On the road again med mera plats i bilen

Hej pa er! Nu har vi lamnat Melbourne och ar pa vag uppfor ostkusten mot Australiens tredje storsta stad Brisbane. Emma lamnade oss pa sondagen och det kanns ganska konstigt att plotsligt ha sa mycket mer plats i bilen. Ganska skont ar det i och for sig att kunna vanda sig nar man sover men vi saknar dej Emma, man tycker hela tiden att nagon fattas! :S

Denna vecka har vi kort, kort och KORT! Men mellan varven har vi ocksa hunnit se mycket! Det har (typiskt nog efter att Emma for hem) varit soligt och varmt och man har hunnit catcha lite bruna och hitta manga fina strander :) Vi har bl.a. besokt/campat/atit i staderna Sale, Lake Entrance, Eden, Tuross Head, Goulburn och an en gang kort igenom Blue Mountains. Kartan var ar uppdaterad om nagon av er vill ta er en titt pa var rutt. Tuross Head hade den finaste strand vi har sett i Aussina hittils och ett plus var det ju ocksa att vi var de anda dar :) Vagorna var sa stora att man inte slapp langre ut i vattnet an till knahojd men roligt var det att fa leka lite ;) Julian tappade sina simshorts och vi tankte nastan inte hitta dem :D

Igar kom vi till Newcastle som ar en mindre stad norr om Sydney. Staden finns bland Lonely Planets "must see places 2011" och var verkligen en fin och mysig liten stad. Vi hittade en parkeringsplats ovanfor beachen och var snabbt overens om att vi skulle sova dar. Fran parkeringsplatsen hade man en otrolig utsikt over stranden och havet, man skulle bra ha kunnat stanna dar en langre tid! Vi hade ost och vin kvall utanfor bilen och borjade denna dag med en morgonlenkki pa beachen. Detta ar forst livet!

Nu skall jag ge mej ivag och hitta Julian. Vi skall planera hur vi skall kora och vad vi skall ata, perus settii! ;)

PS. Jag har ocksa kort bil nu ett par ganger och har inte krockat! Den forsta rondellen var hemsk men nu borjar man sa smaningom vanja sig, hehe!

C U L8TR!<3

Gorgeous Melbourne

Melbourne, with it's unique architecture, their art, it's colorful buildings, the Melbournian bars, the friendly people, graffiti filled walls & their Grand Prix circuit is a city we found to love :). But was it better then Sydney or can u compare them??? The tree of us has a combined impression that Melbourne is less busy (normally) & the people is far more relaxed then Sydney, but then again Sydney is warmer & has the beaches near.

So u can't really compare them, since they are totally different cities. In Melbourne u don't have the post card pictures like the Opera House, Harbor bridge & bondi beach but u have stuff like graffiti, grand prix & Melbournian cafe's. A cultural hot spot with bar, restaurant and shopping delights is what Melbourne is. So we are not comparing them and simply just agreeing that we like them both, but it's really about what u want to do!!. Eks, if u want the beach life u choose Sydney, but for shopping & life u choose Melbourne :)
Anyway, Melbourne is Australia's 2 biggest city (pop 4 m) & the city is clean, friendly & well organized :). With Melbourne we found to love the fact that it's a city with a wide specter. Meaning that u can do anything here. Like downtown for tourism related stuff, take a walk down the narrow graffiti filled street's , see break dancing on the street, bar's & cafe's everywhere & if u need the beach just drive down to the great ocean road. (1 hour drive)

We can't come without mention the Formula grand prix circuit that make Melbourne go crazy for a weekend each year. We just happen to be here at that weekend. :) Just simply awesome :) :) :). Too bad the prize for the weekend race where to expensive & the fact that we had made plans for some sightseeing & drinking so we decided to just go and see the qualification rounds on Friday. Witch was an experience that words can't explain. For u that are interested,

Sebastian Vettel (Red Bul) won the race & 2'nd came Lewis Hamilton (McLaren). The circuit had so much to offer, activities like water skiing, a jet ski (vattenskoter) show, break dancing, motocross show & so much more. A theme park for adults witch there where many of. People from all over the world gathered for the circuit, making the city go crazy for 4 day's. A great experience that we will remember that for the rest of our life. :)
Other then that Melbourne offered us some sightseeing (the sightseeing spot's u can see in the picture file), but one that we want to mention is the Eureka tower
& had the most stunning view over Melbourne during night time. :)

The tower has this glass cave that takes u out away from the tower where u are standing on glass 300 meter over the ground. :) scary shit !!! Some other things we saw where one of the biggest stadiums in Australia, the MCG cricket stadium with it's 85 000 seats. A lot of sights that would make this plot be endless. So we rather sum up the funny, nice stuff that gave us good memories. :) hehe

The next day after some more sightseeing we ended up on a Mexican restaurant called Taco Bill with Mexican sombreros on our head doing shots of tequila & drinking the biggest margarita we ever has seen. Nice restaurant that was hidden away on the 2'nd floor & crowded. It where full when we came & still full when we left. People arriving all the time with no tables standing empty.

