<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3208139428395455714</id><updated>2012-02-01T11:12:14.010+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Georgia's blog</title><subtitle type='html'>(last updated: 8 June 2008)</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://georgia-tsang.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3208139428395455714/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://georgia-tsang.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Georgia Tsang</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17204038406058609361</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/R9MKa7ztvUI/AAAAAAAAAd0/OT1I1z183LQ/S220/IMG_7155.JPG'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>25</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3208139428395455714.post-3780143537260776807</id><published>2008-06-08T23:40:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2008-12-13T04:36:52.336+01:00</updated><title type='text'>pictures of my trip, part II</title><content type='html'>by request, here are more pics for u to enjoy and also to make u jealous :P click on the pictures for a larger image, duh ;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;day 1. the airplane that brought us etosha N.P. (northern part of namibia). we don't do long boring distances by car obvioulsy ;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SEKA2VI_aZI/AAAAAAAAAqI/ebnqjAOIvbI/s1600-h/P1000005.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5206865790069860754" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SEKA2VI_aZI/AAAAAAAAAqI/ebnqjAOIvbI/s320/P1000005.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SEKA2lI_aaI/AAAAAAAAAqQ/AYftv9ehB4o/s1600-h/P1000041.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5206865794364828066" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SEKA2lI_aaI/AAAAAAAAAqQ/AYftv9ehB4o/s320/P1000041.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SEKA21I_abI/AAAAAAAAAqY/DQvQ_muuJGQ/s1600-h/P1000084.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5206865798659795378" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SEKA21I_abI/AAAAAAAAAqY/DQvQ_muuJGQ/s320/P1000084.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SEKA3FI_acI/AAAAAAAAAqg/ZqpdqWjp_90/s1600-h/P1000119.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5206865802954762690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SEKA3FI_acI/AAAAAAAAAqg/ZqpdqWjp_90/s320/P1000119.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SEKA3VI_adI/AAAAAAAAAqo/AtLQ3UieAuw/s1600-h/P1000129.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5206865807249730002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SEKA3VI_adI/AAAAAAAAAqo/AtLQ3UieAuw/s320/P1000129.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SEKBO1I_aeI/AAAAAAAAAqw/0m4wdEEHmqI/s1600-h/P1000132.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5206866210976655842" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SEKBO1I_aeI/AAAAAAAAAqw/0m4wdEEHmqI/s320/P1000132.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3rd day. on our way from etosha N.P. to palmwag, the northwest of namibia. we were travelling in a small group. it was only me, plus S &amp;amp; D from the states. nice people. we had a a LOT of FUN!! :) &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SEsVKeGTpOI/AAAAAAAAAxQ/-RMG1xQICNE/s1600-h/P1000240.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209280663606502626" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SEsVKeGTpOI/AAAAAAAAAxQ/-RMG1xQICNE/s320/P1000240.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SEKBPFI_agI/AAAAAAAAArA/PiU_RLwvYqo/s1600-h/P1000162.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5206866215271623170" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SEKBPFI_agI/AAAAAAAAArA/PiU_RLwvYqo/s320/P1000162.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SEKBPVI_aiI/AAAAAAAAArQ/Uat9Lh7ml3c/s1600-h/P1000172.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5206866219566590498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SEKBPVI_aiI/AAAAAAAAArQ/Uat9Lh7ml3c/s320/P1000172.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SEKB6lI_ajI/AAAAAAAAArY/F7TVNwki80Q/s1600-h/P1000180.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5206866962595932722" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SEKB6lI_ajI/AAAAAAAAArY/F7TVNwki80Q/s320/P1000180.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;day 4 &amp;amp; 5 were spent in koakoland, in the far northwest corner of namibia. to reach our camp we had to cross the hoanib river. and that's where we got stuck @#$% 3hours to pull the damn landrover out... but all's well that ends well... it's all part of the adventure, i guess ;) we did see some giraffes near the river which was very very nice indeed :) ... it is a nice place, if you're not stuck that is.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SEhf_XhE7qI/AAAAAAAAAvI/SX5KWXKdobM/s1600-h/P1000274.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208518511303126690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SEhf_XhE7qI/AAAAAAAAAvI/SX5KWXKdobM/s320/P1000274.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SEKCelI_aoI/AAAAAAAAAsA/4JqT4g2Ky7c/s1600-h/P1000281.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5206867581071223426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SEKCelI_aoI/AAAAAAAAAsA/4JqT4g2Ky7c/s320/P1000281.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SEKCe1I_aqI/AAAAAAAAAsQ/E5PbnXr3NwM/s1600-h/P1000289.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5206867585366190754" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SEKCe1I_aqI/AAAAAAAAAsQ/E5PbnXr3NwM/s320/P1000289.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SEKCfFI_arI/AAAAAAAAAsY/SCcrM5gfH_Q/s1600-h/P1000292.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5206867589661158066" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SEKCfFI_arI/AAAAAAAAAsY/SCcrM5gfH_Q/s320/P1000292.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SEKCfFI_asI/AAAAAAAAAsg/IERoeuijQLI/s1600-h/P1000300.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5206867589661158082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SEKCfFI_asI/AAAAAAAAAsg/IERoeuijQLI/s320/P1000300.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SEhf_lMXClI/AAAAAAAAAvQ/fuaQCANKk0g/s1600-h/P1000317.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208518514974329426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SEhf_lMXClI/AAAAAAAAAvQ/fuaQCANKk0g/s320/P1000317.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SEKGOVI_atI/AAAAAAAAAso/eIXiE_-evX4/s1600-h/P1000311.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5206871699944860370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SEKGOVI_atI/AAAAAAAAAso/eIXiE_-evX4/s320/P1000311.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SEKGOlI_auI/AAAAAAAAAsw/cYLIyVWE5eM/s1600-h/P1000318.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5206871704239827682" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SEKGOlI_auI/AAAAAAAAAsw/cYLIyVWE5eM/s320/P1000318.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;day 6. long day. the journey continued to damaraland, in the west of the namibia... home of the desert adapted elephants. they were a bit far, but still, we found them!!! :) we also went to twyfelfontein to see the ancient bushmen rock paintings.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SEKGO1I_awI/AAAAAAAAAtA/GTXUW7kB13g/s1600-h/P1000396.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5206871708534795010" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SEKGO1I_awI/AAAAAAAAAtA/GTXUW7kB13g/s320/P1000396.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SEKGPFI_axI/AAAAAAAAAtI/GHCwqKZ_VvY/s1600-h/P1000398.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5206871712829762322" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SEKGPFI_axI/AAAAAAAAAtI/GHCwqKZ_VvY/s320/P1000398.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SEKHbVI_ayI/AAAAAAAAAtQ/uA5UMaaArYA/s1600-h/P1000401.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5206873022794787618" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SEKHbVI_ayI/AAAAAAAAAtQ/uA5UMaaArYA/s320/P1000401.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SEKHb1I_azI/AAAAAAAAAtY/RRMyRv46QE4/s1600-h/P1000446.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5206873031384722226" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SEKHb1I_azI/AAAAAAAAAtY/RRMyRv46QE4/s320/P1000446.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SEhgAJZ99gI/AAAAAAAAAvY/0_tAfgXhDY0/s1600-h/P1000374.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208518524695082498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SEhgAJZ99gI/AAAAAAAAAvY/0_tAfgXhDY0/s320/P1000374.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;day 7. from damaraland to swakopmund, a coastal town, where all namibians spend their holidays. namibia has beaches too. well on this picture it looks more like the shitty beaches we have in holland, but it is nice on a warm sunny day :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SEKHcFI_a1I/AAAAAAAAAto/CeeOG-_-f3U/s1600-h/P1000483.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5206873035679689554" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SEKHcFI_a1I/AAAAAAAAAto/CeeOG-_-f3U/s320/P1000483.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SEKHcFI_a2I/AAAAAAAAAtw/e9vqmI59Lpc/s1600-h/P1000493.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5206873035679689570" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SEKHcFI_a2I/AAAAAAAAAtw/e9vqmI59Lpc/s320/P1000493.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;day 8. in the morning we did some kayaking in walvis bay with seals and dolphins :) hundreds of seals, up close and personal :) BUT i got seasick so i wasn't really having fun (that's a forced smile on the pic ;)). after the kayak trip we went to sossusvlei which made me feel better again :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SEKH6lI_a3I/AAAAAAAAAt4/bkPLbidnl0A/s1600-h/P1000515.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5206873559665699698" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SEKH6lI_a3I/AAAAAAAAAt4/bkPLbidnl0A/s320/P1000515.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SEKH61I_a4I/AAAAAAAAAuA/eoKjTW054Aw/s1600-h/IMG_8904%5B1%5D.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5206873563960667010" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SEKH61I_a4I/AAAAAAAAAuA/eoKjTW054Aw/s320/IMG_8904%5B1%5D.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SEKH7VI_a6I/AAAAAAAAAuQ/U-d4gQaWl6c/s1600-h/P1000534.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5206873572550601634" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SEKH7VI_a6I/AAAAAAAAAuQ/U-d4gQaWl6c/s320/P1000534.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;p&gt;day 9 in sossusvlei.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SEKIeVI_a-I/AAAAAAAAAuw/lxvz0ESrZ0g/s1600-h/P1000647.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5206874173846023138" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SEKIeVI_a-I/AAAAAAAAAuw/lxvz0ESrZ0g/s320/P1000647.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SEKId1I_a8I/AAAAAAAAAug/3UkM2rPedoo/s1600-h/P1000604.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5206874165256088514" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SEKId1I_a8I/AAAAAAAAAug/3UkM2rPedoo/s320/P1000604.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SEKH7lI_a7I/AAAAAAAAAuY/-H0JalAnjRs/s1600-h/P1000627.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5206873576845568946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SEKH7lI_a7I/AAAAAAAAAuY/-H0JalAnjRs/s320/P1000627.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SEKIeFI_a9I/AAAAAAAAAuo/DRzL4Me0Oyk/s1600-h/P1000632.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5206874169551055826" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SEKIeFI_a9I/AAAAAAAAAuo/DRzL4Me0Oyk/s320/P1000632.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SEKIflI_bAI/AAAAAAAAAvA/qYSIwPbh3Yo/s1600-h/P1000697.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5206874195320859650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SEKIflI_bAI/AAAAAAAAAvA/qYSIwPbh3Yo/s320/P1000697.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;some pics from my second time in sossusvlei. one can NEVER get bored of the sand dunes! i went to sossusvlei again for a weekend, and it was just as good as the first time. or even better. we went to deadvlei with all the dead trees, climbed the sossusvlei dune, and dune 45, one of the highest dunes. the view was AMAZING!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SEhgAn_d_AI/AAAAAAAAAvg/huq3J5vT310/s1600-h/P1010135.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208518532905434114" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SEhgAn_d_AI/AAAAAAAAAvg/huq3J5vT310/s320/P1010135.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SEhgBBP-tvI/AAAAAAAAAvo/2lzsOE7GwfY/s1600-h/P1010179.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208518539685574386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SEhgBBP-tvI/AAAAAAAAAvo/2lzsOE7GwfY/s320/P1010179.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SEhheQdhuzI/AAAAAAAAAvw/WIN-a_bASFo/s1600-h/P1010187.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208520141496761138" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SEhheQdhuzI/AAAAAAAAAvw/WIN-a_bASFo/s320/P1010187.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SExQVbELWBI/AAAAAAAAAxY/fTuS898AAts/s1600-h/P1010106.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209627197933574162" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SExQVbELWBI/AAAAAAAAAxY/fTuS898AAts/s320/P1010106.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SExQVhBnHmI/AAAAAAAAAxg/VkIbSzYcQoQ/s1600-h/P1010132.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209627199533424226" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SExQVhBnHmI/AAAAAAAAAxg/VkIbSzYcQoQ/s320/P1010132.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i went back to etosha during my last week in namibia. rainy season came to an end and the game in the park was everywhere :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SEhhevHCtWI/AAAAAAAAAwA/QRBWHUcYI0Q/s1600-h/P1010398.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208520149723952482" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SEhhevHCtWI/AAAAAAAAAwA/QRBWHUcYI0Q/s320/P1010398.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SEhhe9sQlvI/AAAAAAAAAwI/j80UbpqeRrs/s1600-h/P1010401.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208520153638147826" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SEhhe9sQlvI/AAAAAAAAAwI/j80UbpqeRrs/s320/P1010401.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SEhhfGjecpI/AAAAAAAAAwQ/cVpJjYPvakE/s1600-h/P1010617.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208520156017226386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SEhhfGjecpI/AAAAAAAAAwQ/cVpJjYPvakE/s320/P1010617.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SEhhskX-ybI/AAAAAAAAAwY/T-FvTpaiCGk/s1600-h/P1010597.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208520387360377266" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SEhhskX-ybI/AAAAAAAAAwY/T-FvTpaiCGk/s320/P1010597.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;some pics of the kids in the children's home where i've volunteered. the kids didn't listen to me but they are very cute!! and that big, pale kid on the top left, that's me&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SEhht-MvvqI/AAAAAAAAAwg/J0n4z0HwYTI/s1600-h/P1010656.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208520411472445090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SEhht-MvvqI/AAAAAAAAAwg/J0n4z0HwYTI/s320/P1010656.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SEhiXukHtyI/AAAAAAAAAww/bksUdpZvrxo/s1600-h/P1010655.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208521128830023458" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SEhiXukHtyI/AAAAAAAAAww/bksUdpZvrxo/s320/P1010655.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SEhhuB95p_I/AAAAAAAAAwo/FQht4J6yHqI/s1600-h/P1010663.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208520412483921906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SEhhuB95p_I/AAAAAAAAAwo/FQht4J6yHqI/s320/P1010663.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;at the airport, saying goodbye to my great friends. sob sob. caroline, sam, and elago, i miss u BIG time!! but like swarzy says: i'll be back :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SEhoHbcszZI/AAAAAAAAAxA/IjVhaVaqH0A/s1600-h/P1010756.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208527445890485650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SEhoHbcszZI/AAAAAAAAAxA/IjVhaVaqH0A/s320/P1010756.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SEhoHtAjrcI/AAAAAAAAAxI/q-IjzcVUB_s/s1600-h/P1010755.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208527450604285378" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SEhoHtAjrcI/AAAAAAAAAxI/q-IjzcVUB_s/s320/P1010755.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3208139428395455714-3780143537260776807?l=georgia-tsang.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://georgia-tsang.blogspot.com/feeds/3780143537260776807/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3208139428395455714&amp;postID=3780143537260776807' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3208139428395455714/posts/default/3780143537260776807'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3208139428395455714/posts/default/3780143537260776807'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://georgia-tsang.blogspot.com/2008/06/pictures-of-my-trip-part-ii.html' title='pictures of my trip, part II'/><author><name>Georgia Tsang</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17204038406058609361</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/R9MKa7ztvUI/AAAAAAAAAd0/OT1I1z183LQ/S220/IMG_7155.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SEKA2VI_aZI/AAAAAAAAAqI/ebnqjAOIvbI/s72-c/P1000005.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3208139428395455714.post-707975781899926354</id><published>2008-05-28T16:51:00.003+02:00</published><updated>2008-12-13T04:37:07.085+01:00</updated><title type='text'>i'm back... sob</title><content type='html'>i woke up in the morning and i heard a familiar voice. it was my mom. huh my mom here in the morning? oh yeah that's right, i'm back, back in amsterdam...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;sob i'm back sob in amsterdam sob. very strange. one moment u find yourself sitting in a 4x4 all hyper and excited looking at elephants in etosha, and in a blink of an eye u have traveled 10,000+ kms and you are back in amsterdam, to your old life, the closest to wildlife are the pigeons at dam square. sob. ;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i haven't updated u since april but a lot has been going on since (busy, lazy, no internet access). i moved to another place in windhoek, from the guesthouse in the city center to a brand new apartment in eros, the posh part of the city, i volunteered at the children's home (kiddies, i still don’t want them!), went to the sand dunes in sossusvlei again, worked a lot on the marketing for imbizi safaris, and went 3 days to etosha again in search for simba and friends (we found him!).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;my two months in namibia were amazing! it was an incredible experience. i’ve seen a lot, done a lot and learned a lot. i enjoyed every single moment there and never felt lonely or homesick. i was too busy having fun to worry about u ;) sorry guys but 2 months is just way too short to miss u. did u miss me then?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;walking in windhoek didn’t really give me the impression that i was in africa, except for all the blacks of course. tarred roads, clean streets (much cleaner than amsterdam actually), big expensive cars, shopping malls with anything to buy, and very, very nice restaurants. it could’ve been any metropolitan in a western country.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SD001cjpJbI/AAAAAAAAApE/zUGk7M_6NnI/s1600-h/P1000955.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5205374837113562546" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SD001cjpJbI/AAAAAAAAApE/zUGk7M_6NnI/s320/P1000955.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SD0018jpJeI/AAAAAAAAApc/UCqteC8MZg8/s1600-h/P1010675.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5205374845703497186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SD0018jpJeI/AAAAAAAAApc/UCqteC8MZg8/s320/P1010675.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SD002MjpJfI/AAAAAAAAApk/i-moHQahr-4/s1600-h/P1010678.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5205374849998464498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SD002MjpJfI/AAAAAAAAApk/i-moHQahr-4/s320/P1010678.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;but there's also the other side of namibia: poverty. u don’t see it when walking in the city center but it certainly does exists. i've been to the township of katutura. this is where the poor black people live, tucked away on the edge of windhoek, far from the city center. the people here inspired me a lot, they don’t have much but they are happy. life isn’t about a big house, big car, or fancy clothes...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and then there’s still the apartheid. black and white live apart and don’t have a lot to do with each other. there are black and white clubs. blacks don’t go to a white club because they aren’t welcome there, and whites don’t go to a black club because they don’t want to be seen there... it's sad but the harsh reality.