Baked beans and fish & chips
another post already...can you believe that...?!
anyway, London was great even though it took me 5 (FIVE!!) hours to get from London Luton to Southfields where Mark lives. Because the flight was a bit delayed and we had to circle over Luton aiport for about half an hour because appearantly there was another airplane in the way(...) by the time I got to King"s cross the tubes had stopped running which meant taking the night buses. No biggy, really but hanging around King's cross at 1am isn't the most fun thing to do (especially with heavy luggage) and after various offers of weed, crack or money for sex i decided to talk to one of the guides about how I could best continue the journey. Nice guy but unfortunately he didn't have a clue so he sent me on the wrong bus...great. after 45 minutes i was back at the Cross and I was honestly considering spending the night right there with the drunks.
I finally caught the right bus on which I met this rogue eddy who told me I could have taken the train from Luton station straight to Wimbledon and then taken a taxi from there, would have saved me about 3 hours.....argh!
Was great to see Mark again, met his lovely girl friend Sharyn (probably spelled totally wrong!) and had a very relaxed weekend with them and a Gwyn, one of mark's friends, which was good to have before the trip to Australia.
Monday morning I left to Heathrow where they have absolutely strict security checks now but since I'm german (= well organized, absolutely on time, etc.) I had my liquid medicine packed up neatly in a transparent re-sealable bag, doctor's letter and all which meant no hassle even with dreads. :)
watched movies all through the flight, had to stop and reflues in Hong Kong and then continued on to Melbourne where I spent the night at the airport (couldn't sleep of course) and at 7.00am took the (very small and rocking!) plane to adelaide. there i got picked up by jaan (on time!) -you're a star- , had a shower and we headed to town.
So now I'm staying with him, his girl friend Alice and her sister Lucy for the first few days until I've found a flat share of my own. Hope that doesn't take too long even though it's great here with them. just don't wanna be a pain in the arse.
In town we met Holly, a friend of jaan and alice who's a singer and has the dirtiest mouth ever...talking about some swearing! I'm NOTHING compared to that. Love it!
Later we went for a coupla drinks with peter and Trudy whom (or is it who?!) I had met in London about a year ago and ben, who is only here until monday because he's studying in canada. Don't worry...loads of names but I'll post pictures soon. Just trying to introduce them to zou since you'll be hearing these names more during the next coupla months.
Today we went to the beach (and NO, I haven't turned lobster red yet due to my 30+ sun blocker!), swam in the sea and just chilled. Lunch at Glenelg (different beach, quite touritsy) and back to get ready for tonight. Alice makes jewelry (spelling?) and tonight she's got an exhibition and of course we all go.
This is really different from the last time I was i Australia. then I was always in hostels, around backpakers or other internationals when this time I know only locals. In Sydney or on the east coast it's so easy to meet other travellers, there are internet places on every corner as well as hostel, bars, clubs, etc. I enjoyed it but after a while I just got tired of it. this is totally different. If you don't know anyone here it's a lot harder to start your own network of people. but when you do you meet their friends in no time and everyone is just so helpful.
And they all look normal, they don't all carry surf boards under their arms or shoot kangaroos or say "crickey" all the time (for the ones who are picturing the aussie stereotype...)
So yeah, it's all good and my health is improving already. i was pleasantly suprised how well i felt on the plane, no tightness of chest at all. And since the weather here is great (mid 30s I reckon) i feel even better.
Feel sorry for you in the nothern hemisphere freezing your arses off...hehehe
anyway, take care you all.
xJ.
anyway, London was great even though it took me 5 (FIVE!!) hours to get from London Luton to Southfields where Mark lives. Because the flight was a bit delayed and we had to circle over Luton aiport for about half an hour because appearantly there was another airplane in the way(...) by the time I got to King"s cross the tubes had stopped running which meant taking the night buses. No biggy, really but hanging around King's cross at 1am isn't the most fun thing to do (especially with heavy luggage) and after various offers of weed, crack or money for sex i decided to talk to one of the guides about how I could best continue the journey. Nice guy but unfortunately he didn't have a clue so he sent me on the wrong bus...great. after 45 minutes i was back at the Cross and I was honestly considering spending the night right there with the drunks.
I finally caught the right bus on which I met this rogue eddy who told me I could have taken the train from Luton station straight to Wimbledon and then taken a taxi from there, would have saved me about 3 hours.....argh!
Was great to see Mark again, met his lovely girl friend Sharyn (probably spelled totally wrong!) and had a very relaxed weekend with them and a Gwyn, one of mark's friends, which was good to have before the trip to Australia.
Monday morning I left to Heathrow where they have absolutely strict security checks now but since I'm german (= well organized, absolutely on time, etc.) I had my liquid medicine packed up neatly in a transparent re-sealable bag, doctor's letter and all which meant no hassle even with dreads. :)
watched movies all through the flight, had to stop and reflues in Hong Kong and then continued on to Melbourne where I spent the night at the airport (couldn't sleep of course) and at 7.00am took the (very small and rocking!) plane to adelaide. there i got picked up by jaan (on time!) -you're a star- , had a shower and we headed to town.
So now I'm staying with him, his girl friend Alice and her sister Lucy for the first few days until I've found a flat share of my own. Hope that doesn't take too long even though it's great here with them. just don't wanna be a pain in the arse.
In town we met Holly, a friend of jaan and alice who's a singer and has the dirtiest mouth ever...talking about some swearing! I'm NOTHING compared to that. Love it!
Later we went for a coupla drinks with peter and Trudy whom (or is it who?!) I had met in London about a year ago and ben, who is only here until monday because he's studying in canada. Don't worry...loads of names but I'll post pictures soon. Just trying to introduce them to zou since you'll be hearing these names more during the next coupla months.
Today we went to the beach (and NO, I haven't turned lobster red yet due to my 30+ sun blocker!), swam in the sea and just chilled. Lunch at Glenelg (different beach, quite touritsy) and back to get ready for tonight. Alice makes jewelry (spelling?) and tonight she's got an exhibition and of course we all go.
This is really different from the last time I was i Australia. then I was always in hostels, around backpakers or other internationals when this time I know only locals. In Sydney or on the east coast it's so easy to meet other travellers, there are internet places on every corner as well as hostel, bars, clubs, etc. I enjoyed it but after a while I just got tired of it. this is totally different. If you don't know anyone here it's a lot harder to start your own network of people. but when you do you meet their friends in no time and everyone is just so helpful.
And they all look normal, they don't all carry surf boards under their arms or shoot kangaroos or say "crickey" all the time (for the ones who are picturing the aussie stereotype...)
So yeah, it's all good and my health is improving already. i was pleasantly suprised how well i felt on the plane, no tightness of chest at all. And since the weather here is great (mid 30s I reckon) i feel even better.
Feel sorry for you in the nothern hemisphere freezing your arses off...hehehe
anyway, take care you all.
xJ.
posted by Janka @ 5:58 AM
1 Comments:
At February 02, 2007,
JHGJ said…
Hey pankie! Good to hear you made it all the way to Oz! I hope you settle there soon. We moved out yesterday, leaving JC alone! Now we live with our parents. Tonight I go to Amsterdam with a friedn of mine. John Digweed party, dont know if the name rings a bell, but the DJ is just one of the best!
Anyway, take care and keep posting!
Besos Jelmer
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