fill before my surfcamp starts. Maybe i'll hit Melbourne for a few days and go down to Adelaide. Time for some beer now ^^
Dunno, who cares, as long as were rollin'
See ya ;) :p
Nothing but positive vibes coming from this city. I especially loved the nightlife. Huge amounts of hot chicks (read: beautiful girls) and a plethora of night clubs. Perfect city for going out and pick up for whoever is into that. (not me tho :P) Darling harbour is a wonderful place and I could easily spend my whole day there and discover new stuff all the time. Actually darling harbour is what I liked the most. The opera house is nothing special, just another overhyped must-see. Chinatown is really cool too! I enjoyed walking around there. Feels like your in Asia and not in Australia. I'm at Bondi beach now. Its all surf here, so lets just do that and forget about all the rest. I dont feel like writing coz its too hot here in this room.
I have a week to fill before my surfcamp starts. Maybe i'll hit Melbourne for a few days and go down to Adelaide. Time for some beer now ^^
Dunno, who cares, as long as were rollin'
See ya ;) :p
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