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;anyway, i know u are all dying to see some pics so here they are, finally. it's worth the long wait cos they are amazing :) namibia is such a beautiful country, nice weather, spectacular landscapes, and abundant wildlife. and then the people. such nice and warm people. everybody is open, friendly, and kind. i made new friends. namibia feels like home and i cannot wait going back!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i’ve seen the most beautiful sunrises and sunsets and the sky painted in all the colours of the rainbow...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SD0fW8jpJNI/AAAAAAAAAnU/VwPs53pOYTI/s1600-h/P1010254.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5205351223383368914" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SD0fW8jpJNI/AAAAAAAAAnU/VwPs53pOYTI/s320/P1010254.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SD0fJcjpJII/AAAAAAAAAms/Kxq7CS4UvQc/s1600-h/P1000677.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5205350991455134850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SD0fJcjpJII/AAAAAAAAAms/Kxq7CS4UvQc/s320/P1000677.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SD0fJcjpJJI/AAAAAAAAAm0/Fr2RlLdCyxQ/s1600-h/P1000680.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5205350991455134866" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SD0fJcjpJJI/AAAAAAAAAm0/Fr2RlLdCyxQ/s320/P1000680.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SD0fJsjpJKI/AAAAAAAAAm8/IrdvfRCSVy8/s1600-h/P1010081.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5205350995750102178" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SD0fJsjpJKI/AAAAAAAAAm8/IrdvfRCSVy8/s320/P1010081.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SD0fKMjpJMI/AAAAAAAAAnM/DmKlb2i9IQY/s1600-h/P1010557.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5205351004340036802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SD0fKMjpJMI/AAAAAAAAAnM/DmKlb2i9IQY/s320/P1010557.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SD0epcjpJDI/AAAAAAAAAmE/278-eqRax-k/s1600-h/P1000159.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5205350441699320882" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SD0epcjpJDI/AAAAAAAAAmE/278-eqRax-k/s320/P1000159.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SD0epsjpJEI/AAAAAAAAAmM/BgicrUAGq_U/s1600-h/P1000217.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5205350445994288194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SD0epsjpJEI/AAAAAAAAAmM/BgicrUAGq_U/s320/P1000217.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SD0epsjpJFI/AAAAAAAAAmU/YPB4JoXIIHU/s1600-h/P1000409.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5205350445994288210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SD0epsjpJFI/AAAAAAAAAmU/YPB4JoXIIHU/s320/P1000409.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SD0ep8jpJGI/AAAAAAAAAmc/OVDTeWzj6jI/s1600-h/P1000651.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5205350450289255522" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SD0ep8jpJGI/AAAAAAAAAmc/OVDTeWzj6jI/s320/P1000651.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;nature-wise namibia is absolute spectacular. the landscape changes continuously and wherever we drove, the scenery was stunning!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SD0ljsjpJOI/AAAAAAAAAnc/qqleeG7nW5A/s1600-h/P1000237.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5205358039496467682" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SD0ljsjpJOI/AAAAAAAAAnc/qqleeG7nW5A/s320/P1000237.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SD0q_sjpJZI/AAAAAAAAAo0/TS60plCPMhQ/s1600-h/P1000179.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5205364018090943890" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SD0q_sjpJZI/AAAAAAAAAo0/TS60plCPMhQ/s320/P1000179.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SD0qkcjpJVI/AAAAAAAAAoU/Evb4xrAo1Jc/s1600-h/P1000468.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5205363549939508562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SD0qkcjpJVI/AAAAAAAAAoU/Evb4xrAo1Jc/s320/P1000468.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SD0qkcjpJWI/AAAAAAAAAoc/bftcYiLGZ08/s1600-h/P1000527.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5205363549939508578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SD0qkcjpJWI/AAAAAAAAAoc/bftcYiLGZ08/s320/P1000527.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SD0qJ8jpJPI/AAAAAAAAAnk/q_uznW4iPjM/s1600-h/P1000193.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5205363094672975090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SD0qJ8jpJPI/AAAAAAAAAnk/q_uznW4iPjM/s320/P1000193.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SD0qJ8jpJQI/AAAAAAAAAns/tDVB_ZiLOVI/s1600-h/P1000257.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5205363094672975106" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SD0qJ8jpJQI/AAAAAAAAAns/tDVB_ZiLOVI/s320/P1000257.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SD0qKcjpJRI/AAAAAAAAAn0/hrJRvtPGz8w/s1600-h/P1000290.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5205363103262909714" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SD0qKcjpJRI/AAAAAAAAAn0/hrJRvtPGz8w/s320/P1000290.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SD0qKcjpJSI/AAAAAAAAAn8/o2VDc4b06as/s1600-h/P1000316.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5205363103262909730" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SD0qKcjpJSI/AAAAAAAAAn8/o2VDc4b06as/s320/P1000316.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SD0qKsjpJTI/AAAAAAAAAoE/5j9wChsH5PI/s1600-h/P1000361.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5205363107557877042" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SD0qKsjpJTI/AAAAAAAAAoE/5j9wChsH5PI/s320/P1000361.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SD0qkMjpJUI/AAAAAAAAAoM/vlFPK6qNgGQ/s1600-h/P1000381.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5205363545644541250" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SD0qkMjpJUI/AAAAAAAAAoM/vlFPK6qNgGQ/s320/P1000381.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the red sand dunes in sossusvlei were one of the many highlights. i raced down from the top of the dunes and made a spectacular dive into the sand. ok, the dive wasn’t intentional (i was running like mad and the dune was a bit too steep and i fall) but it sure looked impressive hehe :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SD0d0sjpJCI/AAAAAAAAAl8/kT2Bf1Vh7Yg/s1600-h/P1010095.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5205349535461221410" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SD0d0sjpJCI/AAAAAAAAAl8/kT2Bf1Vh7Yg/s320/P1010095.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SD0dtsjpJBI/AAAAAAAAAl0/X3P5xIlm1Rs/s1600-h/P1010089.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5205349415202137106" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SD0dtsjpJBI/AAAAAAAAAl0/X3P5xIlm1Rs/s320/P1010089.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SD0cj8jpI6I/AAAAAAAAAk8/EEZH0fQBjxE/s1600-h/P1010128.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5205348148186784674" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SD0cj8jpI6I/AAAAAAAAAk8/EEZH0fQBjxE/s320/P1010128.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SD0ckMjpI7I/AAAAAAAAAlE/Yqdj1BNEtE4/s1600-h/P1010123.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5205348152481751986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SD0ckMjpI7I/AAAAAAAAAlE/Yqdj1BNEtE4/s320/P1010123.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SD0ckMjpI8I/AAAAAAAAAlM/zjOSG9uRLtk/s1600-h/P1010198.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5205348152481752002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SD0ckMjpI8I/AAAAAAAAAlM/zjOSG9uRLtk/s320/P1010198.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SD0ckcjpI9I/AAAAAAAAAlU/IEm3KTMzu4g/s1600-h/P1010203.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5205348156776719314" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SD0ckcjpI9I/AAAAAAAAAlU/IEm3KTMzu4g/s320/P1010203.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SD0cksjpI-I/AAAAAAAAAlc/kwwuABc7zKg/s1600-h/P1010735.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5205348161071686626" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SD0cksjpI-I/AAAAAAAAAlc/kwwuABc7zKg/s320/P1010735.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;some people we met along the road&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SD01I8jpJhI/AAAAAAAAAp0/ZQaYEdbBU68/s1600-h/P1000348.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5205375172121011730" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SD01I8jpJhI/AAAAAAAAAp0/ZQaYEdbBU68/s320/P1000348.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SD01IsjpJgI/AAAAAAAAAps/h30tKA5hLno/s1600-h/P1000344.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5205375167826044418" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SD01IsjpJgI/AAAAAAAAAps/h30tKA5hLno/s320/P1000344.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SD01JMjpJiI/AAAAAAAAAp8/7Yv0745AVC8/s1600-h/P1000472.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5205375176415979042" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SD01JMjpJiI/AAAAAAAAAp8/7Yv0745AVC8/s320/P1000472.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;wildlife. i've been twice to etosha for game drives. YAAAAAY!! :) wow very impressive to see all the animals out there. highlight was definitely the bull elephant in the middle of the road the second time in etosha. we were rushing towards to the gate cos it was getting dark and the gates were closing in a few minutes. and there was this GIGANTIC bull elephant blocking our way.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;we were stuck behind it for like 30 mins before it finally moved away. since we couldn't pass by it we were too late at the gate... the gates were already closed when we got there. we had to go to another gate and had to wait till someone came and opened the gate for us, eventually. but it was great, seeing the elephant walking right in front of us was just THRILLING :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the first time i went to etosha was in the beginning of the tour. it was during the wet season and we didn't see much then... i decided to go to etosha again last week and i was NOT dissappointed! i had very, very high expectations and this tour totally met my expectations. we saw 2 male lions, a black rhino, THE bull elephant on the road, lots of mother elephants and babies at the waterhole (so sweet!), giraffes, and more of the plains game like springbok, zebra, oryx, kudu etc.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;also the scenery has completely changed in two months. the first time the park was all green with thick bushes and high grass with lovely yellow flowers. now it's all gone and it has turned into brown and yellow...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SDr3T8jpIeI/AAAAAAAAAhc/UYxhynCPwl0/s1600-h/P1000912.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204744241425228258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SDr3T8jpIeI/AAAAAAAAAhc/UYxhynCPwl0/s320/P1000912.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SDr3TsjpIdI/AAAAAAAAAhU/phYCetHF02E/s1600-h/P1000833.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204744237130260946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SDr3TsjpIdI/AAAAAAAAAhU/phYCetHF02E/s320/P1000833.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SDr888jpIhI/AAAAAAAAAh0/uMPVgXbh_8M/s1600-h/P1000830.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204750443358003730" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SDr888jpIhI/AAAAAAAAAh0/uMPVgXbh_8M/s320/P1000830.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SDr3kMjpIgI/AAAAAAAAAhs/WotSHkHgtqM/s1600-h/P1010737.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204744520598102530" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SDr3kMjpIgI/AAAAAAAAAhs/WotSHkHgtqM/s320/P1010737.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SDr088jpIYI/AAAAAAAAAgs/QtyYPg8EhUY/s1600-h/P1010390.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204741647264981378" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SDr088jpIYI/AAAAAAAAAgs/QtyYPg8EhUY/s320/P1010390.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SDr09MjpIZI/AAAAAAAAAg0/ohfvcPfsZqY/s1600-h/P1010742.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204741651559948690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SDr09MjpIZI/AAAAAAAAAg0/ohfvcPfsZqY/s320/P1010742.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SDvMnsjpI3I/AAAAAAAAAkk/5hkuU9CaN8o/s1600-h/P1010500.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204978776704361330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SDvMnsjpI3I/AAAAAAAAAkk/5hkuU9CaN8o/s320/P1010500.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SDsB-sjpIpI/AAAAAAAAAi0/qJ1wXPfrh-0/s1600-h/P1000885.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204755970980913810" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SDsB-sjpIpI/AAAAAAAAAi0/qJ1wXPfrh-0/s320/P1000885.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SDr098jpIbI/AAAAAAAAAhE/-7lTKUtWCkM/s1600-h/P1010726.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204741664444850610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SDr098jpIbI/AAAAAAAAAhE/-7lTKUtWCkM/s320/P1010726.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SDsB-cjpIoI/AAAAAAAAAis/I2yAqPlv1Bs/s1600-h/P1000271.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204755966685946498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SDsB-cjpIoI/AAAAAAAAAis/I2yAqPlv1Bs/s320/P1000271.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SDr_U8jpImI/AAAAAAAAAic/hHKnv720ULc/s1600-h/P1010730.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204753054698119778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SDr_U8jpImI/AAAAAAAAAic/hHKnv720ULc/s320/P1010730.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SDr_VMjpInI/AAAAAAAAAik/d2IGkSIXBds/s1600-h/P1010455.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204753058993087090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SDr_VMjpInI/AAAAAAAAAik/d2IGkSIXBds/s320/P1010455.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SDr0bMjpIXI/AAAAAAAAAgk/c91tfCU_b4w/s1600-h/P1010301.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204741067444396402" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SDr0bMjpIXI/AAAAAAAAAgk/c91tfCU_b4w/s320/P1010301.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SDr-D8jpIiI/AAAAAAAAAh8/6qUntPxjz-Y/s1600-h/P1010627.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204751663128715810" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SDr-D8jpIiI/AAAAAAAAAh8/6qUntPxjz-Y/s320/P1010627.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SD0tJcjpJaI/AAAAAAAAAo8/kmEzcfZzH5s/s1600-h/P1000109.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5205366384617924002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SD0tJcjpJaI/AAAAAAAAAo8/kmEzcfZzH5s/s320/P1000109.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SDr3TcjpIcI/AAAAAAAAAhM/XZfCRkd9FtI/s1600-h/P1000110.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204744232835293634" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SDr3TcjpIcI/AAAAAAAAAhM/XZfCRkd9FtI/s320/P1000110.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SDvTDMjpI5I/AAAAAAAAAk0/SnYIXgf-6hQ/s1600-h/P1010325.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204985846220530578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SDvTDMjpI5I/AAAAAAAAAk0/SnYIXgf-6hQ/s320/P1010325.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SDr-lMjpIjI/AAAAAAAAAiE/1_oXPDmg7gE/s1600-h/P1000039.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204752234359366194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SDr-lMjpIjI/AAAAAAAAAiE/1_oXPDmg7gE/s320/P1000039.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SDr3UMjpIfI/AAAAAAAAAhk/HQSGFO5D100/s1600-h/P1010734.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204744245720195570" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SDr3UMjpIfI/AAAAAAAAAhk/HQSGFO5D100/s320/P1010734.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SDr09sjpIaI/AAAAAAAAAg8/3gcweyhiqzU/s1600-h/P1010728.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204741660149883298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SDr09sjpIaI/AAAAAAAAAg8/3gcweyhiqzU/s320/P1010728.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SDvTC8jpI4I/AAAAAAAAAks/p01G0Se5pUc/s1600-h/P1000125.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204985841925563266" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SDvTC8jpI4I/AAAAAAAAAks/p01G0Se5pUc/s320/P1000125.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SD0qksjpJXI/AAAAAAAAAok/HjA6dv_hJ7o/s1600-h/P1000507.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5205363554234475890" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SD0qksjpJXI/AAAAAAAAAok/HjA6dv_hJ7o/s320/P1000507.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and last but not least, allow me to show off my accommodation during the 10 day tour. i slept in the most beautiful and luxury lodges in the most amazing and remote sites. excellent rooms, delicious meals 3 times a day, sitting at the camp fire and watching little stars. sighhh... that was great stuff :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SDswX8jpIvI/AAAAAAAAAjk/MDjzYvAeSM0/s1600-h/P1000024.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204806982307488498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SDswX8jpIvI/AAAAAAAAAjk/MDjzYvAeSM0/s320/P1000024.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SDswYMjpIwI/AAAAAAAAAjs/Ac7DeLduWXE/s1600-h/P1000135.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204806986602455810" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SDswYMjpIwI/AAAAAAAAAjs/Ac7DeLduWXE/s320/P1000135.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SDsw_cjpIxI/AAAAAAAAAj0/X6onUIRANlA/s1600-h/P1000152.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204807660912321298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SDsw_cjpIxI/AAAAAAAAAj0/X6onUIRANlA/s320/P1000152.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SDsw_sjpIyI/AAAAAAAAAj8/AYHdB8H0dC8/s1600-h/P1000182.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204807665207288610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SDsw_sjpIyI/AAAAAAAAAj8/AYHdB8H0dC8/s320/P1000182.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SDsxAcjpIzI/AAAAAAAAAkE/QTVirtbVa7w/s1600-h/P1000186.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204807678092190514" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SDsxAcjpIzI/AAAAAAAAAkE/QTVirtbVa7w/s320/P1000186.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SDsxAcjpI0I/AAAAAAAAAkM/eNHlzYESdEo/s1600-h/P1000444.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204807678092190530" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SDsxAcjpI0I/AAAAAAAAAkM/eNHlzYESdEo/s320/P1000444.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SDsvC8jpIuI/AAAAAAAAAjc/CP8Ju7ydy3o/s1600-h/P1000498.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204805522018607842" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SDsvC8jpIuI/AAAAAAAAAjc/CP8Ju7ydy3o/s320/P1000498.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SDsvCsjpItI/AAAAAAAAAjU/w9p9vnps1U0/s1600-h/P1000501.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204805517723640530" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SDsvCsjpItI/AAAAAAAAAjU/w9p9vnps1U0/s320/P1000501.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SDsvCcjpIsI/AAAAAAAAAjM/ZXHCbZis3qI/s1600-h/P1000543.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204805513428673218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SDsvCcjpIsI/AAAAAAAAAjM/ZXHCbZis3qI/s320/P1000543.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SDsvCcjpIrI/AAAAAAAAAjE/bS1D7Fc6txc/s1600-h/P1000576.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204805513428673202" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SDsvCcjpIrI/AAAAAAAAAjE/bS1D7Fc6txc/s320/P1000576.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SDsvB8jpIqI/AAAAAAAAAi8/o2x04V5APow/s1600-h/P1000577.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204805504838738594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SDsvB8jpIqI/AAAAAAAAAi8/o2x04V5APow/s320/P1000577.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;after 10 days this sadly all came to an end... for the next month i stayed at puccini house in windhoek. it's a nice guest house, very friendly staff and very comfortable beds but u know, not exactly what i had experienced for the last 10 days... but as i said before, it wasn't bad, not at all. i got everything i need (like a toilet and shower with running water) so it was all good :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SDvLQMjpI1I/AAAAAAAAAkU/arZtMiso0s0/s1600-h/P1000985.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204977273465807698" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SDvLQMjpI1I/AAAAAAAAAkU/arZtMiso0s0/s320/P1000985.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SDvLQcjpI2I/AAAAAAAAAkc/vD-_VnaLsig/s1600-h/P1000989.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204977277760775010" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SDvLQcjpI2I/AAAAAAAAAkc/vD-_VnaLsig/s320/P1000989.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;my own apartment in posh eros&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SD001sjpJcI/AAAAAAAAApM/fE2CqcnCPQM/s1600-h/P1010273.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5205374841408529858" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SD001sjpJcI/AAAAAAAAApM/fE2CqcnCPQM/s320/P1010273.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SD0018jpJdI/AAAAAAAAApU/5Mc1mKbLXV8/s1600-h/P1010276.