Good evening, but u could tell that it where a long time since we did tequila. Even the bartender came & told us that we are wasted & that she wished she could join us. hehe :) Into the street we ended trying as hard as we could to find our way back to the camping. We managed after maybe 3 km walk. hehe :)
Anyway, we (Betty & Julle) are still in Melbourne after Emma leaving us Sunday morning. & when u left Emma, the sun came out and we had an awesome sunset on the Docklands were we rented bikes & bicycled around Melbourne. Sorry Emma, but it will be sunny now for 4 days.... We will stay here for 1 more day we recond and from there we just see what happens cause now we don't have any plans or any place that we need to be at a .... :) nice feeling. No obligations and no worries. :) But have to split now, got some tanning to take care of. So thanx for this time & u will hear from us again soon. :) Just comment guys & thanx to all for the congratulations. :)

Ps. Emma have a nice trip back home, we miss u allready & for the rest of u that is thinking about visiting. Just come, u are welcome. Take care guys.

Great Ocean Road

Efter manga kilometers korande, fina foton och manga upplevelser rikare forstar vi varfor kustvagen vasterom Melbourne kallas Great Ocean Road. Vagen gar helt vid kusten och vyerna ar fantastiska. Man skulle kunna sitta hur lange som helst och titta pa vagorna som skoljer over de vida strandera. Manga av de backpackers som hyr en camingbil kommer och kor langs vagen, den ar verkligen sevard!

Trots att det kanns som om man skulle ha kort tusentals kilometer har vi anda hunnit med sevardheter och annat pa vagen. Vi har sett de 12 apostlarna (fina klippformationer), Aireys Inlet (en fyr), Apollo Bay, Johanna Beach och manga mindre stader som Lorne, Port Campbell och Geelong.

Vi har campat pa lagliga och mindre lagliga platser med var kara Draco (campingbilen) och an sa lange har det i alla fall inte uppstatt nagra problem :D Det varsta som kan handa om en polis kor forbi och marker att man inte har parkerat laglit ar att de vacker upp en om man sover och sager att man maste flytta pa sig. Det var ganska komiskt for tva natter sen nar vi overnattade pa Apollo Bay. Vi hade bestamt oss att parkera gratis och hittade en jatte kiva plats nara beachen och markte forst nar vi instalerat oss att vi star brevid en "no overnight parking" skylt.. Vi orkade inte flytta pa oss och sa vi tog de chill och gick och hyrde en leffa. Nar vi kom tillbaka hade tva campingbilar parkerat brevid oss och nagra timmar senare var hela parkingplatsen fylld med bilar :D Om en polis nu sku ha kommit forbi skulle han/hon helt sakert ha suckat djup och perklat sig over turisterna, hehe!

Vi har haft lite otur med vadret de senaste dagarna (till er gladje ;D) men har anda haft det roligt

och borjat vanja oss med campinglivet. Man sover forvanansvart bra i bilen fast vi ar tre stycken och allt funkar. Om vi inte har varit nara vanner fore resan sa ar vi det nu i alla fall :D (Happas Emma inte nu gar och berattar alltfor manga horrorstoryn om oss nar hon kommer hem!)

Man sparar bra med pengar nar man kokkar sjalv och sa ar det ganska kiva att man har hela hemmet med sig nar man kor omkring! Man kanske inte njuter i fulla drag efter att alla tre varit pa sin beachlenkki och drar in sina svettiga klader och ett kilo sand i bilen men sant har vi for lange sen lart oss att leva med.

Julian ar faktist den stadigaste av oss kan jag beratta ;)

Emma fick testa kora i vanstertrafiken for nagra dagar sen och man kande sig faktist ganska sa saker i hennes skjuts. Forsta kurvan var rolig, istallet for att satta pa blinken satt hon pa vindrutetorkaren och sa glomde hon att vanda over huvudtaget :D Men de hur ju till sporten! Sjalv har jag inte annu testat men nu mast man val gora det har i nagot skede!

Men joo, Great Ocean Road ar definitivt att rekommendera! Man ser kangurun fran bilen och det ar bara sa fint! Vi kan nog saga att vi kort vagen ordentligt eftersom vi tva ganger har mastat fara tillbaka pga. att nagon glomt nagot efter oss, hehe! Forst glomde Julian sin kannykka i Port Campbell (vi markte det efter 1 h korande) och nasta dag glomde Betty sina flipflops utanfor bilen nar Julian for ivag med en rivstart med dorrarna oppna (vi markte det efter 20 min kornade) :D Nu happas vi att Emma haller reda pa sina saker!

Men nu ska vi fara och laga hamburgare.. Ha det fettskont och trosta er med att det regnar har ;)

G'Day Mate

A cold Friday morning in the Aussie's we jumped in the spaceship van & set the navigators (Emma & Betty) towards a town called Etchuca and our friends Aaron & Hendrika witch we met in the jungle in Lao :) :) U just got to love how u meet people here. Anyway, Etchuca we found quite easy and after about 3 hours driving we found ourselves in the middle of the city. Yeahy :) After some guiding we found Aaron's house. :)

The house looked amazing with a huge backyard where we could play with Koby (Their dog), have a Aussie style BBQ and a place where u could sit down and enjoy life & the beautiful sunset.The sunset view they have is like a picture. It's beautiful and probably add value to the property :) They also have this little billabong in their backyard witch makes it perfect.

