Sept. 19 - 24
Sunday, September 24, 2006
The morning started with pancakes for breakfast. It was already very warm weather, so we ate on the roof of our hostel. At ten o' clock we left with the whole group to one of the very beautiful city parks to relax and to fill in some important papers for a bank-account and a medicare pass. We walked through the park to the Opera House. We saw a lot of beautiful birds, including some parrots, ibises and a lot of flying foxes hanging up side down in the trees. From the Opera House we started a cruise with a catamaran boat, which was hired for our group for 4 hours. We really enjoyed it, for we had a very good view on the skyline of sydney and we relaxed lying in the sun. Inside the boat a big party was going on.
We ended in Darling Harbour and walked home. Not for long because at 7.00 PM we already left to a restaurant. It was delicious. Unfortunately our photo-camera broke down, so we will show some pictures later.
Saturday, September 23, 2006
At 10.40 AM we finally arrived at Sydney airport: our home for at least the next 5 days. Our first impression of the city was obvious, this was the opposite of Bangkok. Sydney is a very clean city with very modern buildings. Also there are a lot of parks, with tropical plants and birds. We saw the Opera House and the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Unfortunately we haven't been on the top of the bridge yet, maybe we'll do that later. We spend the first 5 nights in the Harbour City Hostel. It's a pretty nice place and we sleep with two other persons on a room. At the evening we went to some sort of barbeque restaurant in Darling Harbour. Beside some common salads they also served the flesh of crodocodiles, kangaroos and emu's. Jasper really liked it. Afterwards we decided to walk back to the hostel via the Sydney Harbour Bridge. It was already dark and we wanted to have view on the enlighted city. But unfortunately we forgot how to come back to the hostel, so we wandered around for about two hours.
Friday, September 22, 2006
Today we flew from Bangkok to Taipei and from Taipei we headed to Sydney after 4 hours of waiting on the dull airport of Taipei. So we left right after breakfast at half past nine to the airport to check in. Our plane left at half past one and 3.5 hours later we arrived at Taipei. We really enjoyed this flight, for we had a beautiful view on Thailand for several times. Our plane to Sydney left at 10.10 PM, so right after the take off we had an amazing view over the enlighted city. it was extremely impressive.
Thursday, September 21, 2006
At 1.45 AM dutch time (6.45 AM thais time) we arrived at the airport of Bangkok. We went straight away to our hotel, which was very nice and comfortable: 4 stars, a swimming pool on the tenth floor, a big room looking out over bangkok and delicious (thais) food. We checked in and took a swim right after. After the lunch we left for a one hour boot-trip on the rivers (Kalahari river?) through Bangkok. It was hard to understand what our guide was talking about, but the trip was beautiful.
After that we walked through the centre of Bangkok and discovered some crowded shopping-streets. Everywhere people were negotiating about the prizes, salesman were trying to sell the most useless things and taxidrivers were trying to get us in their cars. There was a journalist who asked us some questions about the coup in Bangkok. We walked around for some time and went home with a tuktuk (a sort taxi) for 130 Bath instant of 300 bath, after some negotiation. It was a very though ride... We went to bed very early to catch up some sleep.
Wednesyday, September 20, 2006: Departure
Yes we're going!! It doesn't seem to be such a problem, it's still peaceful in Bangkok.
Around 8:30 (dutch time) we gathered with the cars next to the highway in Marum, to drive to Schiphol together. When we arrived there we had to park the cars, which was a bit of a problem since it was very crowded. Inside we met the other "Australian Backpackers" and we received a briefing on what to do. The tickets were handed out, so we could finally check in. The plane left at 15.15 which was half an hour later than intended.
Wednesday, September 19, 2006
There is a coup in Bangkok:
Coup in Thailand
Are we still going?!
The morning started with pancakes for breakfast. It was already very warm weather, so we ate on the roof of our hostel. At ten o' clock we left with the whole group to one of the very beautiful city parks to relax and to fill in some important papers for a bank-account and a medicare pass. We walked through the park to the Opera House. We saw a lot of beautiful birds, including some parrots, ibises and a lot of flying foxes hanging up side down in the trees. From the Opera House we started a cruise with a catamaran boat, which was hired for our group for 4 hours. We really enjoyed it, for we had a very good view on the skyline of sydney and we relaxed lying in the sun. Inside the boat a big party was going on.
We ended in Darling Harbour and walked home. Not for long because at 7.00 PM we already left to a restaurant. It was delicious. Unfortunately our photo-camera broke down, so we will show some pictures later.
Saturday, September 23, 2006
At 10.40 AM we finally arrived at Sydney airport: our home for at least the next 5 days. Our first impression of the city was obvious, this was the opposite of Bangkok. Sydney is a very clean city with very modern buildings. Also there are a lot of parks, with tropical plants and birds. We saw the Opera House and the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Unfortunately we haven't been on the top of the bridge yet, maybe we'll do that later. We spend the first 5 nights in the Harbour City Hostel. It's a pretty nice place and we sleep with two other persons on a room. At the evening we went to some sort of barbeque restaurant in Darling Harbour. Beside some common salads they also served the flesh of crodocodiles, kangaroos and emu's. Jasper really liked it. Afterwards we decided to walk back to the hostel via the Sydney Harbour Bridge. It was already dark and we wanted to have view on the enlighted city. But unfortunately we forgot how to come back to the hostel, so we wandered around for about two hours.
Friday, September 22, 2006
Today we flew from Bangkok to Taipei and from Taipei we headed to Sydney after 4 hours of waiting on the dull airport of Taipei. So we left right after breakfast at half past nine to the airport to check in. Our plane left at half past one and 3.5 hours later we arrived at Taipei. We really enjoyed this flight, for we had a beautiful view on Thailand for several times. Our plane to Sydney left at 10.10 PM, so right after the take off we had an amazing view over the enlighted city. it was extremely impressive.
Thursday, September 21, 2006
At 1.45 AM dutch time (6.45 AM thais time) we arrived at the airport of Bangkok. We went straight away to our hotel, which was very nice and comfortable: 4 stars, a swimming pool on the tenth floor, a big room looking out over bangkok and delicious (thais) food. We checked in and took a swim right after. After the lunch we left for a one hour boot-trip on the rivers (Kalahari river?) through Bangkok. It was hard to understand what our guide was talking about, but the trip was beautiful.
After that we walked through the centre of Bangkok and discovered some crowded shopping-streets. Everywhere people were negotiating about the prizes, salesman were trying to sell the most useless things and taxidrivers were trying to get us in their cars. There was a journalist who asked us some questions about the coup in Bangkok. We walked around for some time and went home with a tuktuk (a sort taxi) for 130 Bath instant of 300 bath, after some negotiation. It was a very though ride... We went to bed very early to catch up some sleep.
Wednesyday, September 20, 2006: Departure
Yes we're going!! It doesn't seem to be such a problem, it's still peaceful in Bangkok.
Around 8:30 (dutch time) we gathered with the cars next to the highway in Marum, to drive to Schiphol together. When we arrived there we had to park the cars, which was a bit of a problem since it was very crowded. Inside we met the other "Australian Backpackers" and we received a briefing on what to do. The tickets were handed out, so we could finally check in. The plane left at 15.15 which was half an hour later than intended.
Wednesday, September 19, 2006
There is a coup in Bangkok:
Coup in Thailand
Are we still going?!
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