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5205374845703497170" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SD0018jpJdI/AAAAAAAAApU/5Mc1mKbLXV8/s320/P1010276.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;so now i’m back. back to my old life and i'm missing namibia big time. i miss the nice weather, it's so grey here! i miss the friendly people, i've just been to the shops and my god, how rude is everybody! what’s next for me? work. i’m running outta money so i need to work. also, i’ve got some cool things to look forward to, concerts. bruce and R.E.M. are on the list. plus, i can watch roland garros all day long, if it's not raining that is. GOOOOO ROGER!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and my next destination? dunno, the world is so big and there are too many nice places. patagonia apppeals to me a lot, so does iceland... so perhaps somewhere cool :)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3208139428395455714-707975781899926354?l=georgia-tsang.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://georgia-tsang.blogspot.com/feeds/707975781899926354/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3208139428395455714&amp;postID=707975781899926354' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3208139428395455714/posts/default/707975781899926354'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3208139428395455714/posts/default/707975781899926354'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://georgia-tsang.blogspot.com/2008/05/im-back-sob.html' title='i&apos;m back... sob'/><author><name>Georgia Tsang</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17204038406058609361</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/R9MKa7ztvUI/AAAAAAAAAd0/OT1I1z183LQ/S220/IMG_7155.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/SD001cjpJbI/AAAAAAAAApE/zUGk7M_6NnI/s72-c/P1000955.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3208139428395455714.post-2527706016667347051</id><published>2008-04-13T22:43:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2008-04-14T20:00:56.427+02:00</updated><title type='text'>my fab life in windhoek :)</title><content type='html'>hello people back home :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;how u doing? how's the weather back there today? i've been told that it's cold and rainy. well here in windhoek the weather is just great!! today 25+ degrees, sunny. lovely weather. so first i spent the morning in the sun next to the pool in the guesthouse, and then i went to windhoek's vondelpark (ok, the park is like 100 times smaller than vondelpark in amsterdam but the idea is the same: park in the city center with nice restaurants) and had a very nice lunch there. sighhhhh, life is GREAT :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;so what's up?? nothing really exciting happened to me last week... i wake up, go to the office and then back home. i've been working for 2 weeks now so i can tell u all about my daily routine. bottom line, i really enjoy it here, i'm learning a lot, and i'm having a lot of FUN too :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i wake up every morning at 7-ish. i'm usually awake before my alarm on my mobile goes off. i technically force myself to wake up before the alarm goes off cos i've got a highly annoying alarm. i can't change it so i try to avoid that the damn tone gets stuck in my head for the rest of the day...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;first stop toilet. since i've no en suite facilities i have to go outside to go to the toilet (outside as in to walk outside, not as in bush toilets)... three whole steps does it take from my room to get there. i open the door and that's also the moment that i wake up all other guests on the premises. the toilet door is squeaky as hell!! the door desperately needs some oil!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;next stop bathroom. located 2 steps from the toilets. there's running water (real running water, A LOT), and also warm water. so i take my time in the morning, causing a huge queue ;) then breakfast time. 5 steps from the bathroom to the dining room. breakfast, that's usually toasted bread (i don't trust the bread here. i only eat fresh bread, as in REALLY fresh bread. dry, old bread tastes good again after a few minutes in the toaster), tea, AND carrot cake for me. yes carrot cake. they have carrot cake here every morning and it is DELICIOUS man! i take a piece every morning :) so sebas if u read this, we have some serious work out to do when i get back ;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;then to the office. there's no public transport in windhoek and it's 5 kms from my place to the office. so to get there, i take a taxi. that's what i call an adventure. there are lots of taxis here so it's no problem to hail one. the taxis here are old and small, with music playing loud, and not very reliable looking drivers either ;) also, u share the taxi with others so it remains to be seen &lt;em&gt;how &lt;/em&gt;and &lt;em&gt;when &lt;/em&gt;u get to your destination... but no worries, so far so good :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the office is a small room. there are 3 people working there (incl myself), C managing director, and E tour guide. the work i'm doing is really useful and interesting. right now i'm busy with search engine optimalisation for the company.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;go back home at 5-ish. same exciting ride with taxi. back home chilling a bit, sometimes to the supermarket to get some things for dinner. then cooking. usually some frozen veggies with rice or pasta. easy. after dinner i go back to my room and read my book or play with the DS (big brain academy is highly addictive man! plus, i've already got F-O-U-R platinum medals!!), and then off to bed...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;so this is my daily routine. similar to my routine back home (wake up-work-bed) but in a very different setting. what i miss most is my social life. there isn't much to do in the evening so i go to bed very early. sometimes i go out for dinner with other guests or with C... BUT, i discovered the TV this afternoon! YAY! i did notice the TV room but never been there. today, after i got back from the park, i switched on the TV and guess what was on TV? grey's anatomy!! i haven't watched TV for like a month and the first thing i see when i turn on the TV is GA! and also an episode i haven't watched yet. fantastic! i've seen that there are more cool TV shows so my evenings are booked from now :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;gotta go, they're closing this place. until next time!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;p.s. no still no pics. still haven't found a place where i can insert my memory card... haven't been looking either i have to say...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;p.p.s. good to know that mr laptop is still alive. i'm missing him big time. please take good care of him... :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;p.p.p.s tonny-boy, there are no tigers here so can't get u one, sorry :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;p.p.p.p.s ferry, :) ;) :P&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3208139428395455714-2527706016667347051?l=georgia-tsang.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://georgia-tsang.blogspot.com/feeds/2527706016667347051/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3208139428395455714&amp;postID=2527706016667347051' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3208139428395455714/posts/default/2527706016667347051'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3208139428395455714/posts/default/2527706016667347051'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://georgia-tsang.blogspot.com/2008/04/daily-routine.html' title='my fab life in windhoek :)'/><author><name>Georgia Tsang</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17204038406058609361</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/R9MKa7ztvUI/AAAAAAAAAd0/OT1I1z183LQ/S220/IMG_7155.JPG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3208139428395455714.post-5311506687577292369</id><published>2008-04-06T14:07:00.008+02:00</published><updated>2008-04-07T10:01:49.754+02:00</updated><title type='text'>so far so good :)</title><content type='html'>hello folks, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;here i'm again :) well i know that u are all dying to see some pics but unfortunately that's not going to happen. at least not today. i found a internet cafe but this place doesn't allow me to use memory sticks/cards. so u just have to be a lil bit more patient :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;so bet u wanna know all about my 10 day trip. well, it was FAB!! for 10 days i've been living like a princess. i've been to the most beautiful places in namibia, slept in the most luxery lodges, and had the most delicious meals u can EVER imagine :) the only thing i had to worry about was to worry about nothing ;) it's such a shame that i can't upload the pics, u'd be soooo jealous hehe :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the safari tour was like a private tour cos there were only 4 of us. S &amp; D from the states, our tour guide R, and me. so we started the tour with 2 days in etosha NP... we went on a game drive and animals we've seen include springboks, steenboks, oryxes, wildebeasts, impalas, elephants, rhinos, zebras, giraffes, ostriches, and many many other birds. springboks and zebras are seen everywhere and anywhere. they're like kangaroos in aussie or sheep in NZ. unfortunately we didn't see simba, mufasa, or nala. they were hiding from us :( it's a bit difficult to spot animals during the wet season since they can be anywhere and don't have to come to waterholes for water. so yeah, such a shame we didn't see lions... but this doesn't mean that they weren't around cos i could hear them loud and clear from my tent in the middle of the night, and again during breakfast. so yeah, they were definitely around ;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;after etosha we drove further up north to palmwag and hoanib. to get there was extremely difficult. the main road has been washed away by the rain so we had to take the back back baaaack road to get there. it was travelling at 20 km/h max and i can tell you from my bruises that the ride was extremely bumpy... and also we got stuck. in the mud. yeah u go on a guided tour and think that nothing could happen to u... well not so true. we got stuck very badly. we were driving in the river bed (it's okay to drive there in the dry season but not when it's wet and muddy obviously) when we got stuck. we were very close to the camp (u could see it) but R couldn't find the way up since the road has been completely washed away... so we went back and forth, up and down the river, trying to find our way and then it happened. stuck. great. so we called the camp via radio (thank god we had radio on board cos there is no cellphone reception in the middle of nowhere) and the camp people came to rescue us. it took them like like 3 hours to pull the landrover out but we reached the camp, eventually... siiiiiiiigh...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;but this place (hoanib) is beautiful man! so remote, so desolate, so peaceful, so quiet. we were the only one in the camp. the view from my tent was absolutely amazing. also R, C (guide at camp) and me went mountain climbing (not as in real mountain/rock climbing but we did climb the mountain) and the view on top was just STUNNING! absolutely one of the highlights of the tour :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;another highlight of the tour was kayaking in walvis bay and the sanddunes in sossusvlei. we went kayaking in the lagoon of the ocean with seals and dolphins!! how cool was that!! the seals and dolphins were like everywhere. anyway, i was paddling like mad to keep track of them. and apparently i was too enthusiastic cos i got seasick. it was disgusting i can tell ya. the waves were high but i didn't notice them cos i was too busy following the dolphins. so the last part wasn't very enjoyable for me...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;sanddunes, another favourite. the dunes are like 300m high and beautifully shaped. S and i climbed one of the dunes which was very very cool! we also saw the sunset and sunrise over the dunes. again, very impressive.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;so now i'm back in windhoek. very different than what i had experienced during the safari tour. spacious and beautifully decorated rooms have turned into a small single room with no en suite facilities, delicious meals have turned into quick meals, beautiful and remote areas have become busy places filled with people and cars. no more quietness or animals... but this place isn't bad at all!! yeah my room is small but not smaller than my room in the netherlands, and my bed is is super SUPER comfy. i have to 'cook' my own meals but i can buy everything in the big supermarket around the corner. i have everything i need, so don't worry, i'll survive my 2 months here hehehe.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;okay gotta go now. time's running out. see ya next time. i do have internet in my guesthouse but it's extremely slow so i only use it to check emails. but i do have access to fast internet at the office so i can secretly do some stuff during office hours as well ;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;see ya next time!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;p.s. could u please tell me what's happening in the netherlands? weather, politics? i update u about my life here and u update me about things in the netherlands. deal. what happened to the geert wilders movie anyway?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3208139428395455714-5311506687577292369?l=georgia-tsang.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://georgia-tsang.blogspot.com/feeds/5311506687577292369/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3208139428395455714&amp;postID=5311506687577292369' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3208139428395455714/posts/default/5311506687577292369'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3208139428395455714/posts/default/5311506687577292369'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://georgia-tsang.blogspot.com/2008/04/so-far-so-good.html' title='so far so good :)'/><author><name>Georgia Tsang</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17204038406058609361</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/R9MKa7ztvUI/AAAAAAAAAd0/OT1I1z183LQ/S220/IMG_7155.JPG'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3208139428395455714.post-1111850192137179447</id><published>2008-03-28T15:26:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2008-03-28T15:39:09.410+01:00</updated><title type='text'>i'm alive</title><content type='html'>hello peeps,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;quick update, don't have much time but i'm alive!! have you been worried about me ;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;thanks for your concern and messages. i'm really having a great time here. right now i'm in swakopmund. and i'm sure that none of you know where the hell this is. well it's on the west coast of namibia. and this is called a city but it's so damn quiet here. absolutely nobody out here on the streets. anyway, it's cool that i'm in this city. this means back to civilisation. i've spent the last 6 days in the middle of nowhere which was very very cool. 4 days left before going back to windhoek and to start my volunteership.anyway, i'm heaving a GREAT time here. the weather is nice (&gt; 35 degrees every day) and the country is really beautiful.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;gotta go now, running outta time here. pics will follow later. dont worry, i've made plenty to make you jealous.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;see ya later! :)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3208139428395455714-1111850192137179447?l=georgia-tsang.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://georgia-tsang.blogspot.com/feeds/1111850192137179447/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3208139428395455714&amp;postID=1111850192137179447' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3208139428395455714/posts/default/1111850192137179447'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3208139428395455714/posts/default/1111850192137179447'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://georgia-tsang.blogspot.com/2008/03/im-alive.html' title='i&apos;m alive'/><author><name>Georgia Tsang</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17204038406058609361</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/R9MKa7ztvUI/AAAAAAAAAd0/OT1I1z183LQ/S220/IMG_7155.JPG'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3208139428395455714.post-4715189105021700557</id><published>2008-03-20T00:48:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2008-12-13T04:37:07.260+01:00</updated><title type='text'>my last night...</title><content type='html'>hello all,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;my last night sleeping in my very own and nice warm bed before heading towards namibia. tomorrow i'll be spending the night in the plane to johannesburg, cramped in tiny air seats, and sitting next to a screaming child, or a fat smelly guy...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;it took me a whole damn week but i think i've packed all my stuff and belongings and i also think that i'm ready to go.... i'm getting a bit nervous now that the adventure is really coming closer. this journey is gonna be so much different than my trip to Oz &amp;amp; Nz last year. first, i'm going all alone, second, i'll be doing volunteerwork so it's all work and little play ;), and third, i'm going to a not-so-developed-country-but-not-un(der)developed-country country. but i'm sure that this will be a once in life time experience i'll never forget :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;so why volunteering in namibia? well since my contract ended with my current employer and i haven't found my dream job (yet, that is), i really wanted to travel again, rather than sitting at home and doing nothing... plus, i also wanted to gain some international work experience. i chose africa because i wanted to go on a safari tour. i'm such a nature freak so going to africa and encounter some of the world's most impressive animals up close and personal has been a wish for me forever. my first choice was kenya but after the whole election fiasco in dec last year, i decided to look for something else, something more stable would be nice... and i came across a volunteership as a marketeer in namibia.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;so what can i tell u about namibia? well i didn't know much of the country either, other than that it's always the first country that appears from the dropdown list when you press 'N' for the netherlands... but i did some research, browsed the net, read some books and my knowledge of the country has increased tremendously ;) the country has 20 times the size of holland, and only a population of 2 million. namibia is a semi-arid country with a dry climate (warm to hot days, cold to freezing nights) and has over 300 days of sunshine a year, which makes it possible to travel whole year trough. also nice to know, the country is rich in diamonds. and since diamonds are a girl's best friends, i might be coming back rich ;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/R9g3yLztvZI/AAAAAAAAAeo/3V7mQNiOV5o/s1600-h/Oryx+Antelope.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5176949106965069202" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/R9g3yLztvZI/AAAAAAAAAeo/3V7mQNiOV5o/s200/Oryx+Antelope.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;i start my trip with a 10 day safari with &lt;a href="http://www.wilderness-safaris.com/" target="_blank"&gt;wilderness safaris&lt;/a&gt; on 22 march. click &lt;a href="http://www.wilderness-safaris.com/safaris/exploration/exploration_detail.jsp?exploration=2307#fragment-10" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; for a detailed itinerary and &lt;a href="http://www.wilderness-safaris.com/safaris/exploration/exploration_detail.jsp?exploration=2307&amp;amp;gallery=true" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; for some jealous making pictures of the tour. after the tour that encompasses highlights of namibia (etosha NP, sossusvlei, damaraland), i start my volunteership with &lt;a href="http://www.imbizi.com/" target="_blank"&gt;imbizi tours&lt;/a&gt;. during my volunteership i'll be staying at &lt;a href="http://www.puccini-namibia.com/" target="_blank"&gt;puccini guesthouse&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ok that's it for now. it's getting late and i gotta sleep and enjoy my last night in my bed. updates will follow later from windhoek. stay tuned for more and don't miss me too much ;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;byeeeeeeeeeeeeee!! :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;p.s. i'm joining the safari the first 10 days after arriving in namibia so don't worry if you don't hear from me. i'm just too busy having fun and doing cool things to think about you ;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;p.p.s. for those of you (i won't name any names WINNIE) who can't be bothered to check for new updates, i'll notify you by email in case of new posts... happy? :P&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;p.p.p.s it's &lt;em&gt;compulsory&lt;/em&gt; to leave comments here.