The billabong is also a place for Koby to cool down after playing nonstop for 12 hours with the ball. Amazing ball enthusiast :). Aaron & Hendrika are a friendly & nice couple that enjoy living in the beautiful city Etchuca. Aaron owns a 2 hectare property where they grow some fruits such as bananas, apples, herbs, and some others that we can't remember. Sorry guy's :) hehe The property is perfectly located just 10 min from the city center and far out enough so that u have the green surroundings around u.
Etchuca is a small town with it's 14 000 inhabitants, but a nice one it is. Spes since we had two locals to hang with that could show us around and tell us everything that we needed to know about the town :). And also took us places where we would have had to pay 100 euro p.p to see.

Like the river cruising in Aaron's dad's boat, out to the outback looking for kangaroos and an Aussie style BBQ. :) They all where awesome & for us priceless since we probably wouldn't have experienced that. So cheers guys :) The river cruise was nice, since the sun was shining. Hendrika had packed a pick nick bag with food & beer that we could enjoy while sighseeing :) How cool is that........ Amazing day on the river in Australia. :) Thanks again guy's for showing us the real Aussie.

Etchuca is known for their paddle steamers and the Port of Echuca. But also for tourism. Those two is a mayor attraction along with the weather,the friendly people and the atmosphere the town give u. :) If u are headed to Australia u have to visit Etchuca. :) Was that good enough marketing for Etchuca Aaron ????? We did so much in Etchuca and one of the best where the Aussie style BBQ. We had Australian Dampa as a starter, Australian Sausages and baked potatoes with cream fresh & cheese on as a main course and ice cream & some apple thing that was soo good..... And all the food was made on the fire in the backyard watching the sunset. :) :) Hope one day that we could do the same for u guys in Norway or Finland course u are more then welcome to visit us.... :)

From Etchuca our journey went towards the great ocean road. The road's are fine and sometimes u feel like u re the only one driving on the roads. Just u and the outback :) Witch is nice but a bit boring and spec if the road are 10 km straight on without a curve at all. I mean at all, just strait forward as long as u can see. :( Fucking boring I say..... But anyway, we desided to spend one night in a place close to the beach and not far away from the great ocean road. The place we found was awesome, on the beach with amazing view and landscape. The place was called something like Johannas beach camping and had a endless beach with huge ass waves.

We have left about 1600 km behind us as u might be able to see on the map to the right and now we find our self down in south east Australia. In a small tourist town called Port Campbell. Here we might stay for the night since the weather isn't that great, but anyway have to run. So thanx for now and I am sorry that the post where a bit long. Take care guys. Cheers

Btw. Today it's my and Jenny' birthday :) Cheers Jenny, happy b'day to u.. We are getting old aren't we..... The girls made me breakfast and I got some presents this morning. Thanx guys, u are the best. :)

Roadtrip i Australien

The visiting gueststar is back again :) Det blev sa mycket att skriva efter flera dagar utan internet att jag fick aran att skriva pa bloggen igen!

Pa torsdagen steg vi upp lite tidigare an vanligt, packade de enorma rinkorna, checkade ut fran hostellen och akte ivag for att hamta hyrbilen. Vi tog en taxi sista biten for att hitta fram.
-"Could you take us to Cleadon street?"
-"No problem!" sa taxi chaufforen och korde ivag. Sedan tog han fram telefonboken och borjade soka pa kartan medan han korde. Det tog en stund fore han hade uppfattat vagnamnet ratt och hittat ratt karta, medan han upprepade sitt "no problem" ett antal ganger :D Men vi hittade fram till sist - till Spaceship Wagons.

Bilen ar jattecool. Den ar orange och heter Draco. Tre personer ryms bra och sitta nar man kor. Bilen har radio och dvd, kylbox, kokplatta, bord och 2 stolar. Nar man ska sova oppnar man bakluckan och satter fast en taltduk runt, sa far man mera plats och luft. Pa bredden har vi kanske 120 cm, sa det blir ratt cosy att sova tre stycken dar :D :D

Vart forsta mal pa roadtripen var Blue Mountains. Vi hittade faktiskt ut ur Sydney pa forsta forsoket! Lite yrt att kora pa vanster sida av vagen, men Julian klarar det bra :D Worst case scenario ar rondeller med flera filer :D

Framme i Blue Mountains stannade vi vid Wentworth Falls - ett stort vattenfall och helt sjukt tuffa landskap. Det var lite molnigt, perfekt vader att vandra omkring i men man sag kanske inte sa langt som man skulle ha viljat. Efter vattenfallet skulle vi se bergsformationen Tre Sisters, men da vi kom fram hade dimma krupit in over bergen och vi sag ingenting alls. Bestamde oss for att soka en campingplats i narheten och fortsatta turista nasta morgon.

