Yvonne and Jasper in Australia

Monday, September 25, 2006

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.


Our seats in the plane were seperated from the other backpackers, but luckily there were a few chairs available so we still could sit together. The night was very short because we flew towards the night, it was dark for only five hours. During the flight we experienced some turbulence, which -of course- occured when we received our meals. Every now and then some statistics were shown on the televisions. This included the estimated time of arrival, the temperature outside the airplane and some other information. Maybe it's interesting to note that the speed of the plane was almost up to 1000 KM/H and we flew 10 KM above the earth. The temperature outside was around -47 degrees Celsius.

Wednesday, September 19, 2006

There is a coup in Bangkok:
Coup in Thailand
Are we still going?!

10 Comments:

  • Nou kerel dat ziet er goed uit. Jullie hebben dus al lekker veel gezien in die paar dagen... En er staat jullie vast nog veel moois te wachten. Ik zal het allemaal wel lezen. Dus hou ons op de hoogte, en we missen je!!! ;)
    Groet'n Roelof

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 8:08 AM  

  • Hey,
    Fijn dat jullie een plek gevonden hebt om te internetten. We werden al ongerust.
    Veel gedaan al!
    Pech van het fototoestel. Ik heb eea uitgezocht voor een eventuele nieuwe aanschaf:
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    Haast u naar de winkel!
    Wij willen namelijk graag veel mooie foto's zien.Succes ermee!

    PS
    Ik had deze info al aan jullie ge-sms-t maar ben niet zeker dat die is aangekomen.
    Laat je dat nog even weten, je kunt immers heeeel goedkoop bellen.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 12:12 PM  

  • Wat spannend allemaal. Vliegen is vooral mooi als het helder weer is.
    Hebben jullie Taiwan zien liggen of alleen maar een gedeelte. Dat een vliegtuig zo hard ging wist ik eigenlijk niet. Het lijkt me heerlijk dat jullie op een kamer kunnen. Dan kunnen jullie je ook nog eens even terugtrekken. Waar ik ook stik nieuwsgierig naar ben zijn jullie plannen voor de komende tijd. Straks zijn jullie al weer een week weg.
    Morgen word ik aan mijn knie geholpen. We zullen wel zien hoe dat gaat. We missen jullie.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 12:27 PM  

  • Wat een leuke foto's. De huisjes aan het water en die autootjes in Bangkok zijn een apart gezicht, en Sydney ziet er inderdaad een hoop schoner uit. Pech van jullie fototoestel.

    Ik kijk uit naar jullie volgende verhalen!

    By Blogger Georg Muntingh, at 4:01 PM  

  • " During the flight we experienced some turbulence, which -of course- occured when we received our meals."

    rofl :DD

    btw, i really like the photo with the trees in the foreground and the city in the background :)

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 5:10 PM  

  • Toen Gerhard en ik naar Zuid-Afrika vlogen kon ik me ook niet voorstellen dat we zo hard en zo hoog zouden vliegen! Gaaf is dat! En eigenlijk ook best positief dat het niet zo lang nacht was, nu kon je lekker uit je raampje kijken naar de zonsop- en ondergang :p

    Hebben jullie nog last gehad van een jetlag? Het schijnt erger te zijn bij het naar het oosten vliegen...

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 11:52 PM  

  • Ey :)

    Nice stories already, i will check the posts every now and then, like the pic's. :)

    Giev flying mount though :P

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 10:28 AM  

  • hi,

    Het is goed om te lezen dat jullie het zo goed hebben. Hier gaat alles zijn gangetje, maar ik mis je wel hoor von. Van mij mogen die 10 maanden al wel weer om zijn. Ik zie uit naar volgende berichten en foto's.

    Dikke Kus

    marion

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 7:00 AM  

  • Heey Yvonne en Jasper,
    T' ziet er allemaal super leuk uit en jullie zullen vast enorm genieten en het naar je zin hebben. Idd jammer van de camera maarjah kan x gebeuren. nog heel erg veel plezier daar en zie ernaar uit nieuwe foto's te zien + berichtje.
    gr. kw

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 9:48 AM  

  • Sorry for the late replies, we've been very busy, so we couldn't find the time to reply. We bought a new camera so new photo's will be there soon. After the flight we were very tired, probably because of the difference in the timezones. When you fly east you notice more of the jetlag than when you fly west, because flying west means more hours of night = more hours of sleep. It can still suck though :P

    More news will come on the next post (comment post)

    Oh and we didn't notice anything about the coup in Thailand, except for the interview :)

    @YM: flying mount ftw but haven't seen them here yet. I'll keep my eyes open though :P

    By Blogger Yvonne en Jasper, at 11:57 PM  

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