Vienna - Helsinki - Mumbai

Okay.. also hier mal ein kleiner Anfangsbericht :)
nach einer lieben verabschiedung in Wien/Schwechat durch sabine, peter und sarah (letztere beiden sind ebenfalls geflogen.. nach barcelona) hatte ich einen 6h aufenthalt in helsinki... hab den flughafen verlassen und bin einbischen rumspaziert.. war aber eigendlich ned sehr spannend.. zwar ueberall viele baueme aber zu nem zusammenhaengendem wald hab ichs nicht geschafft. in mumbai hat mich dann wieder erwarten die chhavi abgeholt was mich sehr gefreut hat und wir haben einen taxi zum haus ihrer tante genommen.. auschauen tuts wirklich krass.. viele taxis, keine offensichtlichen verkehrsregeln, schutt, komische selbstzussamengeschusterte bauten, tiere auf der strasse, VIELE streunende Hunde (die aber alle sehr aengstlich wirken und garnicht aggressiv sind)... war dann eine weile bei ihrer tante in einer netten wohnung mit sehr schoener dachterrasse.. wir sind aba dann am selben tag noch nach devlali aufgebrochen, wo ich jetzt gerade sitze.. eine kleine stadt 3 zugstundne noerdlich von mumbai. da wohnt ihre mamma mit ihrer "Nanni" (das heisst soviel wie Oma muetterlicher-seits) (ihr pappa arbeitet in lybien.. irgendwas army maesiges)..

ich werd sehr grosszuegig und gut bekocht.. und generell ist es hier sehr gastfreudnlich... die stadt selber wirkt noch etwas beaengstigent... aber ich bin sicher das ist nur der kulturschock :)

aja internet ist hier nur ueber telefon.. deswegen wirds erstmals keine photos geben die das ganze illustrieren :(

heute

on the road...

sooo :) die erste etappe waehre geschafft... stehe mit 15kilo handgepaeck oder so am singapourianischen (singapourinesischen? singerpourischen?) flughafen und schau meinen fingernaegeln beim wachsen zu (also wahrscheinlich findich aba noch was spannenderes zu tuen hier...).... der laengere flug liegt noch vor mir... mal schauen wie ich das ueberstehe

the point of not no return

okay.. ich glaube nicht dass ich noch oft zum internet komme die naechsten tage, aufjedenfall fuer die leute die sich fragen wann ich nun genau wieder da bin: am 20. janner 9:30, flugnummer OS 128 :)

Adelaide Sunrise

okay :) survived another flight... back in adelaide now... pitfully not as warm here as in brisbane :(... well... my last night (actually, the night before my last night.. night between the 12 and the 13th) in brisbane was rather funny... after going to a jazz club with 3 korean girls, i ended up listening to street musicians that made drumm and bass on a few metal pots and a toy keyboard that was wired trough a distortion pedal until 3 o clock or something.. (i decided not to sleep that night since my bus to the aiport went at 5 o clock in the morning anyways, and that way i could save the rent for a night...)

well, now im back here.. staying at elains place and trying to contact my indian friends..

Ich und die sekte

okay i only have a limited amount of time right now so i make it quick:
after sydney i managed to organize a ride for me and shanti to brisbane... Martin, a swiss guy (who came to australia after a road trip from london to mongolia (!!!) in a 150 euro car (!!!) ), dirk, a german guy, an the 2 of us took about a week to get to brisbane... we stopped at a few small places on the way including the famous byron bay. Everything was booked out but luckily shanti knew a guy from 10 years ago who is in the same sect as her mother who lived in the area.. so we went to a Osho (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osho) meditation and massage centre in town where we found out is his phone number... and he promptly invited us to his house where we spent the night :)
after that we basically continued to brisbane where i stayed at a couchsurfing place until today but i'll move in in the backpackers hostel where shanti and dirk are staying at the moment...

not very in depth but just that you guys know what i did :)

more sydney

okay...

i spent the 23th and the 24th mainly at this house in kettering (the town south of horbarth where i was living at this guys place who was quite nice, but never home, so i was there basically alone the whole time)... christmas eve was a bit lonely but didn't feel to depressing since i wasn't in christmas mood anywas... spent my days with reading (Great Expectations by Charles Dickins), eating, sleeping... which was actually quite nice since i really needed to relax a bit...

i'm in sydney now since yesterday... shanti whom i'm sharing a room with, also arrived today, as well as some other exile-adelaidians (Elaine, Giselle) whom i didn't meet yet though... all in all i think i'm going to have some quite exciting days...

The place that i'm staying at is quite nice... private home WITH A TRAMPOLIN! JIPEE!.. big house.. dog & cat (the dog is ok somehow for a dog...) no couchsurfing though, this time i have to pay :( still quite a reasonable price though :) dunno what i'm doing after that... gonna talk to a few people first what they are doing..

p.s.: the (she-)dog seems to passionately practice auto-cunilingus quite regularly...

Sydney

So! arrived in sydney yesterday! in contrast to tasmania it's nice and warm here :) hope i'll manage to go to the beach tomorrow or something... feeling a bit sick at the moment... gonna write more later...