Hittade ett bra stalle som tyvarr var ganska dyrt. Nar vi hade parkerat var blev dimman sa tat att man sag hogst 10 meter framfor sig. Vi sprang en lank i dimman och tvattade lite klader. Medan vi vantade pa tvatten satt vi och spelade Uno i tvattrummet eftersom det regnade sa mycket utomhus. Sedan baddade vi in oss for natten! Vi sov alla gott trots att det var trangt, det var bara att synka sig da man ville vanda sida - om en vander sig far alla vanda pa sig :D

Nasta morgon var dimman lika tat som kvallen fore, sa vi at frukost och akte vidare. Hittade ut ur byn trots dimman! Vi tog oss mot Jenolan Caves, droppstens grottor i Blue Mountains, som gar bra att se ocksa da det regnar. Vagen dit slingrade sig upp och ner langs bergen - med betoning pa slingrade sig. Dimman tatnade i uppforsbackarna och lattade i dalarna. Men grottorna var jattefina och definitivt sevarda! 340 miljoner ar gamla och klassade bland varldens vackraste.

Efter grottorna fortsatte vi norrut mot Melbourne. Vi stannade och kokade var forsta lunch i bilen - spaghetti och maletkottsas, mums! Det blev en dag med mycket korande - vagen ner till Melbourne var betydligt langre an vi hade raknat med :D Vi stannade en stund i huvudtaden Canberra och sag bland annat parlamentshuset. Canberra var en stilig stad, med ca 350 000 invanare. Men internetcafeer fanns det inte :D Sa vi fortsatte och korde i nagra timmar tills vi stannade pa en "rest area" vid vagen for att sova.



Den har natten sov vi inte riktigt lika gott, med trafiken nara och ett gang festande manniskor bredvid. Julian led mest och fick inte sa manga timmar somn. Betty och jag sov gott tills Julian borjade smalla i bildorrarna. Vi undrade vad som var pa gang, och pa morgonen berattade han att nagon (jag) hade lamnat en halvaten chokladstang i framsatet - som hade dragit till sig en skock myror, flugor och spindlar. Sa han fick stada lite mitt i natten :D Pa morgonen var det en grym vackning nar Julian som hade varit vaken lange ville ivag och jagade upp oss ur sangen fore solen hade gatt upp :D

Sedan styrde vi kosan mot Echuca - mera om det skriver Julian snart! Tack for ordet igen! See you later guys! :)

Sista dagarna i Sydney

Tjenare tjenare! Vi har inte forsvunnit, vi har bara haft sa mycket att gora hela tiden att vi inte haft tid att skriva.. Dessutom ar det lite svarare att hitta ett netcafe nu nar vi ar on the road again ;) Men jag borjar med att beratta vad vi gjorde i Sydney de sista dagarna!

Som Julian namde i det forra inlagget var vi flickor (Emppuliina och Betty) och shoppa pa mandagen. Vi googlade och hittade en stor outlet lite utanfor Sydney och bestamde oss for att det var ett maste att besoka! I Sydney centrum ar allt anda ganska sa dyrt.. Julian orkade inte komma med, vilken kille skulle nu orka med tva skvallrande flickor som har svart och bestamma sig vilken bikini som passar bast :D Vi hittade till och med dit pa forsta forsoket, australienarna ar sa ljuvliga och oppna manniskor att det bara ar att fraga om man e osaker. Outleten var super, dar fanns alla mojliga butiker som t.ex. Ripcurl, Billabong, Henri Lloyd och en massa andra lokala butiker och cafe'er. Vi shoppade nastan ordagrant efter taktiken "shop til you drop", Emma dock mer an jag (betty) eftersom hon kom till Sydney med en tom rinka - Smart flicka hon den dar emma!

Annars har vi gjort lite till sightseeing, vi har picnicat i Botanic Garden, fotat Operahuset fran alla mojliga vinklar, gatt over Harbour Bridge, catchat bruna pa bade Bondi och Manly beach mm.

Emma hann redan tidigare checka ut Sydneys nattliv med sina rumskamrater och en gang har vi alla tre varit och festat. Emma var inte pavag ut den forsta gangen men blev overtalad att komma med av sina "roomies" eftersom hela hostellet var pavag ut till en bar kallad World Bar. Baren ags av en som jobbar pa emmas forra hostell Blue Parrot och det var samma jappe som hade fickat att alla pa hostellet skulle ut tillsammans. Emma hade en jatterolig och verkligen spontan kvall och diggade det lilla extra att baren serverade drinkarna i tekannor i stallet for drinkglas :P