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3208139428395455714-4715189105021700557?l=georgia-tsang.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://georgia-tsang.blogspot.com/feeds/4715189105021700557/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3208139428395455714&amp;postID=4715189105021700557' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3208139428395455714/posts/default/4715189105021700557'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3208139428395455714/posts/default/4715189105021700557'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://georgia-tsang.blogspot.com/2008/03/my-last-night.html' title='my last night...'/><author><name>Georgia Tsang</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17204038406058609361</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/R9MKa7ztvUI/AAAAAAAAAd0/OT1I1z183LQ/S220/IMG_7155.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/R9g3yLztvZI/AAAAAAAAAeo/3V7mQNiOV5o/s72-c/Oryx+Antelope.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3208139428395455714.post-343005995974835485</id><published>2008-03-15T11:17:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2008-03-15T12:12:34.508+01:00</updated><title type='text'>packing = HATEFUL</title><content type='html'>packing = hateful. that's a fact. my tiny room has become a battlefield. my whole room is covered with clothes. i can barely walk, i feel tired by just looking at the mess. how should i know what to bring or what not to bring?? things that seem so ordinary here might not be that ordinary when i don't have them over there, or worse, when they are nowhere to be found.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;10 pairs of shorts too much? i guess not. do i really need 15 something shirts? yep i do. how about shoes? how many pairs? 3 pair enough? some fancy dresses for the evenings? yeah would be nice too, u never know. my bag is already half full with clothes and there's so much more to take with me... travel light, surely not applicable to me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;sigh... gotta continue with the battle.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3208139428395455714-343005995974835485?l=georgia-tsang.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3208139428395455714/posts/default/343005995974835485'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3208139428395455714/posts/default/343005995974835485'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://georgia-tsang.blogspot.com/2008/03/packing-hateful.html' title='packing = HATEFUL'/><author><name>Georgia Tsang</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17204038406058609361</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/R9MKa7ztvUI/AAAAAAAAAd0/OT1I1z183LQ/S220/IMG_7155.JPG'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3208139428395455714.post-8688002259887730945</id><published>2008-03-09T16:14:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2008-03-10T23:33:45.412+01:00</updated><title type='text'>countdown</title><content type='html'>countdown till my next adventure. 20 march is gonna be the day i'm heading to arse kicking namibia.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' 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rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/R9MKa7ztvUI/AAAAAAAAAd0/OT1I1z183LQ/S220/IMG_7155.JPG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3208139428395455714.post-7895201808517949090</id><published>2007-04-27T06:25:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2008-12-13T04:37:15.786+01:00</updated><title type='text'>bijna thuis!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="left"&gt;helaas is het hele verhaal wat jeroen heeft getypt over wat we hebben uitgespookt de laatste paar weken verdwenen, maar gelukkig hebben we de foto's nog. en morgen zijn we thuis dus dan horen jullie onze verhalen wel persoonlijk!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;na 4.5 maand te zijn weggeweest komen we zondag om 10.00 aan op schiphol, vlucht BA428, dus wij verwachten een heel groot ontvangst-commitee. tot snel!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RjGUiJE-jCI/AAAAAAAAAdg/TVA3XsSBlGI/s1600-h/IMG_2033.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5057987170787036194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RjGUiJE-jCI/AAAAAAAAAdg/TVA3XsSBlGI/s320/IMG_2033.JPG" border="0" /&gt; &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;vóór cape brett 'hole in rock'&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RjGUQZE-jBI/AAAAAAAAAdY/9IjQIf5n7x8/s1600-h/IMG_1931.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5057986865844358162" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RjGUQZE-jBI/AAAAAAAAAdY/9IjQIf5n7x8/s320/IMG_1931.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;dolfijnen cruise bay of islands&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RjGTn5E-jAI/AAAAAAAAAdQ/k6DRDyhM830/s1600-h/IMG_1841.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5057986170059656194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RjGTn5E-jAI/AAAAAAAAAdQ/k6DRDyhM830/s320/IMG_1841.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; cathedral cove coromandel peninsula&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RjGTBpE-i_I/AAAAAAAAAdI/Thdooktj-Mc/s1600-h/IMG_1735.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5057985512929659890" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RjGTBpE-i_I/AAAAAAAAAdI/Thdooktj-Mc/s320/IMG_1735.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; vulkaan in tongariro national park&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RjGSApE-i-I/AAAAAAAAAdA/fWxUNfOQ56A/s1600-h/New+Image1.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5057984396238162914" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RjGSApE-i-I/AAAAAAAAAdA/fWxUNfOQ56A/s320/New+Image1.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;'big carrot' in ohakune&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RjGRapE-i9I/AAAAAAAAAc4/N4FJ819KU8Y/s1600-h/IMG_1707.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5057983743403133906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RjGRapE-i9I/AAAAAAAAAc4/N4FJ819KU8Y/s320/IMG_1707.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;mount ruapehu&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RjGRDpE-i8I/AAAAAAAAAcw/KpWbKx6sSEw/s1600-h/New+Image2.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5057983348266142658" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RjGRDpE-i8I/AAAAAAAAAcw/KpWbKx6sSEw/s320/New+Image2.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; gollum pool bij mangawhero falls&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RjGQSpE-i7I/AAAAAAAAAco/Nc5Bi4JZe_4/s1600-h/New+Image1.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5057982506452552626" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RjGQSpE-i7I/AAAAAAAAAco/Nc5Bi4JZe_4/s320/New+Image1.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;zandduinen in farewell spit&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RjGPwpE-i6I/AAAAAAAAAcg/jWUNnICY370/s1600-h/IMG_1498.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5057981922337000354" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RjGPwpE-i6I/AAAAAAAAAcg/jWUNnICY370/s320/IMG_1498.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RjGPGZE-i5I/AAAAAAAAAcY/3XUPlfp_Zko/s1600-h/IMG_1483.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5057981196487527314" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RjGPGZE-i5I/AAAAAAAAAcY/3XUPlfp_Zko/s320/IMG_1483.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RjGOv5E-i4I/AAAAAAAAAcQ/_cOCiujVWWM/s1600-h/New+Image1.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5057980809940470658" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RjGOv5E-i4I/AAAAAAAAAcQ/_cOCiujVWWM/s320/New+Image1.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RjGOR5E-i3I/AAAAAAAAAcI/Fy-0ptVGa54/s1600-h/IMG_1354.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5057980294544395122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RjGOR5E-i3I/AAAAAAAAAcI/Fy-0ptVGa54/s320/IMG_1354.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;mooie plaatjes in abel tasman national park&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RjGN6pE-i2I/AAAAAAAAAcA/ekXLUR8njT4/s1600-h/IMG_1281.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5057979895112436578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RjGN6pE-i2I/AAAAAAAAAcA/ekXLUR8njT4/s320/IMG_1281.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; buller gorge&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RjGNGJE-i1I/AAAAAAAAAb4/0R87qOqy3Fs/s1600-h/New+Image2.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5057978993169304402" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RjGNGJE-i1I/AAAAAAAAAb4/0R87qOqy3Fs/s320/New+Image2.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RjGMdJE-i0I/AAAAAAAAAbw/KP1ovNdxylg/s1600-h/New+Image1.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5057978288794667842" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RjGMdJE-i0I/AAAAAAAAAbw/KP1ovNdxylg/s320/New+Image1.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;langste swing bridge van NZ in buller gorge &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RjGL-5E-izI/AAAAAAAAAbo/ZwF5serU_Wc/s1600-h/IMG_1293.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5057977769103625010" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RjGL-5E-izI/AAAAAAAAAbo/ZwF5serU_Wc/s320/IMG_1293.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RjGLrpE-iyI/AAAAAAAAAbg/MEqBuUoBJEY/s1600-h/IMG_1215.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5057977438391143202" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RjGLrpE-iyI/AAAAAAAAAbg/MEqBuUoBJEY/s320/IMG_1215.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;pancake rocks&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RjGLGZE-ixI/AAAAAAAAAbY/laolv2zyBiI/s1600-h/New+Image1.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5057976798441016082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RjGLGZE-ixI/AAAAAAAAAbY/laolv2zyBiI/s320/New+Image1.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RjGKbpE-ivI/AAAAAAAAAbI/4tkthWUny0k/s1600-h/IMG_1074.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5057976064001608434" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RjGKbpE-ivI/AAAAAAAAAbI/4tkthWUny0k/s320/IMG_1074.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; guided tour franz josef glacier&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RjGKAJE-iuI/AAAAAAAAAbA/IYUeja1LPNw/s1600-h/IMG_1023.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5057975591555205858" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RjGKAJE-iuI/AAAAAAAAAbA/IYUeja1LPNw/s320/IMG_1023.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RjGJv5E-itI/AAAAAAAAAa4/ibZVDBPKgcM/s1600-h/IMG_0968.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5057975312382331602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RjGJv5E-itI/AAAAAAAAAa4/ibZVDBPKgcM/s320/IMG_0968.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RjGJdpE-isI/AAAAAAAAAaw/9fn0BHOfJuU/s1600-h/IMG_0962.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5057974998849718978" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RjGJdpE-isI/AAAAAAAAAaw/9fn0BHOfJuU/s320/IMG_0962.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; puzzling world wanaka&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RjGIlpE-irI/AAAAAAAAAao/woNBRKPTl5s/s1600-h/IMG_9287.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5057974036777044658" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RjGIlpE-irI/AAAAAAAAAao/woNBRKPTl5s/s320/IMG_9287.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;hector dolphins&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RjGHaJE-iqI/AAAAAAAAAag/cpaUMWCoWcs/s1600-h/New+Image1.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5057972739696921250" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RjGHaJE-iqI/AAAAAAAAAag/cpaUMWCoWcs/s320/New+Image1.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RjGGI5E-ioI/AAAAAAAAAaQ/zpEFo9Koec0/s1600-h/IMG_9697.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5057971343832550018" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RjGGI5E-ioI/AAAAAAAAAaQ/zpEFo9Koec0/s320/IMG_9697.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;lord of the rings tour queenstown&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RjGFuJE-inI/AAAAAAAAAaI/3j90MY8Esl4/s1600-h/IMG_9794.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5057970884271049330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RjGFuJE-inI/AAAAAAAAAaI/3j90MY8Esl4/s320/IMG_9794.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RjGFVZE-imI/AAAAAAAAAaA/Xboao07C1JQ/s1600-h/New+Image1.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5057970459069287010" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RjGFVZE-imI/AAAAAAAAAaA/Xboao07C1JQ/s320/New+Image1.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RjGE3JE-ilI/AAAAAAAAAZ4/LNcYY2wq0ZQ/s1600-h/New+Image1.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5057969939378244178" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RjGE3JE-ilI/AAAAAAAAAZ4/LNcYY2wq0ZQ/s320/New+Image1.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RjGEcZE-ikI/AAAAAAAAAZw/_U4duZTiKF8/s1600-h/IMG_0329.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5057969479816743490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RjGEcZE-ikI/AAAAAAAAAZw/_U4duZTiKF8/s320/IMG_0329.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RjGD1ZE-ijI/AAAAAAAAAZo/TQD-ttxZ2Lg/s1600-h/IMG_0341.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5057968809801845298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RjGD1ZE-ijI/AAAAAAAAAZo/TQD-ttxZ2Lg/s320/IMG_0341.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RjGDjJE-iiI/AAAAAAAAAZg/bfXIErs_7iU/s1600-h/IMG_0352.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5057968496269232674" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RjGDjJE-iiI/AAAAAAAAAZg/bfXIErs_7iU/s320/IMG_0352.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; miford sound and doubtful sound&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RjGDGpE-ihI/AAAAAAAAAZY/wYVcfeQglOM/s1600-h/IMG_0427.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5057968006642960914" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RjGDGpE-ihI/AAAAAAAAAZY/wYVcfeQglOM/s320/IMG_0427.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;kea&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RjGCC5E-igI/AAAAAAAAAZQ/hkdk1IfUB6o/s1600-h/IMG_0455.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5057966842706823682" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RjGCC5E-igI/AAAAAAAAAZQ/hkdk1IfUB6o/s320/IMG_0455.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;sea lion&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RjGBrZE-ifI/AAAAAAAAAZI/bLJvz54SPPc/s1600-h/IMG_0475.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5057966438979897842" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RjGBrZE-ifI/AAAAAAAAAZI/bLJvz54SPPc/s320/IMG_0475.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;meest zuidelijks punt van het zuideiland&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RjGBTpE-ieI/AAAAAAAAAZA/fA_0T_i-X-s/s1600-h/New+Image1.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5057966030958004706" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RjGBTpE-ieI/AAAAAAAAAZA/fA_0T_i-X-s/s320/New+Image1.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RjGAz5E-idI/AAAAAAAAAY4/xLPucaKGQmI/s1600-h/IMG_0540.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5057965485497158098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RjGAz5E-idI/AAAAAAAAAY4/xLPucaKGQmI/s320/IMG_0540.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RjF_xZE-icI/AAAAAAAAAYw/FgOEC4ZIs_E/s1600-h/New+Image1.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5057964343035857346" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RjF_xZE-icI/AAAAAAAAAYw/FgOEC4ZIs_E/s320/New+Image1.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;mooie watervallen&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RjF_EpE-ibI/AAAAAAAAAYo/nmy4Qw7x59Q/s1600-h/IMG_0665.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5057963574236711346" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RjF_EpE-ibI/AAAAAAAAAYo/nmy4Qw7x59Q/s320/IMG_0665.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; natures wonders cruise&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RjF-CpE-iaI/AAAAAAAAAYg/Mm-e3dVLmRg/s1600-h/IMG_0718.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5057962440365345186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RjF-CpE-iaI/AAAAAAAAAYg/Mm-e3dVLmRg/s320/IMG_0718.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;cadbury chocolate factory &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RjF9vJE-iZI/AAAAAAAAAYY/y5TPu3_NZBA/s1600-h/IMG_0737.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5057962105357896082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RjF9vJE-iZI/AAAAAAAAAYY/y5TPu3_NZBA/s320/IMG_0737.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; meest steile straat van de wereld zoals in guiness book of record&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RjF8t5E-iYI/AAAAAAAAAYQ/VfLIzKwcDUI/s1600-h/IMG_0844.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5057960984371431810" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RjF8t5E-iYI/AAAAAAAAAYQ/VfLIzKwcDUI/s320/IMG_0844.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; moeraki boulders&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RjF8YpE-iXI/AAAAAAAAAYI/5tVajjP-oc8/s1600-h/New+Image1.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5057960619299211634" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RjF8YpE-iXI/AAAAAAAAAYI/5tVajjP-oc8/s320/New+Image1.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;mount cook&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3208139428395455714-7895201808517949090?l=georgia-tsang.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://georgia-tsang.blogspot.com/feeds/7895201808517949090/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3208139428395455714&amp;postID=7895201808517949090' title='0 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width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3208139428395455714.post-3473992546874752077</id><published>2007-04-08T05:11:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2008-12-13T04:37:22.865+01:00</updated><title type='text'>christchurch - queenstown</title><content type='html'>hello people,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;happy easter! how u going? we're good... u must be thinking what the heck? again an update? don't they have better things to do?? well the answer is no...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;we arrived in queenstown (south west of the south island) yesterday. and queenstown means lord of the bloody rings. it appears, that most of the locations are filmed here so jeroen (the biggest of the biggest LOTR fans in the world ;-)) has to do a tour of course. at the moment he is on the rings tour, and he has left me, all aloney, on my owney, here in queenstown... :-( so what is the best therapy if a girl is alone?? yep, RETAIL THERAPY!! yes, yes, and trice yes! shopping! yep, that felt good. i'm feeling so much better now... well remember we told you that it is cold here?? well it is cold. the days are okay (today is quite nice actually, sunny and quite warm as well) but the mornings, evenings and nights are sooooo damn cold. i'm literally freezing my ass off when i go to the toilet in the middle of the night... so i desperately needed some winter clothes... and today was a perfect day for some shopping. hehe, i bought quite a lot but hey i needed them :-p, two woolen jumpers, a pair of trousers, a scarf and gloves and a new jacket! that'll keep me warm when we go walking (or tramping as they call it here) in the mountains. yep i'm ready for the cold!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;what did we do after we left christchurch? we went to banks peninsula, to the town of akaroa, a peninsula 80 kms east from christchurch, formed by two giant volcanic eruptions millions of years ago, where we went on the harbour nature cruise. on the trip we saw beautiful volcanic cliffs, caves and dolphins again! we saw the hector's dolphins, the world's smallest and rarest dolphin, only found in NZ. dolphins are so adorable and cute. we considered swimming with them but it was so damn cold and so is the water so it was better to skip it this time. perhaps later on the north island, if weather permits. and i wasn't seasick again. i bought some acupuncturishy sea bands, wristbands that prevent motion sickness. well not sure if they work but i was not sick on the cruise... although the sea wasn't very rough either and the vessel was quite stable. anyway, i wasn't sick and that's all that matters.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;on good friday we drove towards mount cook, the highest mountain (3700 m +) in australasia. we passed some very beautiful and blue lakes, lake tekapo, lake pukapi. at lake pukapi we had a nice clear view on mount cook. wow the mountain is impressive! the tops are covered with snow. since it was a bit late we decided to stay in omarama (80 km south from mt cook) for the night. the next morning it was raining, foggy, windy and cold. according to the weather forecast it should clear up in the afternoon. and since we don't really trust the weather forecast, the question was to go or not to go? after a long and thorough analysis and going up the road, back, and up the road again we eventually reached a decision. we decided not to go to mt cook and to head to queenstown instead and then come back later for mount cook. so now we're in queenstown. not sure what we are going to do next, probably heading to the west, to milford sound and fiordland. we might also spend more time here around queenstown. we still have to decide on that but we keep you posted!