See the last few photos!
Thanks to all of you who visited and hopefully enjoyed my blog all the time! Thanks too to all the nice people we met during the trip: our trekking guide Bashu, the Singapore Scouts; Sarah, Jessica, Jennifer, Derrick, Grace, Jean, and all I forgot!, the very nice McBurneys from Sydney and last but not least the outback Scouts in Alice Springs.
Special thanks to my lector, the Anglist Leo!
Also thanks to my brother for uploading some home sent photos and to my parents for "some" financial support ;)
And finally, of course, thank you Johannes for your companionship!
Friday, 6 July 2007
Tuesday, 3 July 2007
Gemma Ham!
Exactly 3 hours to go - then the airport shuttle bus will pick me up here!
There is a small photo update in the Hawaii Album with some new pictures from my fishing tour and the Diamond Head. Unfortunately, Paris Hilton is having her vacation on another island of Hawaii, so I could not tell her how much people in Austria love her ;)
See ya soon!
There is a small photo update in the Hawaii Album with some new pictures from my fishing tour and the Diamond Head. Unfortunately, Paris Hilton is having her vacation on another island of Hawaii, so I could not tell her how much people in Austria love her ;)
See ya soon!
Sunday, 1 July 2007
Hawai'i - Last Stop!
Here we go! Hawaii (accurate spelling "Hawai'i" - wiki) in the "Aloha State" is the final part of my journey.
Well, there is not much to tell about it. It's just Hawaii! :)
Because I am not 21 yet I am not allowed to buy beer or any other alcoholic drink here. But as I am not dumb I found another way to enjoy some delicious American "Gerstensaft"! Thanks to Jarrod from Melbourne!
By the way, if you thought, Americans are wimps because they drink light beer, that's not true! "Light beer" means that there are less calories in the beer. So it has nothing to do with the percentage of alcohol.
If you ever plan to go to Hawaii, hire a car or be rich enough to pay for taxis. You can take the bus as well, but you will have to anticipate (rechnen mit) that it takes a long time. Yesterday I took the bus from Waikiki to the Water Adventure Park which is about 20 miles beeline (Luftlinie) and it took me more than 2 hours. However, the bus is very cheap: 2 bucks - wherever you go.
I tried body board surfing today and it was really cool! You should just be aware of the sharp coral reef which is very short below the water surface, especially at low tide (Ebbe). So if you see someone walking along the beach bleeding from some small injuries of his body he is certainly a surfer :)
Keep in mind to see the newest album Hawaii - with "special" coconut-dressed ladies!
Well, there is not much to tell about it. It's just Hawaii! :)
Because I am not 21 yet I am not allowed to buy beer or any other alcoholic drink here. But as I am not dumb I found another way to enjoy some delicious American "Gerstensaft"! Thanks to Jarrod from Melbourne!
By the way, if you thought, Americans are wimps because they drink light beer, that's not true! "Light beer" means that there are less calories in the beer. So it has nothing to do with the percentage of alcohol.
If you ever plan to go to Hawaii, hire a car or be rich enough to pay for taxis. You can take the bus as well, but you will have to anticipate (rechnen mit) that it takes a long time. Yesterday I took the bus from Waikiki to the Water Adventure Park which is about 20 miles beeline (Luftlinie) and it took me more than 2 hours. However, the bus is very cheap: 2 bucks - wherever you go.
I tried body board surfing today and it was really cool! You should just be aware of the sharp coral reef which is very short below the water surface, especially at low tide (Ebbe). So if you see someone walking along the beach bleeding from some small injuries of his body he is certainly a surfer :)
Keep in mind to see the newest album Hawaii - with "special" coconut-dressed ladies!
Thursday, 28 June 2007
Thursday, 21 June 2007
Uluru Tour Photos
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Yesterday night we arrived in Mission Beach. Again we heard people saying things like this: "Usually the weather is very nice at this time of the year." Well, usually :) They told us that we are lucky that it is - as an exception compared to the last two weeks - not raining today. However, the season should be dry right now.
As a result of the rough sea the ships and boats do not leave the harbor. So we do not know if we can do a Great Barrier Reef tour. To heck with it!* Meanwhile we will try to get some crocodile meat or kill an emu ourselves for dinner.