Sista kvallen fore vi skulle fa var bil och lamna Sydney bakom oss tankte vi ocksa att det fanns orsak att festa. Var hjalp-dykarinstruktor och kompis Jesse fran Koh Tao (the guy with the hair) var i Sydney sa vi kontaktade honom och han bjod oss gensat med pa fest nara Bondi Beach. Vi hade tankt kopa en Goon (4 l billig dunk med vin som alla turister talar om) men nar vi fragade efter det i den lokala Alkon fick vi veta att alla "Skrap-vin" i 4 l dunkar gar under namnet Goon och dricks bara av hemlosa manniskor och turister som vill ha en billig fylla.. Denna komiska incident gjorde att vi inte tacktes kopa nagon Goon, sa vi nojde oss i stallet med ol och cider :D Kvallen blev trots allt jatte lyckad! Vi grundade hos en av Jesses vanner och for sen ut pa en bar (Bondi hotel var det visst?!) dar alla fran Bondi hanger pa onsdagar. Det var super att se Jesse igen! Han var samma gamla polare men han hade flatat sitt har sa att det inte mer stod ut at alla hall. Same same but different! Jag som just hade sagt at Emma att vi mast kanna pa hans har :D Julian tankte dra oss vidare pa jatkon till en stripklub i Kings Kross men som tur slapp vi det. Jesse kommer vi annu att traffa under resan, vi fick veta att han kommer att vara i Cairns samtidigt som oss! Jihaa! Han lovade att ta oss pa pub crawl nar vi kommer dit, far se hur det blir med det hehe!

Vi satter bilder och skriver mer imorgon! Da far ni ocksa hora alla saftiga detaljer om var roadtrip och var vi har gjort efter Sydney ;)

Cheers mates<3

Love Sydney

Hello blog visitors :)
We are back again, but this time we have Emma by our side. For two weeks she will join our adventure and take part in the daily day action. :) As Emme (our visiting gueststar) mentioned in the last post we are now in Sydney and have been for the last 4 days. And it's been amayzing :) So much we have managed to do and this day has not even started yet. Emma mentioned a lot of our activities the last couple of days so I will start by introdusing Sydney for u guys and then inlighten u in our daily activities. :) Sydney with it's 4.5 million inhabbitant's is the largest and most popular city in Australia, but not the capital for u that did'nt know that. What is the capital?? 5 bucks to the one that get's it. :) Sydney is know for commerce, arts, fashion, culture, entertainment, music, education and tourism.

With the Opera house as it's icon and the beutiful Sydney harbour as the tourism mekka. Syney as all other big city's in the world is devided by inner cities. Like Kings cross (Rodberget back in Helsinki), St. James (Toolo), Circular Quay (Manhatten in New York) and so on. Anyway our hostel/hostel's are located between Kings Cross and Potts Points. It's the red dott on the map to the right. Kings cross is commonly known as the red light districthere in Sydney. Party place with all u need, like several strip clubs, homeless people and all that.

But I mean we like it, supermarket, laundry, internet cafe next door, its close to a metro station and it's perfected located if u want to have a walk or a run. The Royal Botanic Garden just 15 min away with it's amayzing view point over Syney harbour and the opera house. Also it's not far away from the city, bondi beach or the airport. So it's perfect for us. :)Did we mention that it's the red light district?? hehe u know what that means don't u....

The last 2 days the weather as been awesome so we have been chilling on the beach, first day we spent at bondi beach and then yesterday on manly beach.

Chill days just trying to get the tan to come back again. :) And it has allready, even our white finnish friend got some collor. hehehe Bad thing about manly beach for us was the fact that it was sunday so everyone had the day of and wanted to go to the beach so it was really crouded and we spent about 1 and a half hour getting there. And a lot more on the way back since the girls wanted to do some shopping. :( hehe On the way back to the hostel's we stopped by our local pizza place for some italian pizza. Great pizza and with excellent service. The guy joked around, sat down besides us when we ordered and so on. We even got to draw on our table with collor pens and all. Hehehe nice place :)

Today the girls went shopping so I got the time to hit the gym and update myself on the car rental agreement and where to get our space vagon. :) Soon we will hit the road up to Aaron and Hendrica's place in Melbourne for some water-skiing. Loking foreward to that. :) But yeah this is it for this time, we still have about 3 more days in Sydney so we will visit the imax theater, maby do the Sydney harbour bridge climb and just enjoy the city on it's best.

So take care guys & girls. We will see u again and thanx for reading our blog :)
Cheers

Gueststar in Australia

Halsningar fran Sydney och the visiting gueststar - Emma! Jag fick den stora äran att skriva ett inlagg har pa bloggen :)

Allting borjade med att Bettina och Julian skrev "kom och halsa pa!" i ett eller flera mail. Nar jag sedan insag att jag har tid och mojlighet att fara, sa gjorde jag ett litet impulsköp - en resa till Australien!

Jag anlande till Sydney en natt efter B & J, tidigt pa fredag morgon efter ungefar 25 timmars resande. Resan gick bra, jag sov mesta delen av flygtiden! Framme i Sydney tog jag tåg och tunnelbana till Kings Cross station, dar B & J motte mig

Forsta dagen var mulen - jag svettades och B & J tyckte det var kallt. Vi satsade pa att se oss omkring i centrum av Sydney under dagen. Vi besokte bland annat Sydney Tower,

Australian Maritime Museum och tog en tur med färjan runt udden med operahuset. Lite hann vi shoppa ocksa! Dagens basta var nog en paus med drink i solen vid hamnen. En liten corona smakar alltid godt :)

Efter mycket gående under dagen åkte vi tillbaka till vara hotell for att sova. B & J har ett fint rum pa ett hotell, och jag hade en sang i ett 8 personers rum pa ett backpacker hostel en bit ifran. Nar jag kom in till rummet var dar fullt med folk och jag insag att jag nog inte skulle fa sova riktigt annu :D Det var bara att joina mina festande room mates. Efter en timme gick de flesta ivag till någon bar, men några blev kvar pa rummet. Jag krop upp i min sang och låg dar och pratade med killarna och lyssnade pa deras chilliga musik tills jag somnade.