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;some pics we owed you... enjoy! we sure did :-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;some people are celebrating their birthday this week, congratulations to alex, steph, rene, mummy (katja) and last but not least my dearest jeroen. everyone, have a nice day!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Some words from Jeroen, who just walked in:&lt;br /&gt;I've insisted on Georgia to come with me on the LOTR Tour, but, since our last guided LOTR Tour in Hobbiton, where she didn't know what the heck the guide was talking about and because she did set her mind on some retail therapy (what's this thing with women and shopping????), she decided that she really didn't want to go.&lt;br /&gt;The tour was excellent and the weather was really nice today, so she missed out on some beautiful sites. I made enough pictures however to show her :-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RhiOAXcHRnI/AAAAAAAAAYA/BlmHp2h8ic0/s1600-h/IMG_7540.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5050943119039088242" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RhiOAXcHRnI/AAAAAAAAAYA/BlmHp2h8ic0/s320/IMG_7540.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RhiNYHcHRmI/AAAAAAAAAX4/d412k3HBlHM/s1600-h/IMG_7582.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5050942427549353570" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RhiNYHcHRmI/AAAAAAAAAX4/d412k3HBlHM/s320/IMG_7582.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RhiMuXcHRlI/AAAAAAAAAXw/PWv5asHxiZU/s1600-h/IMG_7631.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5050941710289815122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RhiMuXcHRlI/AAAAAAAAAXw/PWv5asHxiZU/s320/IMG_7631.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RhiL2ncHRkI/AAAAAAAAAXo/5zePwCldx7g/s1600-h/IMG_7749.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5050940752512108098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RhiL2ncHRkI/AAAAAAAAAXo/5zePwCldx7g/s320/IMG_7749.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RhiLNXcHRjI/AAAAAAAAAXg/By6P0rcTaH0/s1600-h/New+Image7.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5050940043842504242" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RhiLNXcHRjI/AAAAAAAAAXg/By6P0rcTaH0/s320/New+Image7.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RhiKdXcHRiI/AAAAAAAAAXY/z7d6spce79w/s1600-h/New+Image8.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5050939219208783394" style="DISPLAY: block; 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NOOOOO, traumas from Oz with our shitty van in the desert are appearing again... but the good news is, we don't need an airco at all!!! it's soooooo cold here. during the day the temperature is max 20 degrees (when it's not raining, and it rains quite a lot) and in the night it is -80 degrees, at least! i'm freezing my ass off when i go to the toilet in the middle of the night! no fun at all!! quite different than the conditions in Oz. no wonder we both were not feeling well for a couple of days. snotty nose, head ache, throat ache... yep, it's quite hard being on holiday for so long. the agony...the AGONY ;-). but no worries, were fine now, so we'll keep on exploring... to infinity and beyond! Show me the ring Frodo?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;anyway, we're in NZ and that means LOTR. Jeroen, the biggest of the biggest of the biggest LOTR fan (not in size obviously ;-)) of course wants to visit &lt;em&gt;all &lt;/em&gt;the locations. the locations we visited so far on the north island are matamata (a.k.a. hobbiton), tongaririo NP (mount doom, mordor, emyn muil, prologue), upper hutt (river anduin, gardens of isengard, rivendell), and many more to come i'm afraid. we took a guided tour in hobbiton. jeroen enjoyed that very very much, as for me, i didn't have a clue what the tour guide was talking about. what's the deal with the movie anyway?!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;we also went to rotorua (north island). in the rotorua area are lots of thermal reserves. we visited hells gate in te ngae, te puia thermal in whakarewarewa (where we also saw maori show, very funny :-P) and waiotapu thermal wonderland. btw those maori names are unpronounceable! the things you see there are really remarkable: boiling mud pools, a bright yellow lake, geysers erupting to 20-30 meters high, and steam coming out the craters. oh and because of the sulphur the whole area there stinks like rotten eggs! the smell is really bad but after a while you get used to it...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;in rotorua we accidentally saw a poster of the musical les miserables and there were still tickets available for the evening so we went to the show that night. it was very very good. of course the west end london musical is better (valjean was a bit on the young side, it seems like his beard could fall off any minute :-); and cosette was bigger and taller than marius :-)) but this one was good too. so winnie, yes it was good and you should be jealous ;-) hey go watch the DVD :-P&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;also, in rotorua we got our first traffic fine. we parked the van at the parking space with the P15 sign. since we didn't know what that meant, we ignored it... we parked there for almost an hour and when we came back we had a ticket between the wipers saying "parked contrary to traffic sign". it turned out that P15 means that you're only allowed to park your vehicle for 15 mins (actually that makes sense...). so we had to pay $10 to the district council (NOOOOOOOOOOO ten whole bucks!) which meant bread for dinner that day ;-).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;after spending a week on the north island we decided to go to the south island. we took the ferry from wellington and 3.5 hrs later we were in picton. thankfully the cook strait was quite calm so i was not seasick (yay!) but the seasick tablets made me drowsy as hell so all i wanted to do was sleeping!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;from picton we decided to drive along the east coast to the south. first stop was kaikoura, the whale watch capital of the world. so of course we went on a whale watch tour. the tour was 2.5 hrs on the ocean (again not seasick, must be the sea) and we saw nick, the giant sperm whale, dusky dolphins and NZ fur seals. the highlight of the tour were the dolphins, there were many many of them, swimming in front of the boat, jumping out of the water, making loopings. wow that was amazing!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;yesterday we had a very relaxing day at the thermal pools in hanmer springs and today we arrived in christchurch. we took a scenic route with the old tram trough the city and we took the gondola up to the mountains where we had a beautiful view over the city. tomorrow we're heading to the east coast, to the banks peninsula.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;sorry the pc here is dead slow so no pics this time (sorry steph). we'll make it up next time!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;less than 4 weeks to go and then the long journey comes to an end. we'll keep you posted!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3208139428395455714-551351861749755000?l=georgia-tsang.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://georgia-tsang.blogspot.com/feeds/551351861749755000/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3208139428395455714&amp;postID=551351861749755000' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3208139428395455714/posts/default/551351861749755000'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3208139428395455714/posts/default/551351861749755000'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://georgia-tsang.blogspot.com/2007/04/auckland-christchurch.html' title='auckland - christchurch'/><author><name>Georgia Tsang</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17204038406058609361</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/R9MKa7ztvUI/AAAAAAAAAd0/OT1I1z183LQ/S220/IMG_7155.JPG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3208139428395455714.post-9001385166965099515</id><published>2007-03-25T07:57:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2008-12-13T04:37:29.380+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Sydney-Tasmania-Sydney-New Zealand</title><content type='html'>hello people,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i think it's time for me (georgia) to update the blog. haven't done it for a while! and in english again, makes it easier for some people to read it ;-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;we are in kiwiland! we arrived here yesterday. snif snif bye bye australia :-( three months have gone by, so we were forced to leave the country... otherwise we would have stayed there ;-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;so what's up?? we took the plane from sydney to hobart last sunday and stayed in tassie for four days. WOW that was amazing! tassie is a whole different place, it's so quiet and peaceful there, and quiet, and quiet... and the people there are extremely nice and helpful. well aussies are nice in general but in tassie they are even nicer! unbelievable! we've visited some national parks there, tasman national park, freycinet NP (beautiful lookout over wineglass bay), mount field NP (waterfalls), cradle mountain - lake st claire NP. it was nice there, four days were certainly not enough!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;we returned to sydney on thursday morning (flight was at 6.20 in the morning, what kinda time is that?!) and spent practically the whole day at the internet cafe looking for a campervan in NZ. most of the vans were not available due to the upcoming easter holidays. but we did succeed in finding a campervan eventually... a real campervan again, one with airco, fridge, and radio! yeah music is very very nice when driving :-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;friday was our last day in Oz (snif snif) and we saved the best for last... THE BRIDGE CLIMB!!! WOW that was amazing! it was soooo cool! the view over sydney harbour was fantastic! it was a beautiful sunny day with a nice cool breeze, clear view, not too hot and certainly not cold! in the beginning i was quite nervous (as i always am when doing new things) but it was not scary at all. we climbed ladders with cars underneath our feet and trains on the other side... WOW! 132m above sea level on the arch, we can definitely recommend this to u, and if bruce climbed the bridge, &lt;strong&gt;YOU&lt;/strong&gt; should definitely do it ;-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;saturday was our flight to auckland and today is our second day here. we went to the sky tower, the main deck (220m above the ground) and again a beautiful view over the city. we also went to the kelly tarlton's antarctic encounter &amp; underwater world. we saw penguins (mumble!) , some sharks, lots of fish of course (NEMO!, again). very cool!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;tomorrow we're going to pick up our van and then we're off to explore the country. we keep u posted! see ya later. enjoy the pics!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;greetz,&lt;br /&gt;georgia &amp;amp; jeroen&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;p.s. CONGRATULATIONS to kaling!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;p.s.s. steph, als je het zo mooi vindt hier, dan kom je toch gewoon langs? 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De oostkust ligt inmiddels ook alweer achter ons!&lt;br /&gt;Het rondje is na bijna 3 maanden weer compleet! Voelt allemaal vertrouwd aan in Sydney...Twas alsof we vanmiddag thuiskwamen.&lt;br /&gt;Maar geen nood....onze tijd aan de andere kant van de wereld is nog niet voorbij, dus we komen nog lang niet terug :-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Maar laten we beginnen waar we jullie hadden achtergelaten...in Cairns!&lt;br /&gt;Maar eerst een aantal belangrijkere dingen dan onze vervelende reisverslagen ;-)&lt;br /&gt;- Martijn, nog van harte gefeliciteerd met je 8ste verjaardag vorige week. Ik mag vast wel een keertje met je mee in je optimist toch?&lt;br /&gt;- Ome Jaap, van harte gefeliciteerd met je verjaardag morgen (tis vandaag zaterdag 17 Maart). Hou je een gebakje voor ons achter?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ok, we beginnen in Cairns:&lt;br /&gt;Omdat we pas op 28 februari onze Britz/Backpacker campervan konden ophalen, hadden we nog wat extra tijd te besteden in Cairns (of omgeving). Cairns kennen we zo langzamerhand wel, dus we kozen voor het omgeving gebeuren. We zijn daarom met de kabelbaan naar Kuranda (the town in the rainforest) gegaan. Mooie uitzichten over Cairns, de oceaan, het regenwoud en de Barron Falls (waterval). De bedoeling was om met de Kuranda express trein terug naar Cairns te gaan, maar vanwege regenval waren er aardverschuivingen geweest waardoor de trein jammer genoeg niet meer reed. We hebben de kabelbaan dus heen en terug genomen. Leuk dagje uit. We moesten er even tussenuit ;-) &lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5042819882388079090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/Rfux9wwEwfI/AAAAAAAAAN8/Lb-SKs1oYc0/s320/IMG_5039.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;De volgende dag hebben we dus onze campervan opgehaald (wauw, wat een verademing: Airco, radio, koelkast en alles gaat zo soepel) en kon onze reis weer verder.&lt;br /&gt;We hadden besloten om niet verder naar het noorden te gaan (Cape Tribulation en Daintree etc.) omdat de wegen waarschijnlijk niet toegangkelijk waren vanwege regenval (overstromingen etc.). Helaas!&lt;br /&gt;We zijn dus zuidwaarts en inland gegaan naar the Atheron Tablelands.....Onze watervallendag :-) We zijn zo'n beetje naar alle watervallen gegaan die in onze infoboekjes werden aangegeven (we konden niet alles even makkelijk vinden maar ach, een watervalletje meer of minder!)&lt;br /&gt;De ene waterval was nog mooier dan de andere.....en we zijn nu eenmaal alletwee gek op watervallen. &lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5042821656209572354" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RfuzlAwEwgI/AAAAAAAAAOE/eSXndyjIe2M/s320/New+Image.JPG" border="0" /&gt;Aan het eind van de dag, tijdens ons bezoek aan de laatste twee watervallen kwamen we oog in oog met een Cassowary. Voor niet kenners, dit is een struisvogelachtige vogel die al 5 miljoen jaar op deze wereld voorkomt en die bijna is uitgestorven (er bestaan nog maar 1.500 exemplaren in het wild). We waren dus pretty excited want ze zijn ook nog eens tamelijk schuw.&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5042844608514802434" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RfvIdAwEwwI/AAAAAAAAAQE/X-YRVhUoASU/s320/New+Image7.JPG" border="0" /&gt;Later bij de waterval kwamen we een ander beest tegen die we liever niet tegenkomen.....een enorme reuzenspin....eeeeeeew!&lt;br /&gt;Aangezien ze in Queensland niet aan day light saving doen werd het al vroeg schemerig (en de nacht volgt dan zeeeeeer snel, 7 uur 's avonds is het pikkenacht) en het begon weer eens stevig te regenen (de hele dag was al een beetje druilerig....wel weer heel warm), ja het is natuurlijk regentijd in het tropische noorden, dus de weg naar de camping in Innisfail was weer zeer avontuurlijk.&lt;br /&gt;Speaking of regenseizoen: een bezoekje aan Tully kon niet achterwege blijven. Dit is het natste plekje van Australie, waar de jaarlijkse regenval niet in millimeters maar in meters wordt aangeduid. Om dit te verduidelijken staat er de Tully Gumboot, een enorme laars van 7 meter en nog wat hoog die aangeeft hoeveel water er in het recordjaar is gevallen.&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5042824289024524818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/Rfu1-QwEwhI/AAAAAAAAAOM/_vxqs157hjY/s320/New+Image3.JPG" border="0" /&gt;Ze hebben hier trouwens een heleboel "Big" dingen die je kunt bezoeken. Reuze grote bouwwerken van een bepaald item belangrijk voor de streek of plaats. We hebben er een aantal gezien en bezocht: The Big Winch, The Big Prawn, The Big Lobster, The Big Mango (hmmm...heerlijk die Mango Smoothie), The Big Pineapple (hmmmm...heerlijk die Ananas Smoothie),&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5042845768155972370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RfvJggwEwxI/AAAAAAAAAQM/jyw5eBFYXAk/s320/New+Image8.JPG" border="0" /&gt;The Big Banana (hmmmmmm....heerlijk die banaan Smoothie)...... Ja, we nemen het er hier goed van. Toen we voor het eerst de Bruce Highway opreden hoorden we inderdaad Bruce Springsteen's Born in the USA op de radio en toen we langs het plaatsje Rolling Stone reden, was net Paint it Black van de Rolling Stones op de radio. Na een scenic omweg draaiden we de Bruce Highway weer op en wat hoorden we......Bruce Springsten met Dancing in the Dark.....Toeval? Of worden we in de gaten gehouden? "Big" Brother. Juist, weer een Big iets ;-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Enniewee, na weer een waterval bezocht te hebben (we vinden ze nu eenmaal geweldig) en weer een geweldig mooi strand grenzend aan het regenwoud bezocht te hebben (niet zonder kleerscheuren helaas.....die boom sprong zomaar achter onze camper toen we achteruit reden om naar een mooier punt voor onze foto te rijden) kwamen we in een grote Stad aan. Townsville. Na Adelaide waren we dat niet meer gewend. Alice Springs is een stad maar stelt qua omvang niet veel voor en Darwin is ook wel aardig groot, maar daar merk je niets van. En grote steden moet je vanuit de lucht zien, dus we zijn eerst Mt. Stuart (Mt = mount = berg) opgereden....nou ja opgereden????....opgekropen...wow, lekker steil man! Steile wegen zijn we vaker tegen gekomen....de meest extreme ervaring volgt later :-)&lt;br /&gt;We hadden dus een mooi uitzicht over Townsville, de oceaan en de omliggende gebieden. Cool!&lt;br /&gt;Daarna zijn we nog Townsville ingereden voor een bezoek aan Castle Hill (waar je weer een mooi uitzicht hebt over Townsville, de oceaan en de omliggende gebieden maar nu vanuit Townsville zelf...de heuvel (weer lekker steile wegen) ligt zo'n beetje in het centrum)&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5042825723543601698" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/Rfu3RwwEwiI/AAAAAAAAAOU/ptuHSww1zEM/s320/IMG_5282.JPG" border="0" /&gt;en Reef HQ (een zeedierentuin/aquarium) Georgia heeft zich weer uitgeleefd.....weer honderden foto's van Nemo&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5042826754335752754" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/Rfu4NwwEwjI/AAAAAAAAAOc/-HNvGpXagkg/s320/IMG_5297.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5042828081480647234" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/Rfu5bAwEwkI/AAAAAAAAAOk/ZyjravBA8tM/s320/IMG_5357.JPG" border="0" /&gt;.......Ja, Georgia....ik heb honderden foto's gemaakt van de possum die ons op de camping een bezoekje bracht, dus we staan gelijk.........ok, ik heb honderden foto's gemaakt van krokodillen en kangeroos....maar jij hebt duizenden foto's gemaakt van koala's....dus we staan nog steeds gelijk ;-) BTW: ik had Nemo al lang in het echt gezien tijdens het duiken! :-P&lt;br /&gt;Volgende stop was Airlie Beach.......de toegangspoort naar de Whitsunday Islands.&lt;br /&gt;Airlie Beach zelf is enorm toeristisch, maar dat valt heel erg op.....alles aan de oostkust is ontzettend toeristisch en druk. Maar in ieder geval, we hebben dus een dagtocht op een boot naar een aantal van de Whitsunday Eilanden gemaakt. De boot was aardig stabiel en de zee was aardig rustig, dus Georgia had niet erg last van zeeziekte....dus Rene, de nieuwe boot is geen enkel probleem meer voor Georgia :-)&lt;br /&gt;We hebben gesnorkeld bij Hook Island, het op drie na meest gefotografeerde plekje van Australie, Hill Inlet Lookout gefotografeerd, over Whitehaven Beach (witte stranden, turquoise water, groen oerwoud........zucht....wat mooi!) gewandeld en een fotosessie gehouden.&lt;br /&gt;Alles wat mensen zich bij paradijselijke eilanden voorstellen vind je op de Whitsundays..WOW!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5042829477345018450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/Rfu6sQwEwlI/AAAAAAAAAOs/OEI0U33bFBg/s320/IMG_5461.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5042830770130174562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/Rfu73gwEwmI/AAAAAAAAAO0/b-bbwKx7y54/s320/IMG_5467.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5042831800922325618" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/Rfu8zgwEwnI/AAAAAAAAAO8/87H93Ec1qUw/s320/IMG_5499.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;De volgende dag zijn we doorgereden naar Yeppoon.....daar weten ze pas echt wat steile hellingen zijn. Gewoon midden in de stad zijn wegen die in een hoek van 45 graden omhoog gaan. Versnelling twee was zelfs te zwaar, dus gebruik van handrem en verder in zijn 1 was noodzakelijk om boven te komen...Yihaaaaaa!&lt;br /&gt;Vanuit Yeppoon zijn hebben we een veerboot naar Keppel Island genomen (landing op het strand). We kwamen aan met zware regen en hoge golven, maar eenmaal op het eiland klaarde het op en was het weer fantastisch weer. Een hele dag gesnorkeld en in de zon gelegen op ons eigen prive strand (moeilijk te bereiken maar dan heb je ook wat). O ja, Georgia heeft dit keer ook de echte Nemo in zijn natuurlijke omgeving (het koraal) in het wild gezien. Hopelijk hoeft ze nu geen foto's meer! &lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5042836847508898466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RfvBZQwEwqI/AAAAAAAAAPU/cNqCUJP5mIg/s320/New+Image5.