*[Afraid to say the h-e-double hockeystick word? - Lektor]
As a result of the rough sea the ships and boats do not leave the harbor. So we do not know if we can do a Great Barrier Reef tour. To heck with it!* Meanwhile we will try to get some crocodile meat or kill an emu ourselves for dinner.
*[Afraid to say the h-e-double hockeystick word? - Lektor]
Tuesday, 19 June 2007
A F---ing Big Country
That's the way the typical Outback-Australian would say it. And it's true: Australia is even larger than whole Europe. To get from the middle of the country (Alice Springs) to the east coast (Mission Beach) it takes us more than 24 hours with the bus - breaks excluded!
What we did the last few days:
Since we arrived in Alice Springs on June 13th, we stayed at the Scout Hall until yesterday. We got a lot more than we expected: a heater, a TV set (Australians call it "telly"), a kitchen with a stove. And the best was that it was free! Thanks again to the Outbackscouts and also thanks again to our host family in Sydney - the McBurneys - who lend us sleeping bags and a tent. This will save us a lot of money!
Alice Springs is a small city with about 28,000 inhabitants but also the largest city in central Australia (wiki). There is a hill from the top of which you have a nice view of the whole city. We were advised not to climb any of the other hills because most of the drunk people gather there, especially during the night.
Yesterday we finished the 3 day Uluru tour (link -> Photo Gallery -> 16th June 2007). It was expensive, but GREAT! Our tourguide Nat was - in my point of view - THE typically Outback-Australian. A three-day beard, very nice, very tall and, of course, very vulgar :)
He told us a lot about the Aboriginal culture, how they used to live before the white men came and which problems they have to face since they settled here. With this knowledge our group decided not to climb the Uluru, because Aboriginals do not like that.
We spent the nights in so called "swags" - some kind of sleeping bag cover - around the campfire with millions of stars above us. And some beer, of course! It was just the perfect combination of sight seeing, walking and having be.. uhm fun! ;)
However, my journey draws to a close. On the 27th of June I will leave Johannes in the most dangerous country and head for Honolulu, where I arrive on June 26th.
- Time to think -
The answer: date line (wiki). That was the reason why we decided to go east, and not west. You get an "additional" day, yeeehaw!
I will spend 5 days on the islands where ladies hide their breasts with coconuts. Then, finally, I depart on the 3rd of July and arrive on the 4th in Vienna! But until then I hope my image of the dancing coconut ladies isn't just a cliche.
What we did the last few days:
Since we arrived in Alice Springs on June 13th, we stayed at the Scout Hall until yesterday. We got a lot more than we expected: a heater, a TV set (Australians call it "telly"), a kitchen with a stove. And the best was that it was free! Thanks again to the Outbackscouts and also thanks again to our host family in Sydney - the McBurneys - who lend us sleeping bags and a tent. This will save us a lot of money!
Alice Springs is a small city with about 28,000 inhabitants but also the largest city in central Australia (wiki). There is a hill from the top of which you have a nice view of the whole city. We were advised not to climb any of the other hills because most of the drunk people gather there, especially during the night.
Yesterday we finished the 3 day Uluru tour (link -> Photo Gallery -> 16th June 2007). It was expensive, but GREAT! Our tourguide Nat was - in my point of view - THE typically Outback-Australian. A three-day beard, very nice, very tall and, of course, very vulgar :)
He told us a lot about the Aboriginal culture, how they used to live before the white men came and which problems they have to face since they settled here. With this knowledge our group decided not to climb the Uluru, because Aboriginals do not like that.
We spent the nights in so called "swags" - some kind of sleeping bag cover - around the campfire with millions of stars above us. And some beer, of course! It was just the perfect combination of sight seeing, walking and having be.. uhm fun! ;)
However, my journey draws to a close. On the 27th of June I will leave Johannes in the most dangerous country and head for Honolulu, where I arrive on June 26th.
- Time to think -
The answer: date line (wiki). That was the reason why we decided to go east, and not west. You get an "additional" day, yeeehaw!
I will spend 5 days on the islands where ladies hide their breasts with coconuts. Then, finally, I depart on the 3rd of July and arrive on the 4th in Vienna! But until then I hope my image of the dancing coconut ladies isn't just a cliche.
Friday, 15 June 2007
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