Idag har Betty varit lite däckad av dalig mage, sa hon blev och vilade pa rummet. Jag och Julian tog en tur till Bondai Beach. Det var helt ljuvligt - sol, sand, surfingtavlingar och megavågor att simma i! Och som den bleka finne jag for tillfallet annu ar, sa klarade jag faktiskt av flera timmar i solen utan att bränna mig! Nu har vi gjort oss fardiga for att kolla in Sydneys nattliv, och nu ar alla tre pa benen igen :)

Nu ska jag låta B & J ta over igen, tack for ordet! :)
Cheers mates!

Moderna skrapfria Singapore

Vi har nu varit i Singapore i tre dagar och vi kan inte saga annat an att vi diggar den har staden!! Singapore ar en modern och mycket ren stad dar det bor 4,8 miljoner manniskor. Man passar in pa ett annat satt an i asiens ovriga lander eftersom befolkningen ar mycket internationell och man ser mycket vasterlanningar da man ror sig pa stan. Dessutom ar allt mycket organiserat har, metronatet fungerar utmarkt och man behover inte hala tiden overtala taxichaufforerna att anvanda mataren och vara radd att man blir blast pa pengar - Sa skont!

Staden halls ren med hjalp av de stranga lagarna mot skrapande. Man far saftiga boter om man roker, ater eller dricker pa gatan eller pa anda allmanna platser. Jag vill inte ens tanka mej vad polisen skulle saga om man skulle kasta rosk pa marken ;) Det enda negativa med Singapore ar att det ar ganska mycket dyrare har i jamforelse med resten av Asien. Men man maste val sa smaningom borja vanja sig da det snart ar dags for Australien och Nya Zealand, hehe!

Vi tog metron fran flygfaltet (efter alla om och men!) for att vi hort att det ar det absolut basta och billigaste sattet. Sarah fungerade som var guide eftersom hon forr hade varit i Singapore. Vara vagar skiljdes anda efter en stund eftersom hon skulle till Chinatown medan vi skulle till Novena lite langre norrut. Novina visade sig vara en helt fin stad men runt vart hotell finns inte annat an lamp- och badrumsbutiker! :D Tur att det finns ett bra natcafe rakt over gatan och att metronatet gor det latt att rora sig overallt!

Forsta dagen har besokte vi Marina Bay som de flesta andra turister ocksa gor da de besoker Singapore. Vi sag bl.a. Singapore flyer (varldens hogsta pariserhjul, ca 165 m), casinot (tre skyskrapor med en bat pa toppen), artsience museum, Raffles Hotel (kant lyxhotell i Singapore), smakade pa drinken Singapore Sling och njot av den vackra vyerna over staden fran Swiss Hotel Singapore. Det var tufft att fa se Marina Bay bade dagstid och efter solnedgangen, det sag helt annorlunda ut. Singapore flyer ar definitivt ett maste om man besoker Singapore! Vyerna ar fantastiska och det var inte ens overdrivet dyrt, najs najs!

Igar traffade vi Sarah i Chinatown for att checka ut den stadsdelen ocksa. Som namnet sager bor det mest kineser i stadsdelen och det ar faktiskt som om man skulle komma till Kina da man kommer ut fran metron. Den kinesiska stilen syns i arkitekturen och bland alla de sma standen som saljer allt vad man kan tanka sig. Chinatown ar ett utmarkt stalle om man ar pa jakt efter suvenirer. Vi fick vara namn skrivna pa kinesiska och Julian fyndade en hogtalare till sin Ipod som vi kommer att ha mycket gladje av i Aussina nar vi har var campervan.

Vi hann ocksa till Bugis fore Sarah skulle aka mot flygfaltet. I Bugis skulle man ha kunnat spendera timmar pa shopping i det enorma kopcentret och pa den narliggande gatumarknaden. Vi kunde an en gang konstatera att det skulle ha varit bra med lite extra plats i rinkan, hehe! Sarah fick de sista suvenirerna kopta infor hemresan, Julian hittade sportklader som han lange sokt och Betty nojde sig med nagra armband och glass.