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5042833527499178626" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/Rfu-YAwEwoI/AAAAAAAAAPE/-LB6kAn4u0c/s320/IMG_5599.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5042835249781064338" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/Rfu_8QwEwpI/AAAAAAAAAPM/g6lJTCLkU3w/s320/New+Image4.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We wilden nog graag van Town 1770 (de plaats waar Captain Cook aan land is gegaan) naar Lady Musgrave Island (het begin van de Great Barrier Reef), maar vanwege de cycloon waren er golven van 4 meter hoog en het zicht onder water was praktisch nul. Dus dat hebben we helaas moeten overslaan :-(&lt;br /&gt;We zijn daarom maar doorgereden naar Bundaberg, waar we we 's avonds/'s nachts naar de turtle rookery "Mon Repos" zijn geweest en jonge schildpadjes uit het zand hebben zien kruipen op weg naar de oceaan.&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5042838114524250802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RfvCjAwEwrI/AAAAAAAAAPc/qIJBnIiwsEo/s320/IMG_5762.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In Rockhampton wilden we bij de Spire (de grensovergang van de Tropical Capricorn, zeg maar een soort tropische evenaar) langs, maar we konden hem niet vinden en zijn doorgereden naar Hervey Bay voor een dagtocht naar Fraser Island in een 4 wiel aangedreven super uitvoering van een bus. Het hele eiland is van zand (wereld erfgoed) dus ook de wegen....leuke hobbelige tocht over het eiland! We hebben heerlijk gezwommen in het zoetwatermeer (Lake McKenzie) met superhelder en superschoon drinkwater. Geen nood, de enige dieren die er zwemmen zijn kleine visjes en kleine schildpadden. Mooi eiland!&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5042839085186859714" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RfvDbgwEwsI/AAAAAAAAAPk/xQJh68TayrY/s320/IMG_5799.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ons volgende doel: de Sunshine Coast!&lt;br /&gt;Met 300 dagen: zonneschijn, strakblauwe luchten, witte stranden en blauwe oceaan een idylische plek............Ok, wij kwamen dus aan en het was regen, regen, regen! We zaten midden in een enorme storm. Auto's die niet meer verder konden rijden etc. Sunshine Coast? Where?&lt;br /&gt;Hadden we al gezegt dat er hier ook veel muggen zitten?&lt;br /&gt;Nou, er zitten hier veel muggen. Ook Sandflies die je enkels lekker kunnen doen laten jeuken. Enniewee, Georgia was blijkbaar gestoken door een verkeerde mug want haar hand begon helemaal op te zwellen. Een bezoek aan de dokter en een penninciline (of zo iets) kuur heeft dat gelukkig weer opgelost. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;De volgende dag was het weer helemaal omgeslagen en hadden we dus Sunshine :-)...dus we hebben alle stranden van de Sunshine Coast opgezocht :-)&lt;br /&gt;De Sunshine Coast is, maar helaas nu, was, het huis van the Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin. Aangezien ik altijd een grote fan was, mag een bezoek aan de Australian Zoo dan ook niet ontbreken. CRIKEY!Als ik dat nog een keer zeg, valt Georgia me aan!&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5042842864758080242" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RfvG3gwEwvI/AAAAAAAAAP8/DwdpUB-LC8g/s320/New+Image6.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5042840163223651026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RfvEaQwEwtI/AAAAAAAAAPs/SQpGSTRIwVY/s320/IMG_6047.JPG" border="0" /&gt;Leuk, maar vreselijk commercieel. We weten niet hoe het voor het overlijden van Steve Irwin was, maar nu is het alleen maar Steve Irwin wat de klok slaat. Al op de Bruce Highway kom je enorme borden tegen met Steve erop, de weg naar de Zoo heet inmiddels de "Steve Irwin Way" en in de Zoo is het gewoon een grote Steve Irwin Gedenkplaats en kun je alles wat je maar bedenken kan met de afbeelding van Steve erop kopen! Steve kookschorten, Steve kopjes, Steve T-Shirts, Steve petjes, Steve onderzetters, Steve sokken, Steve slippers, etc., etc., o ja en er zijn ook nog dieren. Het was weer eens 38 graden maar we hebben ons uitstekend vermaakt. Zo vaak komt het niet voor dat je een olifant uit je hand laat eten :-) &lt;/div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5042847030876357410" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RfvKqAwEwyI/AAAAAAAAAQU/dCj3If2uBtc/s320/New+Image9.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Op weg naar Brisbane vanaf de Australia Zoo kom je langs de Glass House Mountains. Wederom een kunstwerk van moeder natuur. Adembenemend uitzicht over een groene bomenzee met heel apart gevormde bergen. De Glass House Mountains lookout is echt een must. Schitterend!&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5042841108116456162" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RfvFRQwEwuI/AAAAAAAAAP0/bzNahUJ2miQ/s320/IMG_6123.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;En een ander spektakel op weg naar Brisbane......FILE. De eerste keer in Australie dat we in de file stonden....en dat dan ook nog eens op een zondagavond. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;We hadden met Jan Duque (een zakenrelatie) afgesproken om maandagavond uit eten te gaan. Dus maandag hebben we Brisbane een beetje verkend. Voornamelijk vanaf het water. Brisbane heeft namelijk uitstekend openbaar vervoer. Je koopt 's morgens een kaartje voor $5,10 en je mag de hele dag (behalve spitsuur) met de bus, de trein, en het beste de veerboten. We hebben de halve middag dus op een City Cat (de veerboot) over de Brisbane River gevaren. Mooie stad vooral bij 38 graden vanaf het water :-)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;'s Avonds hebben we heel lekker gegeten en een ontzettend gezellige avond gehad met Jan Duque en zijn vrouw. Het werd nogal laat en we hadden mazzel dat we net de laatste bus terug naar de camping konden pakken.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;De volgende trekpleister op onze route: de Gold Coast.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;De Gold Coast is de verzamelnaam voor een aantal badplaatsen met allemaal goudkleurige stranden (vandaar de naam). Net als de Sunshine Coast 300 dagen per jaar zon met strakblauwe lucht. Dus toen wij er aankwamen......yep.......regen, regen, regen!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;We zijn op de Q1 Observation Deck geweest in Surfers Paradise, het hoogste residential building ter wereld met een adembenemend uitzicht over de Gold Coast tot aan Brisbane toe....tenminste als het niet mistig is en niet regent. :-(&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Troffen wij het even dat we net de dag met mist troffen :-P&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;De andere Gold Coast stranden hebben we maar gelaten voor wat ze waren, het was namelijk KOUD! We hebben zelfs onze jassen aan moeten trekken anders was het niet aangenaam.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;We hadden het toen wel een beetje gehad in Queensland en zijn daarom maar de grens overgestoken naar New South Wales. Ongelooflijk! Mooie uitzichten, mooie bergen, mooie stranden, mooie blauwe havens waar de dolfijnen weer vrolijk aan het spelen waren, mooi weer (met 's nachts aangename slaaptemperaturen). NSW rocks!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;En nu zitten we dus weer in Sydney met morgen een vlucht naar Tasmanie op het programma. daarna nog twee dagen Sydney met de Sydney Harbour Bridge Climb en dan zit onze tijd in Australie erop.......en dan NZ!!!!!!!!!!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Keep you posted!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Georgia en Jeroen&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3208139428395455714-4643334884008338204?l=georgia-tsang.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://georgia-tsang.blogspot.com/feeds/4643334884008338204/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3208139428395455714&amp;postID=4643334884008338204' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3208139428395455714/posts/default/4643334884008338204'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3208139428395455714/posts/default/4643334884008338204'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://georgia-tsang.blogspot.com/2007/03/cairns-sydney.html' title='Cairns - Sydney'/><author><name>Georgia Tsang</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17204038406058609361</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/R9MKa7ztvUI/AAAAAAAAAd0/OT1I1z183LQ/S220/IMG_7155.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/Rfux9wwEwfI/AAAAAAAAAN8/Lb-SKs1oYc0/s72-c/IMG_5039.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3208139428395455714.post-876340574385471807</id><published>2007-02-26T04:06:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2008-12-13T04:37:38.425+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Alice Springs - Cairns</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Hello, helloooo,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Daar zijn we weer :-)&lt;br /&gt;We hadden jullie achtergelaten in Alice Springs, maar in de tussentijd is er weer een heleboel gebeurd en er is het een en ander veranderd.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ok, we beginnen bij het begin....Alice Springs.&lt;br /&gt;Zoals de hele tijd in die contreien....aardig warm. Aangezien wij al veel hogere temperaturen (49 graden) gewend waren, viel het nog wel een beetje mee :-)&lt;br /&gt;We hebben het reptile house, de orginele Alice Springs bij het historische telegraph station (dit keer niet een klein vijvertje, maar door regenval twee weken voordat wij er kwamen, veranderd in een echte rivier), Alice Springs Desert Park (met een heel interessante tour door een aboriginal guide, die onze zienswijze op de aboriginal cultuur enigzins heeft bijgesteld....onze vorige ontmoetingen met aboriginals hadden ons namelijk niet echt een positieve indruk gegeven (drank, schelden, drank, stinken, drank, bedelen, o ja en drank)).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Omdat we niet heel veel zin hadden om van Darwin, dezelfde weg weer terug te rijden naar three way point (iets boven Tennant Creek...daarover later meer) en dan de oversteek naar Cairns te maken door een stuk land waar niet zo heel veel te beleven is en eigenlijk alleen neer komt op: rijden, rijden, rijden (zou ongeveer 5 dagen kosten).........bij hoge temperaturen.....zonder airco, in een bus die we niet meer helemaal vertrouwen, hadden we besloten dat we tot Darwin zouden rijden en daar de bus te verkopen en met het vliegtuig naar Cairns te gaan. In Alice hebben we daarom een advertentie geplaatst in de hoop dat voordat we in Darwin zouden aankomen, iemand zou reageren. Maar dat was dus iets voor in Darwin.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Onze volgende route ging dus van Alice naar Tennant Creek (een ritje van een kilometertje of 600 - 700). De perceptie van afstand en tijd is hier heel anders ;-)&lt;br /&gt;De eerste stop (nou ja behalve onze veel voorkomende benzine stops....dat kreng zuipt als een alcoholist in een bierbrouwerij.....nog een reden om hem te verkopen.....naast het feit dat hij ook al olie begon te lekken...kan niet goed zijn) was in Wycliff Well......UFO Capital of Australia. Er schijnen hier nogal veel UFO's gespot te worden en er zijn legio verhalen van Alien abduction.....Wheeeeeuuuhww: de australische X-files. Tis een klein plaatsje langs de Stuart Highway (roadhouse, fabriekje en een camping) met verder niets te beleven. COOOOOOL! Ik was Georgia even kwijt, maar die zat vrolijk te praten met een Alien familie ;-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5035722799705835298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/ReJ7NLfNRyI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/rC0ioDXykNk/s320/IMG_4135.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;De tweede stop was uiteraard zo'n 100 km voor Tennant Creek.....juist, de Devils Marbels!!!&lt;br /&gt;Een granieten berg die door tijd en erosie is omgevormd tot een landschap vol ronde, ovale en andere vormen rotsen. Knikker op knikker. Een heel mooi indrukwekkend geheel. Nou nemen we al verschrikkelijk veel foto's, maar hier hebben we echt een fotosessie gehouden, Holland's Next Top Model :-)&lt;br /&gt;Georgia, ga jij eens tussen die twee knikkers staan en doe net of je ze uitelkaar duwt. Jeroen, klim eens tot halverwege die spleet en ga daar eens horizontaal in staan! Yep, we hebben ons prima vermaakt :-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5035724135440664370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/ReJ8a7fNRzI/AAAAAAAAAJY/1mfjtd1rFQY/s320/IMG_4149.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5035726179845097298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/ReJ-R7fNR1I/AAAAAAAAAJo/j4WUQvKQGQ8/s320/IMG_4182.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5035727614364174178" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/ReJ_lbfNR2I/AAAAAAAAAJw/URMQDfj9Rrc/s320/IMG_4239.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;De laatste stop van de dag was in Tennant Creek waar we een camping hebben opgezocht en als doel hadden om de rest van de dag (zoals inmiddels gewoonte was geworden) in het zwembad door te brengen. Er was bijna niemand op de camping en in het zwembad kwamen we erachter dat de overige gasten allemaal nederlanders waren! We raakten aan de praat en kwamen te weten dat onze volgende bestemming (Mataranka/Katherine) waarschijnlijk zeer moeilijk te bereiken zou zijn omdat er op de Stuart Highway zo'n 140 km boven Tennant Creek een ongeluk was gebeurd waarbij een Road Train een aantal trailers met Cyanide was verloren die waren gekanteld en op de weg waren opengebarsten......Slik! Het opruimen duurde nu al een week en zou waarschijnlijk nog minimaal een week duren....slik, slik!!!! Overdag waren maanmannetjes de troep aan het opruimen waardoor er niemand langs gelaten werd en alleen 's avonds van 8 uur (als het dus al lang en breed donker is) tot 's morgens 6 uur was er een rijbaan open voor verkeer....slik, slik, slik!!!! Dat zou dus betekenen dat we heel vroeg weg moesten en 's nachts zouden moeten rijden (iets wat we van te voren hadden gezegt niet te willen doen met het oog op nachtelijke activiteit van dieren op de weg). We zijn dus maar naar het informatiecentrum gegaan voor aanvullende inlichtingen want het zou vervelend zijn om vroeg weg te gaan en vervolgens alsnog te stranden in de middle of nowhere voor een road block. Na een aantal telefoontjes met politie e.d., kregen we inderdaad het advies om voor 6 uur 's ochtends bij de plek van het ongeluk te zijn zodat we zouden worden doorgelaten. Ok :-(&lt;br /&gt;Na een korte verkenning van Tennant Creek en omgeving zijn we dus vroeg naar de camping terug gegaan om vroeg te gaan slapen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We zijn om 3 uur 's nachts opgestaan en om 3:20 uur reden we door een donker, verlaten, potentieel gevaarlijk landschap in de hoop niet een hele dag voor een road block te hoeven wachten. Het begin was heel voorzichtig.......ons busje zou een aanrijding met een kangeroo zeker niet overleven :-( Maar op een gegeven moment werden we ingehaald door een stevige jeep met een joekel van een bull bar, dus daar konden we mooi achteraan rijden met het idee dat hij mooi alles voor ons van de weg (Kangeroos, Emoes, koeien, kamelen etc.) zou schoonvegen. Gelukkig niets tegen gekomen en om 5 uur waren we bij de roadblock waar we door de officer in charge keurig werden doorgelaten mits we onze ramen dicht zouden laten en onze airco (wat is dat?????) uit zouden doen! Pfew, we've made it.&lt;br /&gt;Daarna zijn we rustig (nog steeds kans op dieren voor je koplampen) doorgereden (onze gids jeep reed toch een beetje te hard, dus rustig nu maar).&lt;br /&gt;Ik (Jeroen) heb wel de op een na mooiste zonsopkomst van mijn leven gezien (de mooiste die komt namelijk later nog voorbij). &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Toen het al lang en breed licht was kregen we te maken met een apart verschijnsel......een "sprinkhanenhagelbui"! Over een afstand van 400 meter was de Stuart Highway bezaaid met sprinkhanen (locus, niet van die kleintjes maar echte joekels) die op het moment dat wij langs reden, allemaal opsprongen. Het leek wel of we van alle kanten bekogeld werden met stenen! Ik heb er duizenden doodgereden....de auto zat onder de sprinkhanen, sprinkhanen resten en een geel goedje dat ik hou op sprinkhanen bloed. Gadver! :-(&lt;br /&gt;We kwamen echter wel lekker vroeg aan in Mataranka (ja, als je al om 3:20 uur vertrekt ben je ook snel op de plaats van bestemming), bekend om zijn thermische poelen. Zwemkleding aan dus voor een verfrissende duik..........dachten we!&lt;br /&gt;Het "zwembad" is twee jaar geleden overgenomen door een zwerm flying foxes (vleermuizen) en dat zijn er inmiddels duizenden. De stank en het lawaai dat die beesten produceren is ondraaglijk. Het water was aardig helder in het midden (komt rechtstreeks uit de grond) maar aan de zijkant dreef er een lekker dikke drap op....kan niet gezond zijn vonden wij, dus maar niet gezwommen! Toen we weer bij onze Hiace kwamen hadden een aantal pauwen zich te goed gedaan aan het sprinkhanen maal op onze auto zodat ie weer aardig schoon was....thank you wildlife for cleaning your own mess :-)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;In Mataranka zelf hebben we de "bull" termitenheuvel opgezocht (ik had hem in een boekje zien staan en ik moest daarmee op de foto) en een eindje verder zou nog een thermische zwemplaats zijn........yep, weer vleermuizen (niet zoveel dit keer) en omdat het hier niet voor niets regenseizoen is, was er nogal veel water...snelstromend! Een beetje bruin viezige drap met kans op krokodillen.......Zeker niet zwemmen dus!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5035730139804944242" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/ReKB4bfNR3I/AAAAAAAAAJ4/8u6F_ZBA4-g/s320/IMG_4319.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We wilden graag de jumping crocodiles cruise doen waar we een foldertje van hadden. Ze verleiden op zo'n cruise de grote salties (de mensenetende krokodillen) met een stuk vlees aan een stuk touw om uit het water te springen. Deze cruises worden gehouden op de Adelaide River, maar wij dachten dat het het plaatsje Adelaide River was (onder Katherine), waar we dus doelloos hebben rondgereden op zoek naar een groot reclame bord zoals in het foldertje werd aangegeven.......na intensiever bestuderen van het kaartje, kwamen we erachter dat ze de daadwerkelijk Adelaide rivier, vlakbij Kakadu National Park (vlakbij Darwin) bedoelden..........ja, het was heel vroeg die ochtend :-P Dit gingen we later dus doen!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We zijn daarna maar snel doorgereden naar Katherine. Na wat informatie ingewonnen te hebben bij het infocentrum (standaard in iedere plaats die we bezoeken) en wat boodschappen, hebben we snel een camping opgezocht, zijn we het zwembad ingedoken en vervolgens aan de rand van het zwembad half in slaap gevallen (het was een lange dag vanaf 3 uur 's nachts/'s morgens)&lt;br /&gt;'s avonds hebben we een heerlijk valentijnsdiner gehad in het restaurant...ja, 14 februari hè :-)&lt;br /&gt;Zegt ons beide niet zoveel, maar we waren er toch en hier wordt dat nogal gevierd....dus: when in Rome? :-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;De volgende dag zijn we naar de Katherine Gorges gegaan. Ronald wel bekend! (ik dacht dat dat in Queensland was toen we daar de vorige keer waren, maar het is toch echt in Northern Territory). Vanwege het hoge waterpeil was alleen de eerste gorge toegangkelijk, maar het was er niet minder mooi om (o my god, wat nemen wij een boel foto's) Omdat de tour (we waren met een guide op een boot) normaal ook naar de tweede gorge gaat, gingen we nu een tweede keer van boord voor een kort stukje lopen door de bush waar we bij een fantastische waterval uitkwamen.....wat heeft onze moeder aarde toch een boel kunstwerken in haar bezit :-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5035733081857542034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/ReKEjrfNR5I/AAAAAAAAAKI/xxPKoNPcjyA/s320/IMG_4417.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Op de camping zijn we in contact gekomen met een australisch vakantievierend, hele land doortrekkend echtpaar (Greg en Lynn), waar we veel aan hebben gehad. Vooral wat betreft het verdrijven van mozzies en verlichten van insectenbeten! We zijn ze later in Darwin nogmaals tegengekomen. Heel gezellig!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Van Katherine (ik kon een foto van mij met het plaatsnaambord niet weerstaan speciaal voor mijn moeder.....ok, de naam wordt een beetje anders gespeld, maar het klinkt hetzelfde als jouw naam) zijn we naar Bachelor gereden. De toegangspoort tot Litchfield National park! We hadden besloten om Kakadu over te slaan. Ja, het is hier dan wel minder warm dan in de woestijn, maar ook een heel stuk vochtiger. Dus ondanks het feit dat het maar 36 graden is, voelt het aan als 50. Alles is klam en niks droogt op. Na 1 keer douchen blijf je de hele dag klam...yak! We wilden ons verblijf in the TOP END (het noorden van NT) daarom maar een beetje inkorten (en Kakadu zou toch twee tot drie dagen kosten) zodat we in Cairns ook wat langer zouden kunnen blijven waarover later meer ;-)&lt;br /&gt;In Bachelor hoorden we dat onze keuze ook een juiste was want vanwege hevige regenval de dagen voor onze aankomst, was Kakadu gesloten. De watervallen en de overige bezienswaardigheden waren ontoegangkelijk....yipeee!