Singapore, city in the jungle

Muggy is probably the right word to describe the weather in Singapore. Sometimes it's hard to be outside although there are quite a few amazing things to see. Occasionally the scenery changes instantly from urban to jungle or the jungle grows in the city...however you wanna put it ;)

Here in Singapore I couchsurfed the first time and had a very good start. My Muslim hosts were really nice and I felt welcome over the whole stay. So I learned a few things about the Islam and my tourguide Mustafa made exploring the surrounding much easier.

With this last impression my journey and this blog seems to end finally. I met a lot of interesting people and hope I gonna keep in touch with at least a few of them. Soon there is payback time! :) My impression is that there are many well meant people out there who try to help and support you wherever they can as long as you have a common sense!

I've seen a lot of beautiful sceneries which hopefully gonna last in my head for the rest of my life. Altogether I would say I had a lot of luck while traveling since I never really had problems with my lovely van(miss u ;), found work whenever I ran out of money(thanks Ian!!!) and most important of all, stayed healthy over the whole year! Hope this goes on =)

Leaving soon...

Woohoo, I made it to Brisbane!

First day I spent more time waiting then actually driving and some drivers dropped me in some remote places where I felt lost and as it gets dark you hardly get picked up. So I worried already of where to sleep(there was no backpacker around) when I finally got picked up by a lovely Aussie couple.

They really looked after me while taking me with them and dropped me in a city where they made sure I gonna have accomodation and enough to eat for that night.

The other day I luckily just had to wait 10 minutes until someone stopped and drove me pretty much straight to Brisbane. It wouldn't have been nice to wait that day besides the street in all that rain by still trying to smile.

So now Iam in Brisbane and Iam glad I made that hitch-hiking experience where I met lovely and interesting people! After another night in a backpacker I try to enjoy my last day in Australia since I have to catch my flight to Singapore in around ten hours...

Sold!

Allrighti, only a couple of days to go to catch my flight to Singapore and finally home. The last days I used to sell my lovely van which wasn't that easy, because it's hard competition here in Sydney in the moment. So luckily yesterday I found 2 guys who straight away gave me the money since I was running out of time and also out of motivation to drive around, looking for parking spaces and worry about tickets or even to get towed away...

Basically I used the days to look for toilets, showers, electricity, internet and new buyers...staying in a van is a wicked experience in a big city!
In between this time I just lost my bum-bag with all my IDs in it. My whole life, my personality...gone!!! Trying to stay calm and organize everything new I got a message that a guy found it so I luckily had my life back...won't wish that to someone when he just has one and a half week left to go...

Anyway, it feels really strange to check-in backpackers again, even if it's only for a few days. Iam sure I'll miss my mobile friend who never disappointed me...he was like a Duracell battery...just runs and runs and runs ;)

So my pockets are now full of money and Iam ready to try to hitch-hike to Brisbane where my flight soon starts. Looks like that will be my last great experience I gonna have here...hopefully a good one =)

Back to where it all started...

It turned out that I had luck with my travelmates. Eric(Iam still hanging around with him in Sydney) and Laura from Canada tried to help navigating through that city-chaos and anyway where quiet relaxed on the way, even if there was not that much to see. Canberra, Australians capital, we just missed(everybody was telling us that it is a boring city).

We dropped Laura at her couchsurfing place, a small village before Sydney and stayed there a night for free too. After having a warm shower and a nice breakfast on the balcony, I realized that Iam really in need of comfort and "normal" luxury!

As we approached Sydney the streets became more overcrowded and the places more touristy. Now Iam again part of the, among backpackers, popular eastcoast.

Here in Sydney Iam trying to sell my van while it seems to rain out of buckets continuously. The thoughts back to more lonely times and the closer coming flight back home towards all the normal but luxury things let me smile though =)

Melbourne, nice but shitty to drive

Spending just one and a half day in such a big city while trying to see basicaly everything imortant can be very stressfull. Not really helping was the traffic when I left Melbourne. All the streets were jammed which might be caused by the fact that u have to drive here on the left lane to turn right(stupid rule on the first look) and therefore block all the other lanes...Aussies!?!

Melbourne, we are coming!

After celebreting my and other people birtdays in and around Adelaide I went on towards Melbourne with my lovely polish friends(thx again for your patience guys =).

Unfortunately we had a couple of days just bad weather and couldn't see all the places in their full brightness. Anyway, when we finally arrived in Melbourne and had to drop Olo and Ula I didn't feel that good because I didn't know what my next travelmates would be like...

Once again Adelaide

Although I've been already in Adelaide for quiet a long time, it was worth to visit it again. There were lots of music and art festivals going on this time, so me and some other dudes were visiting a few. The other time I explored the surroundings of Adelaide a bit and found some quiet unique sceneries to relax from all that driving.