Idag var vi pa Singapore Zoo som ar kant for sitt "oppna koncept". Med detta menas att man i stallet for burar och stangsel anvander sig av vallgravar som skiljer at djuren fran sina askadare. Pa detta satt far man en kansla av att man faktist skulle vara i djungeln bland djuren. I djurparken finns 2500 olika djurarter sa det finns definitivt mycket att se pa det enorma regnskogsomradet. Vi sag vita tigrar, giraffer, kangurun, krokodiler, apor etc. Dessutom fick vi rida pa en elefant, se bade en rainforest show och en elefant working and play show. Det var roligt nar apor klattrade ovanfor vara huvuden, faglar flog genom publiken och elefanterna sprutade vatten pa oss ;) Vi tog sjukt mycket foton som ni far ta del av kanske redan i morgon! Mycket bilder har vi redan laddat upp fran Singapore, det ar bara att kolla in dem :)

I morgon skall vi troligtvis besoka Sentosa Island (om bara vadret tillater) och catcha lite bruna. I overmorgon bar det av mot kangurulandet dar nya aventyr och Emma vantar pa oss! Hall i hatten!

Leaving Bali

Remember what we wrote about the 4th and 5th of mars on the last post?? That they party and make so much noise on the 4 that the evil spirits leave and that the 5th its a silent day and that nothing is working what so ever..... Well, turns out that they turn off the banking system for the ATM's across the hole country as well as everything else. :) Go figure...

So this is where our trouble started. First of all for Sarah, the girl from somewhere in England that we met.

Non of us knew that the ATM would not work, so we didn't care to lift money since we where to be inside all day and where leaving the country in the morning. We woke up around 06:45 and had breakfast together when we realized that the ATM's weren't open yet. Shit Shit Shit I recon Sarah's thoughts where... :) What shall I do? Cause Sarah had like 30 000 Rp (around 2 euros) and the hotel room where about 400 000 (28 euro). A small different isn't??? So we asked several times when the ATM would open again and they all said 08:00 pm, and our flight where scheduled to leave for Singapore 09:10. Meaning that 08:00 is the latest we need to leave to the airport. Well, we had to leave earlier since we also needed cash and we thought that it where a better chance that the ATM would work at the airport. It has to, right?? So around 07:10 we left Sarah at the hotel agreed that we should do whatever we can to make them wait a little bit at the gate and at the airport for her. :)We even paid the asshole taxi driver a little bit more so that he would go back to the hotel and wait for her so that he could drive her directly to the airport. But guess what??? He just simply lied and took the extra money and took off. So no taxi was waiting for her.... Just sums up how much u can trust some people here........ :(

At the airport the trouble started for us :( When we came to the airport we started to think about the airport tax fee that we need to pay. 150 000 pr head and we had about 100 000 all together so we where in deep shit as well. And the ATM's still weren't working. So I (Julian) went inside to see if there where any place where we could get some money but nope, no help from nobody. :( So we found some money from Cambodia & Thailand that we could change but still it weren't enough for the both of us to travel. This is wen the funny part started, a security guard that saw our problem came and said that he would give us the money if we had something of interest for him.
We started thinking about what we could sell to him. I (Julian) offered him my electronic razor and my fake watch witch instantly fell in his attention. And Betty offered him a fake purse but he didn't pay attention to that. It where the watch he wanted.... :)

hehehehe so he asked how much and I told him the money so that we could leave the country. He thought long and hard and asked me all these questions of if the watch where water proof and how much I paid for it. :) Of cause I couldn't lie to him so I told him that it where a fake that I bought in Kuta and he called over several of his friends to get some opinion on the case. :) Betty where little bit afraid but they where friendly and not dangerous so it where fine. In the end this other guy told me to come with him and that he knew a place where I could get money. hmmm, little bit sketchy but I went along with him. Well inside the airport there where this guy how sold newspapers and some other souvenir stuff that told me that I could pay with card and get some money out. Awesome I thought.. :) Off cause I had to buy something and he also took 20 % for himself. Expensive but I mean what could we do........ So we got the money and where on our way to check in for the flight. We explained the situation to the guy at the counter for check in but he didn't seem to care that much but he would stay for 10 more minute... We started to get worried for Sarah cause she didn't answer her cell and no word at all from her at all. :(

Alright stay with me on this one. Back to 07:45 and to the hotel where we left Sarah. She where anxious and the clock seemed to go so slow. Like one minute where one hour, and by the time the clock got to 08:00 (witch where the time they said that the ATM would open) Sarah just told them that she needed to leave right away and that one of them simply had to come with her cause she is leaving. So one of the receptionist said that he would drive her to an ATM. So they went searching for a ATM and around 08:15 they found one. With the money on her she paid the guy and even got him to drive her to the airport. He did a Michael Shcumacher on her, the normal 15 min drive into a 7 minute drive so she actually made it just on time for the flight. :) Awesome felling and we where so happy the tree of us that we all made it :)

Well arrived in Singapore we had to go to customs. :) Random check up, witch where fine for us since we didn't have anything illegal with us, at least that's what we thought...... :( Cause what I (Julian) totally had forgotten about was the sling knife that I bought in Cambodia. So I was asked to open my backpack and show them the content of my backpack. Then the knife came to sight. :( Custom police told me to pick it up, lay it on the table and to keep my hands so that they could see them. After looking for 1 sec on the knife she told me to take my bag and follow her. :( Not so nice feeling when u hear them calling a 9-5 and asking for the police to join them.... Seriously I really believed I was headed for jail for a sec there and both Betty and Sarah looked surprised and a little bit worried as I where guided into the interviewing chamber. Bye Bye Betty, see u in a couple of years........