&lt;br /&gt;Litchfield had geen last van floodings gehad, dus die was gewoon open en door het geringere oppervlakte makkelijk in 1 dag te doen :-))))))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Na het inchecken op een camping in Bachelor zijn we daarom direct doorgereden naar Litchfield NP. De verlokking van watervallen, glasheldere, krokodilvrije poelen waar je mag zwemmen klonk ons uitstekend in de oren bij dit klamme, hete weer :-)&lt;br /&gt;Uiteraard de Magnetic termite mounds en de Cathedral termite mounds (zo'n 5 meter hoog) bezocht en toen meteen onze zwemkleren aangetrokken voor een bezoekje aan de Buley rockhole (zeer geliefd zwem/badderplaats onder de locals).......Heerlijk!!!!!!! Zwemmen in kristalhelder water en douchen en relaxen onder een klein watervalletje (met de liefde bedrijfende leguanen als gezelschap). &lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5035734610865899426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/ReKF8rfNR6I/AAAAAAAAAKQ/R-okwl1tdhw/s320/IMG_4524.JPG" border="0" /&gt;Ons volgende "zwembad" was de Florence Falls met de mooiste foto die ik tot nu toe heb gemaakt :-) Georgia als zeemeermin voor twee watervallen....een plaatje! &lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5035731479834740610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/ReKDGbfNR4I/AAAAAAAAAKA/HtFHWb5JQto/s320/IMG_4587.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5035735895061120946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/ReKHHbfNR7I/AAAAAAAAAKY/f-k63sVlCvU/s320/IMG_4554.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nog twee dingen op het programma in Litchfield (ja, die off-road shit doen we niet meer alleen nog maar sealed road voor dit busje, hoeven we hem ook niet meer schoon te maken): Tomler falls en Wangi falls. Na een zonnige dag begon de lucht er toch een beetje dreigend uit te zien, dus eerst maar het verste Wangi en dan op de terugweg Tomler. &lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5035736642385430466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/ReKHy7fNR8I/AAAAAAAAAKg/B9gF8HhYfR8/s320/IMG_4615.JPG" border="0" /&gt;In beide watervallen met poelen/riviertjes mag je toch niet zwemmen vanwege krokodillen gevaar (dit keer zowel de freshies als de salties ivm het hoge waterpeil van rivieren waardoor de salties nu ook in de gebieden van de freshies voorkomen) dus dit waren kijken, genieten, fotograferen en vertrekken plaatsen. Heel mooi, vooral Wangi.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bij Tomler falls begon het een beetje te regenen waarna we na een korte sprint naar de auto midden in een tropische regenbui terecht kwamen. Het viel nog wel een beetje mee, dus we zijn rustig terug naar Bachelor gereden. Gelukkig hield de regen op bij de grens van het park en kwamen we redelijk droog aan op de camping. Een paar aparte gasten ontmoet daar.&lt;br /&gt;Het heftigste kwam echter toen we in onze bus zaten en ons klaar maakten voor de nacht. We kregen een geweldige lichtshow te zien van moeder natuur. Donder en lichtflisten in een pikzwarte hemel waarna de hemel zich opende voor bakken regen en we midden in een tropische donderstorm zaten. De bliksem sloeg in waarna het hele gebied zonder stroom zat en alles nog donkerder was dan het al was met alleen om de tien seconden licht van weerlicht. Wow, dat was een heftige nacht!&lt;br /&gt;Ons busje is niet helemaal waterdicht, dus 's morgens hadden we een aantal natte dingen en zoals gewoonlijk was en bleef alles klam aanvoelen. De dag was echter weer aardig heet aan het worden. Welcome to the tropics :-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We zijn weer vroeg vertrokken met als eindbestemming Darwin met onderweg twee tussenbestemmingen.&lt;br /&gt;Als eerste het Territory Wildlife Park, waar we vooral heel erg genoten hebben van de kangeroos, wallibies etc en waar we een heel mooie bird of prey show hebben gezien. Daarna zijn we richting Arnhemland gegaan voor de tweede bestemming: de Adelaide River........YEAH, WE HEBBEN HET DAN TOCH GEVONDEN!!!!&lt;br /&gt;De jumping crocodile cruise!&lt;br /&gt;Op een boot de croc infested Adelaide River op waar de joekels (5 meter en groter) van salties liggen te wachten op een sappig maaltje.......als er geen mensen in het water vallen dan nemen we wel genoegen met een stuk rauw vlees. De crocs zwemmen om de boot heen en kijken door de ramen wat voor lekkers er is (mensen dus) en blijven lekker stalken. De mensen van de jumping crocodile cruise hebben echter uitgevonden dat als je een stuk vlees aan een touw in het water bungelt voor de neus van een krokodil en dit omhoog trekt, de croc zijn achterlichaam in het water laat zakken, krachtig met zijn staart omoog zwemt waarna hij/zij in staat is om zijn hele lichaam uit het water te katapulteren en iets of iemand uit de lucht te plukken met zijn krachtige kaken. Hij springt dus echt uit het water de lucht in....vandaar de naam "Jumping Crocodile" Ik vind krokodillen fascinerende dieren dus ik heb echt genoten...Georgia vond het vooral enge beesten :-) &lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5035724869880072002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/ReJ9FrfNR0I/AAAAAAAAAJg/htZETCQgI6w/s320/IMG_4841.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Na dit enerverende uitstapje zijn we teruggereden naar Darwin en hebben we een Big 4 (camping) opgezocht. Hier kwamen we onze vrienden Greg en Lynn weer tegen. Wat is de wereld toch klein. En wat zijn australiers toch aardige mensen!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We hebben Darwin verkend.....vooral een saaie stad waar weinig te beleven is. We zijn de visjes (ahum......joekels) wezen voeren in de haven (wat heel leuk was), maar verder is er weinig meer te doen in Darwin. &lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5035737467019151314" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/ReKIi7fNR9I/AAAAAAAAAKo/AcLoNqb9ddw/s320/IMG_4894.JPG" border="0" /&gt;O ja, we werden van het ene op het andere moment nog wel overvallen door een tropische regenbui waarbij we lekker hebben staan schuilen onder een afdakje met helaas de luidruchtige, scheldende, drinkende aboriginals. Nog niemand had gereageerd op onze advertentie :-( De garages, dealers en opkopers hadden geen interesse in een auto met NSW kentekenplaten (veel te duur om in NT te laten registreren). We hadden dus maar besloten om gebruik te maken van onze buyback garantie. Slechte deal waarbij we maar weinig geld zouden terugkrijgen voor onze auto. De gast die ons hielp van de TAB had echter een betere deal voor ons door de auto door te verkopen aan andere backpackers die hij kende en wilde helpen. Meteen gedaan dus. Niet heel veel geld gekregen maar beter dan verwacht. De auto heeft ons wel geld gekost, maar we waren hem toch kwijt voor een redelijk bedrag en hij heeft ons overal gebracht waar we wilden. Dus met een gerust hart afscheid genomen van onze good old Hiace :-) Ehh, wel old, maar laten we het maar daar op laten :-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Onze laatse nacht in Darwin hebben we doorgebracht in het Darwin Airport Resort Hotel.&lt;br /&gt;Een echt bed, met onze eigen badkamer en weer eens een keer TV, en AIRCO........Geweldig.&lt;br /&gt;Onze vlucht naar Cairns ging 's ochtends om 6:05 uur. en twee en een half uur later zaten we in Cairns. Onderweg hebben we de mooiste zonsopgang ooit gezien. Een lucht die paars, oranje, blauw, geel , rood en alle schakeringen aan kleuren daartussen is....geweldig!!!!!&lt;br /&gt;In tweeeneenhalf uur hebben we dus zomaar 5 dagen gewonnen :-)&lt;br /&gt;We hadden al een hotel geboekt via internet en daarna zijn we de stad ingegaan voor het boeken van een activiteit die je moet doen als je in de stad aan de Great Barrier Reef bent......Leren DUIKEN!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;De volgende twee dagen hebben we dus de ene helft in het klaslokaal doorgebracht om de theorie van het duiken te leren en de andere helft in het zwembad gelegen met onze gear om en allerlei trainingen gedaan om de praktische dingen van het duiken te leren. De drie dagen daarna hebben we doorgebracht op een "liveaboard" boot midden op de oceaan op de great barrier reef voor nog 4 trainingsduiken en daarna nog 5 certified diver duiken (als je je certificaat gehaald hebt that is) waaronder 1 nachtduik. &lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5035738218638428130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/ReKJOrfNR-I/AAAAAAAAAKw/sqF8KaQptuQ/s320/IMG_4964.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We kijken hier een beetje dubbel op terug. Op zich was het echt geweldig en we hebben alletwee ons certificaat gehaald. Het was alleen heel jammer dat ondanks de zeeziektabletten, Georgia op de 80 km tocht op de boot naar het Reef, enorm zeeziek is geworden en zich verschrikkelijk beroerd voelde. (René, de terugweg van Terschelling naar Harlingen voor Anna Caspari waar Georgia de vissen voerde, was er niks bij!) De tweede dag aan boord ging het iets beter (we lagen dan ook onder bescherming van het rif) maar ze bleef zich beroerd voelen.&lt;br /&gt;Ondanks dit heeft ze alle trainingsduiken toch met goed resultaat volbracht. En we hebben samen nog een certified recreational dive gedaan. Is het een kanjer of niet? Daarna hield ze het duiken voor gezien want onderwater ging het goed, maar zodra ze aan de oppervlakte kwam werd ze vreselijk beroerd door de deining. Het was ook niet optimaal weer. Best wel veel golfslag en helaas was het nogal regenachtig daar midden op de oceaan. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Ik heb nog een aantal duiken gedaan met mijn nieuwe duikbuddy Darren uit Schotland. We hebben hele mooie dingen gezien op de verschillende duiksites: enorme schildpadden, white tip reef sharks, Nemo :-) , grote rays (gelukkig niet de stingrays), de spotted porquepine fish (spelling kan fout zijn maar who cares), de joekels van sweet lip vissen, inktvissen, en al die andere kleurrijke vissen die je maar kunt vinden in het koraal (rood koraal, blauw koraal, groen koraal, oranje koraal, vingerkoraal, brain koraal etc., etc., etc.). Wow, mooi die onderwaterwereld. Ik was best wel zenuwachtig voor de nightdive, vooral omdat er haaien om de boot heen zwommen waar iedereen wild enthousiast over was, maar die van mij best wel weg mochten blijven. Ter geruststelling: dit zijn niet die agressieve bull sharks of die joekels van great white sharks, maar het soort dat eerder bang voor mensen zijn en bij voorkeur wegzwemmen dan dat ze naar je toe komen. Op de nachtduik heb ik onder water 1 haai in de verte gezien en tijdens onze vrije duik de derde dag waarbij Darren en ik een stuk voorbij onze marker (het blijft lastig zo'n kompas onder water) zwommen, kwamen we heel dicht bij een haai die op de grond lag te slapen. Hij zwom een stukje weg waarna we hem na een tijdje weer tegenkwamen. Daarna hebben we ons kompas op een andere koers gezet zoals verteld tijdens de briefing en....jawel, toen kwamen we ons vriendje white tip reef shark weer tegenkwamen (toen ging hij er maar definitief vandoor in de diepte) wij zaten al op 18 meter (ons maximum als certified open water diver) en hebben hem toen maar gelaten. Onderwater hebben we elkaar enorme high fives gegeven.....haaien blijven toch fascinerende dieren en spreken toch heel erg tot de verbeelding. Mijn angst voor haaien (die ik had opgebouwd sinds ik de film Jaws gezien heb) is hiermee voorbij. Ok, ik zou niet in Zuid Afrika gaan duiken tussen de Great White sharks of de Bull sharks :-/ &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;We hebben ook Brian (de vrouwlijke schildpad zo groot als een eettafel) gezien. Mooi man! Ik noem het de Nemo schildpad. Wow!!!!!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5035739300970186738" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/ReKKNrfNR_I/AAAAAAAAAK4/iynkMvAWmRc/s320/IMG_4974.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Enniewee, na drie dagen van duiken, eten, duiken, eten, duiken, eten, slapen (het voedsel was echt heerlijk en overvloedig...ik wist niet dat ik zoveel kon eten op een dag), Georgia heeft 5 duiken gedaan (wat een hele prestatie was omdat ze zich constant beroerd voelde) en ik 8 (ik heb een overgeslagen omdat ik te moe was na de vroege ochtend duik om 6:30 uur en liever even twee uurtjes ging slapen om weer voldoende energie te hebben voor de 11:00 uur duik) met een groep hele aardige mensen, was het tijd om weer de drieeneenhalf uur durende boottocht naar Cairns te maken......en dat ging ruig! Het weer was van cloudy omgeslagen naar windy en de zee conditie was omgeslagen van slight chop naar big waves. De boot maakte echt hoeken van 45 graden waar je op het ene moment de lucht zag en het andere moment de zee. De terugweg was voor Georgia en een helehoop andere mensen op deze trip niet fijn en het aantal groene gezichten was niet op 1 hand te tellen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Na aankomst in Cairns was iedereen weer helemaal bij positieven en hebben we 's avonds nog een leuk afscheidsetentje gehad. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5035740331762337794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/ReKLJrfNSAI/AAAAAAAAALA/AfHJ-mn3mD0/s320/IMG_4982.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Ons duikgroepje (de middelvinger is het nachtteken &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;voor 100 bar lucht in tank)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;We hebben nu (na drie dagen op zee geleefd te hebben) echter last van zeebenen. Alles lijkt te bewegen!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ok, dat was een heel lang verhaal....ja, Jeroen...dat mag ook wel weer eens na twee weken radio silence ;-)&lt;br /&gt;Morgen gaan we via de kabelbaan naar Kuranda (the city in the rainforest) en dan kunnen we overmorgen (dat zal dan woensdag 28 februari zijn....ja we vergeten alle besef van tijd) onze huurcamper ophalen. We hebben nog maar 18 dagen een camper nodig om naar Sydney te komen dus huren is dan de beste optie (is tevens een beetje luxer met airco etc. en rijdt ook meteen een stuk zuiniger....niet de 1 op 5 of 6 zoals de hiace).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ok, dat was het dan wel weer voor nu en we houden jullie op de hoogte van andere belevenissen en avonturen.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;O, bijna vergeten.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Jullie hadden nog een aantal foto's tegoed van onze vorige blog. Dus hier zijn er een paar.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Onze Dolfijnen Cruise.....Aaawwwwwwww&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/ReKQnLfNSHI/AAAAAAAAAM0/j7WvK24D9es/s1600-h/IMG_3711.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5035742711174219810" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/ReKNULfNSCI/AAAAAAAAAMM/_uyEeg1NUxk/s320/IMG_3306.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5035743995369441346" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/ReKOe7fNSEI/AAAAAAAAAMc/HEaTiBAeOqo/s320/IMG_3342.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5035745026161592402" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/ReKPa7fNSFI/AAAAAAAAAMk/Y_Ju3KEiee4/s320/IMG_3545.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Hadden we al gezegd dat er veel vliegen zijn? Ja dus!!!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5035745554442569826" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/ReKP5rfNSGI/AAAAAAAAAMs/yXwV0gjILGU/s320/IMG_3653.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Uluru!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/ReKP5rfNSGI/AAAAAAAAAMs/yXwV0gjILGU/s1600-h/IMG_3653.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5035746336126617714" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/ReKQnLfNSHI/AAAAAAAAAM0/j7WvK24D9es/s320/IMG_3711.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Uluru met ons er bovenop en op de achtergrond de Olgas&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/ReKPa7fNSFI/AAAAAAAAAMk/Y_Ju3KEiee4/s1600-h/IMG_3545.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/ReKOe7fNSEI/AAAAAAAAAMc/HEaTiBAeOqo/s1600-h/IMG_3342.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5035748213027326082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/ReKSUbfNSII/AAAAAAAAAM8/Bdz9MuqWk9A/s320/IMG_3912.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Kings Canyon bij 49 graden Celcius&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/ReKN27fNSDI/AAAAAAAAAMU/lNZwM88xCdY/s1600-h/IMG_3310.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5035749011891243154" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/ReKTC7fNSJI/AAAAAAAAANE/MpQpwUcx-cs/s320/IMG_3988.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Alice Springs Reptile House. For the reptile lovers :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5035750137172674722" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" height="239" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/ReKUEbfNSKI/AAAAAAAAANM/TU7ZSMC7TCg/s320/IMG_4058.JPG" width="320" border="0" /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Thorny Devil&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5035741998209648658" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/ReKMqrfNSBI/AAAAAAAAAME/rIYJV8YYIPE/s320/IMG_4090.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Jeroen, you may kiss your bride! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Hadden we al gezegd dat er vliegen waren?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3208139428395455714-876340574385471807?l=georgia-tsang.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://georgia-tsang.blogspot.com/feeds/876340574385471807/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3208139428395455714&amp;postID=876340574385471807' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3208139428395455714/posts/default/876340574385471807'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3208139428395455714/posts/default/876340574385471807'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://georgia-tsang.blogspot.com/2007/02/alice-springs-cairns.html' title='Alice Springs - Cairns'/><author><name>Georgia Tsang</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17204038406058609361</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/R9MKa7ztvUI/AAAAAAAAAd0/OT1I1z183LQ/S220/IMG_7155.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/ReJ7NLfNRyI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/rC0ioDXykNk/s72-c/IMG_4135.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3208139428395455714.post-7723800990079500662</id><published>2007-02-11T09:54:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2007-02-09T11:37:51.478+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Melbourne To Alice Springs</title><content type='html'>Hallo, daar zijn we weer eens.&lt;br /&gt;We weten, er zat een beetje veel tijd tussen de posts maar niet overal is internet even goed (lees heel duur en geen foto's uploading mogelijkheid) en soms is het te warm of hebben we zoveel leuke dingen te zien en te doen dat we er gewoon niet aan toe komen.&lt;br /&gt;Dus Angelien....SORRY :-) maar dan  komt er wel een mega lange post in een keer :-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Enniewee, we waren gebleven in Melbourne, waar we 4 dagen zijn geweest . We zijn dus bij het tennis geweest en dat was heel leuk. Mooie partijen gezien. Zijn er nog mensen van Friesland Foods naar het ABN AMRO tournooi geweest? Melbourne is op zich wel een leuke stad maar haalt het niet bij Sydney.&lt;br /&gt;Na Melbourne zijn we over de Great Ocean Road gegaan. Ja, het wordt eentonig maar weer mooie blauwe Oceaan en mooie stranden. Soms wel een beetje bewolkt maar meestal een strak blauwe lucht. We zijn daar 3 dagen geweest met een uitstapje naar de Otways voor watervallen en regenwoud (soms een beetje stoffige dust roads waarna onze spullen een schoonmaakbeurt moesten hebben). Maar een must do!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Een verblijf in de Grampians mocht natuurlijk niet achterwege worden gelaten.&lt;br /&gt;Vorig jaar is daar een groot gebied afgebrand maar het is verbazingwekkend hoe snel de natuur zich heeft hersteld. De eerste dag was het nogal koud en waaierig (we hadden een trui en jas aan maar dat hielp niet echt) maar toch mooie dingen gezien, balconies (een rotsformatie met mooi uitzicht over de Grampians), watervallen (MacKenzie falls en nog een paar). De tweede dag was het weer geweldig weer en hebben we de hoogste berg van de Grampians beklommen, Mt William (wij doen het namelijk niet voor minder). Geweldig uitzicht speciaal op een hele mooie bergformatie zonder naam die we dus nu Mt Georgia hebben genoemd.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Aan kangeroes geen gebrek, ze huppelden op de camping langs onze bus. Tegen schemering is het graastijd en komen ze uit alle hoeken en gaten aangehuppeld :-) Georgia vond het alleen niet zo leuk dat ze midden in de nacht een kangeroe tegenkwam op weg naar het toilet...&lt;br /&gt;Aan wild life hebben we uberhaupt geen gebrek. We zijn ze inmiddels allemaal al tegengekomen: emoes, rotswallibies, koala's, possums, veranen, guanna's, en hoe al die reptielen ook heten mogen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Na de Grampians zijn we weer eens een keer flink doorgereden (velden vol kangeroes onderweg) op weg naar Kangaroo Island (een snelweg die plotseling voor het water stopt en waar je met een pond wordt overgevaren). Voor Kangaroo Island hadden we een Highlight dagtocht geboekt wat inhield dat we met een Coach naar de seals, de Remarkable Rocks, The Admiral Arch + Fur Seals zijn geweest met onze "One of a kind tour guide Jeff" (Okaaaay, hahahaha, okaaay, hahahaha, amaaaaazing isn't it, hahahaha, okaaay). We horen hem nu nog in onze slaap lachen en okaay zeggen. Aan het eind was het niet meer zo OKAAAAY en hahaha......de bus ging namelijk stuk (de toerbus, niet weer die van ons). Met een hoop wachten en een hoop vertraging (de medereizigers konden het niet erg waarderen dat wij op ons eigen houtje maar weer bij de seals gingen kijken met als gevolg dat de hele bus op ons moest wachten toen de bus weer 'heel' was) kwamen we weer bij de (speciaal voor ons ingezette) veerboot terug met complimentary dinner from Kangaroo Island Tours! Een heel leuk tochtje!