Lennart

Alright asia, already here for 18 days or so and saw alot of stuff... i arrived in Singapore, it was hot and humid. And very different, even as it is supposed to be the most "European city" in asia. A very clean and fast working city. I still left singapore after one day as i have another two or three days here before i fly back home. From Singapore i took a bus to Melaka in Malaysia. Melaka was very different to Singapore, we had quite often the feeling that the people here dont see white people that often. It was very poor as most of malaysia but interesting. After Melaka the next stop was Kuala Lumpur. A pretty ugly place, well strange really. The CBD with the Petrona's Towers and all the hudge shopping malls ... read more

As I am leaving NZ soon i have to get north to Auckland. A last party in Queenstown before i started to travel north along the westcoast. After 2 hrs sleep and a scenic drive over the Hast pass my first stop was in Franz Jospef glacier. I did a nice daywalk there the next day and hitch hiked to Fox glacier. Really nice weather btw (on one of the wettest coast on the planet) The next stop was already Westport. We did stop at the Pancakes rocks so, which were worth seeing. As that was a long drive I couldn't really do anything with the rest of the day so I just done some sport. The following day I borrowed a bike from the hostel and cycled 20km to Cape Foulwind, where a seal colony. ... read more

I finished working in Christchurch so it was time to travel again. My first stop was Lake Tekapo, in the Mackenzie basin. After 4 hrs I arrived at this amazing place. My bus left Christchurch quite early so I had still time to go for a walk. I went on top of mount john, up there is a observatory as there is just no light pollution here. Anyway, the scenery was just stunning. I really can’t describe it, the intense bright turquoise lake at the one site and Mount Cook and other peaks over 3000m with glaciers at the other side… After this first great day with a 5 hr walk I wanted more so I hitchhiked to Mount Cook national park the next day. It was a bit scary, as I got dropped of at ... read more

My flight to nz was on the 9th of February, so i we had nearly 3 weeks to sell the car. We stayed at Tom's family for 5 days before we moved to Suzanne (my parents know them). They had a lovely old victorian house in camberwell. We stayed there for 6 days and didn't really do much in the time. Went to the city a few times to put signs up in all the hostels and met a few people who were interested in the car. We cooked one nice german meal for the family (the food they cooked was always very good btw). At the last day of our stay we finally managed to sell the car, well we didnt really sell it but we had a deal with two other germans. They just ... read more

We arrived in Sydney at the 21st of December but decided not to drive in the city so we could sleep in the van. Jonas girlfriends arrived at the 22nd and we picked her up at the airport. I dropped them off at their hostel and then drove up to manly (as i found out that manly is the main beach for beach-volleyball in Sydney :P ). It was really crazy driving right through the city center without anyone looking at a map. I just had to drive along city and tried to find the way from my memory. It actually worked out pretty well but still crazy. Anyway after i got to manly it was time to play some beach volleyball. It was pretty much all i did in the next 3 days, so the ... read more