So there I was sitting in their office being interviewed 4 times by different police officers witch all asked the same question in a different way. They where really interested in where I bought it and for witch purpose. So in the end after explaining them how and where I bought the knife they let me go with only a warning. :) :) :) :) Managed to talk my way out of getting a 500 dollar fine. Hell yeah, but if that happens again they will bring me to court in Singapore and give me 130 community service hours and maybe some time to kill in the jail. :( So next time I travel in Singapore I will for sure check my backpack.....

Well here we are in Singapore at least and in a couple of days Betty will write a post about the city and our activities for u to read. But have to run... Our bus is arriving soon so take care and see you soon.
Cheers

Last days on Gili Trawangan & Bali

When u look back on time u tend to think about the things that u should have done and the things that u did do, witch u shouldn't have done. When we look back on our stay at Gili Trawangan we tend to think about that we should have done the advanced open water course and that we shouldn't have done the advanced night dive. Since there is nothing u can do about it let bygone be bygone and focus on the memories instead. Memories like snorkeling with turtles, meeting Luke and Bryony, partying and the island in it self, witch gave us so much :). Its been like a vacation away from the vacation, if u know what I mean. No cars, no hassle and just the relaxed life has done us good, specially since we soon are on our way to Singapore and Sydney. In its own way Gili Trawangan has been the paradise that we missed out on and that we needed before hitting the road again.

The last couple of days has gone fast and has been funny & interesting. We have celebrated Bryony's birthday, gone snorkeling a couple of times, been to the movies and done a night dive. Of cause the normal activities like, relaxing on the beach and eating good local food has been a part of the days as well.

On Bryony's birthday we celebrated her in a open bungalow on the beach with local food and music. It was an amazing night and we ended up having a couple of drinks as well. They are a naice couple and just might end up seeing them in Auckland as well. :) yeahy. Anyway for dinner we had king prawns, snapper and one more fish witch name is missing in our memory. The fish where grilled on the BBQ with as much accessories (potatoes, onions, salad, and souse) as u possible could eat. Awesome meal witch where quite cheap as well. Only 20 euro for like the meal itself, 2 orange juices and 4 drinks. The rest of the evening went by laughing and giving compliments to the chef for the food. And learning some local words. hehe :) Terima kasih ( thanks), Berapa (how much?). But since we had scheduled the night dive the next day we couldn't take it all the way, witch non of us where able to do cause of snorkeling the entire day. :)

The night dive we thought was a waste of money.... Too bad but yeah, we didn't find it awesome like we did diving on Koh Tao. First of all the instructors treated everyone has complete strangers, the instruction where short and some just weird since we saw half of what she said. She went like, I tell u about the diving sight on the boat since we might change it, but no info at all on the boat. Just that there where a current so we need to stay together as a group. We didn't really see anything at all. A couple of fishes, baby octopus and some snakes that where hunting on the ground. But don't get me wrong, I am glad that we did it cause now we know how its like and we are certified to do night dives on our own. And we don't need to do it when we do our advanced open water so some beneficially reasons came from it.

And by that our friends we are weaving goodbye to Gili Trawangan and continue our journey towards Australia. We recommend visiting the Gili Islands and we are thankful for the 8 days we got to spend there. 8 days with relaxing, fun and joy is over for this time. Thank u Gili. :) hehe



From Gili Trawangan we went back to Kuta beach (Bali) just because of our flight leaving 10 min from there. :) Forgot to tell u this but on the 5th of mars there is some sort of secret day in Bali.

Hari Raya Nyepi witch its called is a holy day and its starts on the evening on the 4th of mars. Then they celebrate, party and make a lot of noise so that the evil spirits that are among us leave Bali for someplace else. And the next day (the 5th) everything is closed and everyone is to be inside doing nothing but praying. I mean the lights cant even be on, and u should not make any noise at all. Because when the evil spirits returns, Bali seems to be abandoned, witch will make the spirits go to another place. :) So right now as we speak we are trapped inside our hotel, with nothing to do except chill in our room and pray. Of course that's all that we do :)In here is a lot Swedish people and some Norwegians, that like to party so they were already drunk at lunch. :( hehe Its like being in Big Brother competition where u cant leave the place, all u do is drink and the winner gets some money. :)But thank god its only one night so we will survive. :)

Tomorrow morning we will be on our way to the amazing Singapore. We are leaving the hotel around 7 in the morning and we met this girl from London that we will share a taxi with to the airport tomorrow. Funny thing is that we happen to meet her in a van towards Kuta Beach and she where on her way for the exact same reasons that we are so that's pretty cool. :) And it also means that the taxi is cheaper and better for all of us. :) sweet :)

But have to run guys so have a god one and please comment and keep looking at our blog :) That's why we have it and that's the reason we wright this once every no and then. Qitha we miss u :) hehe
Anyway take care and have some fun.
Cheers