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Onze volgende stop was Adelaide. Een grote stad met een small town uitstraling.&lt;br /&gt;We hebben de stad in ons eigen tempo bekeken via rondwandelen en peddle boats (ja, Georgia dat zijn dus waterfietsen en geen kano's....peddellen......)&lt;br /&gt;Het hoogtepunt van ons verblijf in Adelaide was de Dolphins Cruise vanuit GlenelG (draai het maar om het blijft hetzelfde heten). Het was echt geweldig, we zijn met de catamaran de oceaan opgevaren (wat al zeer de moeite waard was bij een temperatuur van 36 graden en strak blauwe lucht) waar wij tientallen dolfijnen hebben gezien upclose en personal :-) Hele leuke dieren en heel nieuwsgierig. We hebben weer heel veel foto's gemaakt! Geweldig!!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Daarna begon onze tocht naar het noorden (de outback)....dus de warmte in met temperatuur van 42+. We zijn eerst in Mount Remarkable Nat. Park. gestopt.....een hele belevenis. Spinnen zo groot als mijn (Jeroen) hand boven de douches en overal vliegen, muggen, mieren en ander ongedierte..... EEEEEEuuuuuuuwwwww!!!! Daar zijn wij een nacht gebleven (in eerste instantie 2 nachten geboekt) en maar snel weggevlucht naar een andere camping in het plaatsje Wilmington....(sounds familiar collega's?) niet dat deze zoveel beter was maar dat terzijde. Een bushwalk in Alligator Gorge gemaakt met mooie plaatjes, wildlife en bugs, bugs, bugs en bugs. De vliegennetjes zijn een goede investering geweest!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vanaf Wilmington zijn we via Port Augusta de Stuart Highway opgereden de woestijn in. En het woord woestijn klopt qua temperatuur...maar daarover later meer.&lt;br /&gt;Je komt automatisch in Coober Pedy uit wat een heeeeeeel apart stadje is. Eerste indruk....heeeeeel apart!!! Dit is het opaalcentrum van de wereld en komt in het kort neer op een hoop omgewerkt zandsteen en stof (stof en nog eens stof) waar het leven zich grotendeels onder de grond afspeelt. Hetzij in de mijnen (grote molshopen in kale vlakten) of in de ondergrondse (in de rotsen uitgegraven) woningen. Heel erg heet bovengronds (45+) en nogmaals....stof, stof, stof!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Aangezien er maar 1 snelweg naar het Noorden loopt, kom je uiteraard uit in het rode hart, Ayers Rock, de Olga's, Kings Canyon en Alice Springs.&lt;br /&gt;Dit is bij Ronald zeer bekend en gesneden koek! Dit keer was het echter toch anders!!!!&lt;br /&gt;De woestijn stond wel weer in bloei.....schijnt niet vaak voor te komen maar voor mij (Jeroen) alweer de tweede keer! (nog een leuke ontmoeting gehad met vier aboriginal vrouwen waarvan de auto kapot was gegaan, maar dat is een te lang verhaal. Enniewee, we hebben ontdekt dat het spul waarop ze altijd kauwen niet, zoals ik dacht, kangeroepoep is maar in werkelijkheid nog veel viezer, namelijk van die grote glanzende kevers........grossssssssss!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We hebben Ayers Rock beklommen....in mijn herinnering was het makkelijker, maar hij is toch wel rete steil hoor (ja Jeroen, had je mij van te voren niet kunnen vertellen dat ie wel heeeeeeeeel erg steil was?!). Maar we hebben het toch volbracht. Een heel overenthousiaste Koreaan ontmoet en een ontzettend aardige gast uit Melbourne waarmee we nog een stukje Uluru base walk hebben gedaan. Natuurlijk de sunset gezien van Ayers Rock en ook bij de Olga's geweest waar we verschillende wandelingen hebben gemaakt.&lt;br /&gt;Het Ayers Rock Resort is erop gericht om toeristen zoveel mogelijk geld uit de zak te kloppen (een pizza bijvoorbeeld 27 dollar ongeveer Euro 17,50), maar wij hebben de arme sloeber restaurantjes wel gevonden (was wel moeilijk om iets goedkoops te kunnen eten). Temperatuur was killing. Iets doen kon alleen 's morgens heel vroeg (we stonden dan ook iedere morgen om 6 uur op) want in de middag was het gewoon niet te doen. De middagen hadden we daarom gereserveerd voor het zwembad....aaaaaaaah!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;De dag erna hebben we in Kings Canyon een walk gedaan van 6.4 km bij een temperatuur van 49 graden... Niet echt aan te raden maar dat hadden jullie ook wel kunnen bedenken. Gelukkig hadden we genoeg water bij ons.... Wat kan water toch lekker zijn! Het begin van de wandeling was heel mooi, halverwege begon het verlangen naar het zwembad toch de overhand te krijgen en was het een kwestie van doorlopen en veel water drinken.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nu zijn we dus in Alice Springs aangekomen en hebben we tijd om jullie weer wat leuke fotootjes te laten zien. Oh shit, het uploaden van foto's gaat toch wat moeilijker dan wij dachten dus die volgen later wel, Helaas pindakaas. Geloof ons, ze zijn heel mooi.....en we hebben ook heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeel veeeeeeeeeeeel!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Na een lang ziekbed is Ome Menno overleden.&lt;br /&gt;Familie Steenhof, de Vries en Geertsma gecondoleerd en met name tante An, heel veel sterkte.&lt;br /&gt;Het was een lange zware tijd waar nu een einde aan is gekomen maar wel met heel veel verdriet.&lt;br /&gt;Sterkte!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nog een persoonlijke noot,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ferry&lt;/strong&gt;: Thanks voor je hele lange email. Ja hij is zeker goed aangekomen, maar het lezen van je email roept alleen maar vragen op :-)  Ik heb nu niet veel tijd meer om te replyen maar ik zal jou zeker een net zo lange email terugschrijven. Vermaak je je een beetje bij de club van de armoedzaaiers??&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Winnie&lt;/strong&gt;: Dank je wel voor je hele lange email. Ja hij is zeker goed aangekomen. Dank je wel voor je update! Weet ik ook weer wat zich in huize Tsang afspeelt. Ik heb nu niet veel tijd meer om te replyen maar ik zal jou zeker een net zo lange email terugschrijven.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Virginia&lt;/strong&gt;: airco?? Ik weet niet waar je het over hebt. De airco is veeel te modern voor onze bus dus enige verkoeling moeten wij in het zwembad opzoeken.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Stephanie C&lt;/strong&gt;.: ik dacht toch echt dat jij zei dat je ook naar Oz ging maar dan zal jij het wel niet zijn geweest. Btw, vervelend van je laptop, alles weer op orde met je files??&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Jasper&lt;/strong&gt;: Ja we zijn de rots opgeweest.... Gefeliciteerd met jullie huisje. Wanneer is de housewarming of is die al geweest?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Johan:&lt;/strong&gt; Dank je voor je update van de stand van zake in Nederland. I know dat je Mr. gehaktbrood niet heel leuk vind. Hopelijk kan je toch nog twee kaartjes voor ons scoren.&lt;br /&gt;Leuke ski-vakantie gehad begrijp ik. (ach, als er maar sneeuw ligt toch?)&lt;br /&gt;Nog roddels over andere artiesten: Bruce, Counting Crows etc?&lt;br /&gt;Alles rond voor de verhuizing?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ronald:&lt;/strong&gt; Je had hier toch moeten komen......Cricket is hot hier man. Ieder kind speelt wel cricket op straat (nou ja, niet hier in de woestijn, maar in andere, koelere oorden wel).&lt;br /&gt;Ayers rock, de Olga's en Kings Canyon is heel anders wanneer het zo ontzettend heet is!&lt;br /&gt;Oktober is inderdaad een betere tijd om daar naar toe te gaan!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rene:&lt;/strong&gt; Wij hadden al een naam gepost....George. Maar als je die niet mooi vindt moet je zelf maar iets bedenken... in ieder geval niet: Sjon of Emma!!!! Of Jeff!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ok, keep you updated sooner next time!&lt;br /&gt;Georgia en Jeroen&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3208139428395455714-7723800990079500662?l=georgia-tsang.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://georgia-tsang.blogspot.com/feeds/7723800990079500662/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3208139428395455714&amp;postID=7723800990079500662' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3208139428395455714/posts/default/7723800990079500662'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3208139428395455714/posts/default/7723800990079500662'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://georgia-tsang.blogspot.com/2007/02/melbourne-to-alice-springs.html' title='Melbourne To Alice Springs'/><author><name>Georgia Tsang</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17204038406058609361</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/R9MKa7ztvUI/AAAAAAAAAd0/OT1I1z183LQ/S220/IMG_7155.JPG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3208139428395455714.post-6906628242586666724</id><published>2007-01-20T09:50:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2008-12-13T04:37:40.411+01:00</updated><title type='text'>South coast NSW en Victoria</title><content type='html'>Hiya mates,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He jullie mogen ook wel wat meer van jullie laten horen hoor!! Sjongejongejongejonge, jullie willen wel alles van ons weten maar hoe is het in Ned?? Weer? Kabinet? Schaatsen? Nieuws??? Halloooo, wij weten helemaal niks meer! Maar dit terzijde... :-P&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Na een tijdje radiostilte zijn we weer online :-)&lt;br /&gt;We hebben het er lekker van genomen de afgelopen twee weken.&lt;br /&gt;O, o, o, wat hebben wij het zwaar:&lt;br /&gt;Iedere ochtend wakker worden met een strak blauwe lucht, de ene dag een nog mooier strand en zee op de achtergrond bij het opstaan dan de andere :-P&lt;br /&gt;Het kamperen is inmiddels uitstekend gewend! Zelfs voor Georgia :-)&lt;br /&gt;We hebben na de Blue mountains onze tijd genomen om langzaam naar Melbourne te komen.&lt;br /&gt;Ik (Jeroen) denk dat we alle plaatsen aan de kust in New South Wales wel gehad hebben.&lt;br /&gt;Yep, we are tourists!&lt;br /&gt;In de guide boekjes staat wat je waar moet gedaan hebben....en dat hebben we dus ook zo'n beetje gedaan:&lt;br /&gt;een nacht op de beach-camping in Coledale (check), een home made ijsje eten in Austinmer (been there, done that), Kiama blow (it out your) hole (check, check, double check), Nan Tien Temple, tripje naar Montegue Island met boot (Georgia was een beetje erg zeeziek, moest bijna kotsen.....de zee was ook wel aardig ruig op dat moment moet ik zeggen) op bezoek bij de seals....noem maar op, we've done it :-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Op een gegeven moment hadden we echter het idee dat we in dat tempo waarschijnlijk langer dan een jaar nodig zullen hebben om Australie rond te gaan. Dus maar een plan gemaakt en de volgende dag zouden we een flink aantal kilometers maken, van Merimbula naar Lakes Entrance.....so we thought! Na 50 kilometer begon ons busje een beetje te shaken, gevolgd door een heftiger shaken gevolgd door nog heftiger shaken totdat we onze tanden konden horen klapperen. Het op de weg houden van de "Van" werd nogal problematisch. Ik dacht aan een lekke band maar na inspectie bleek er niks aan de hand met de banden (niet lek tenminste), de ophanging zag er nog goed uit en de vering was ook perfect in orde. De moter had voldoende power (dat was met de vorige Van wel anders ;-) ) en de versnellingsbak deed het ook uitstekend. Na nog een poging om hem rijdende te houden, hebben we hem maar snel in de berm gezet op de Princes Highway en onze vrienden van de NRMA (de aussie ANWB) gebeld.&lt;br /&gt;De tow truck heeft ons vervolgens weer 45 kilometer teruggebracht naar Eden (hadden we in eerste instantie overgeslagen, maar Yihaa, we hebben toch nog een stuk van Eden gezien).&lt;br /&gt;De NRMA heeft ons busje geinspecteerd en er bleek niet zo heel veel aan de hand te zijn: de onderste laag rubber van de linker achterband was los komen te zitten van de buitenste laag rubber (er had zich al een aardig ei gevormd). Een snel bezoekje aan de tyre repair shop loste alles op. Maar toch weer een vertraging van een uurtje of 5. Maar zoals gezegd, we zijn in Eden geweest :-) We zijn daarna in een ruk doorgereden naar Lakes Entrance (met een gedenkwaardige strandwandeling.....ga nooit een wandeling aan die langer dan anderhalf uur duurt wanneer je weet dat het binnen een half uur donker wordt......als het hier namelijk donker wordt, dan wordt het meteen pikkenacht!!!!!!!!). But Hey, is de spreuk niet dat het leven een constante leerschool is? :-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;De volgende dag zijn we via Sale (waar we kaartjes voor de Australian Open Tennis (a.s. zondag, als in morgen 21 januari) hebben gekocht) naar Wilsons Prom (national park) gereden en goedkoop op een camping gestaan dankzij Georgia's uitstekende vermogen om netwerken aan te gaan (in L.E., raakte ze aan de praat met John, die de eigenaar van de camping bij Wilsons Prom kende en ons bezoek al bij hem had aangekondigd. John had ons tevens een toeristische route daar naartoe gegeven). In Wilsons Prom hebben we Mount Oberon beklommen. Eerste reactie boven: "WOW"Geweldig!!!!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vanaf donderdag (18-1-2007) tot vandaag, zijn we op Phillip Island geweest (Parade of the Penguins, Koala Park, Churchill Island gedaan en het onmogelijke stel pappa Sjon en mamma Dikbil en baby Emma ("tis echt een meisje hoor!!!!!") uit brabant tegen het lijf gelopen, tig keren. We kunnen ons nu heel goed voorstellen waarom sommige Nederlanders op vakantie als irritant worden ervaren!!!!!!!! Understatement!!!!&lt;br /&gt;Helaas was het weer op Phillip Island niet optimaal. Nogal grijs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In Melbourne is het deze week 40+ geweest, maar wij kwamen vandaag aan en het heeft alleen nog maar geregend....GESPOELD eigenlijk. Ze zijn er hier blij mee, want alles is nogal droog. We worden nu aanbeden als regengoden ;-)&lt;br /&gt;Onderweg in Victoria konden we goed zien dat de droogte hier stevig heeft toegeslagen. Alle velden zijn droog en dor en bruin! Dit moet wel een gouden jaar worden voor de Area Australasia ;-)&lt;br /&gt;We blijven 4 nachten in Melbourne en dan zien we wel weer waar we naartoe gaan. Morgen eerst het Tennis.....YIHAAAAAAAA!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Helaas kregen we bericht dat "Barefoot" Jan Joosse in Brazilie is overleden!&lt;br /&gt;Dit kwam als een grote schok!&lt;br /&gt;Ankie heel veel sterkte!&lt;br /&gt;Barefoot Jan sitting on the hood of a car, drinking warm beer in the hot summer night!&lt;br /&gt;Cause tramps like us, baby we were born to run!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Loes en Cees Hoppezak: jullie posts zijn helaas niet doorgekomen.&lt;br /&gt;Remco: dank je voor je lieve berichtje.&lt;br /&gt;Rene en Jenny: het duurt niet zo heel lang meer.....een naam.....wat dacht je van George ;-)&lt;br /&gt;Marcel: de pikante foto's komen nog wel ;-) Ik heb op het circuit van Phillip Island gekart....natuurlijk een mega snelle tijd :-)&lt;br /&gt;Ronald: Tis nu nog pokkeriger fuck weer in A'dam hadden we begrepen. Is de stad al weer ontzet?&lt;br /&gt;Ferry: Yep, i can hear you loud and clear... je berichtjes komen zeker door... maarre hoe is het gegaan met de maandafsluiting? shit zeker? hoe is het met de AuM, MFCB, performance, fast close??? succes en sterkte de laatste dagen bij Asset Management!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Allemaal: we eten goed hoor, zie hieronder, de eerste foto that is ;-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RbHscTEXKaI/AAAAAAAAAIg/5PVP2VD4wvM/s1600-h/IMG_1234.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5022055030393874850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RbHscTEXKaI/AAAAAAAAAIg/5PVP2VD4wvM/s320/IMG_1234.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RbHrvTEXKZI/AAAAAAAAAIY/zRe8bIYeXTE/s1600-h/IMG_1916.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5022054257299761554" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RbHrvTEXKZI/AAAAAAAAAIY/zRe8bIYeXTE/s320/IMG_1916.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RbHq0jEXKYI/AAAAAAAAAIQ/OGo7zGisAmo/s1600-h/IMG_1774.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5022053247982446978" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RbHq0jEXKYI/AAAAAAAAAIQ/OGo7zGisAmo/s320/IMG_1774.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RbHqRTEXKXI/AAAAAAAAAII/TkfrIXBcLHE/s1600-h/IMG_1663.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5022052642392058226" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RbHqRTEXKXI/AAAAAAAAAII/TkfrIXBcLHE/s320/IMG_1663.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RbHpcTEXKWI/AAAAAAAAAIA/nP-mizv4HGs/s1600-h/IMG_1619.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5022051731858991458" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RbHpcTEXKWI/AAAAAAAAAIA/nP-mizv4HGs/s320/IMG_1619.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RbHo2zEXKVI/AAAAAAAAAH4/oKzKRYzfvys/s1600-h/IMG_1404.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5022051087613897042" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RbHo2zEXKVI/AAAAAAAAAH4/oKzKRYzfvys/s320/IMG_1404.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RbHn0TEXKUI/AAAAAAAAAHw/TO6jPwkA_o0/s1600-h/IMG_1269.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5022049945152596290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RbHn0TEXKUI/AAAAAAAAAHw/TO6jPwkA_o0/s320/IMG_1269.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RbHmgTEXKTI/AAAAAAAAAHo/DGOkRW0WWR4/s1600-h/IMG_1128.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5022048502043584818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RbHmgTEXKTI/AAAAAAAAAHo/DGOkRW0WWR4/s320/IMG_1128.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RbHl3DEXKSI/AAAAAAAAAHg/eOmYCYOEouo/s1600-h/IMG_1203.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5022047793373980962" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RbHl3DEXKSI/AAAAAAAAAHg/eOmYCYOEouo/s320/IMG_1203.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RbHlZjEXKRI/AAAAAAAAAHY/8YGy89fQ8rg/s1600-h/IMG_1143.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5022047286567840018" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RbHlZjEXKRI/AAAAAAAAAHY/8YGy89fQ8rg/s320/IMG_1143.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;We'll keep u posted! 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Vanwege deze mist in Londen het vliegtuig naar Hong Kong gemist. Een hele dag op Londen Heathrow in de kou (daar sta je dan in je zomer kleren) moeten wachten op een nieuwe vlucht. Maar uiteindelijk met 24 uur vertraging in Hong Kong aangekomen en eindelijk Sydney bereikt.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Het wachten was op onze auto, die we via Travellers Auto Barn hadden gekocht. Op zaterdag (30-12-2006) konden we deze eindelijk ophalen...maar vanwege een creditcardlimiet (tja...niet bij nagedacht) niet voldoende geld. Via een omweg (verschillende dagen op verschillende bankpassen pinnen) konden we oudjaarsdag eindelijk in de auto wegrijden....Jipieeeeee.......dachten we :-(&lt;br /&gt;Na nog geen 15 minuten rijden, we reden de Anzac Bridge op, vulde de hele auto zich met rook en kwam hij amper nog vooruit.  We hebben hem voorzichtig ergens van de snelweg af weten te parkeren waarna onze vrienden van de Australische ANWB ons te hulp schoten.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5017211623120902962" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RaC3Y48VGzI/AAAAAAAAAE8/9Dbb0m1Lev0/s320/IMG_0387.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;De Travellers Auto Barn gasten waren vergeten om de radiateur te checken en die was dus helemaal kapot. De moter kreeg dus geen koeling en het lampje van de oververhitting was ook kapot dus de hele moter was gekookt. Wegslepen was de enige optie. Raikonen blaast wederom een moter op :-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5017212490704296770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RaC4LY8VG0I/AAAAAAAAAFE/RNQD05Vj6Oo/s320/IMG_0389.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Het was zondag dus de autobarn was niet meer open dus geen auto maar een veel te dure hotelovernachting erbij. 's Avonds wel heel erg mooi vuurwerk gezien bij de brug. Heeel veel mensen daar en heel lang gewacht maar dat was de moeite meer dan waard.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5017213628870630226" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RaC5No8VG1I/AAAAAAAAAFM/OK8xyZ6m16g/s320/IMG_0432.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Maandag (1-1-2007) was alles dicht, dus konden we helemaal niks regelen qua auto.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;We zijn dus de stad maar onveilig gaan maken....Making the best of a bad situation!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Dinsdag naar de Auto Barn geweest.....ze vonden het heel vervelend wat er gebeurd en zouden kijken wat er te doen was. Ze konden echter niets doen tot woensdag (dus noodgedwongen 3 dagen langer in Sydney dan gepland) Of dat zo erg is :-) De harbour cruise stond nog op het programma dus dat maar gedaan. Prachtig uitzicht overal!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5017217502931131282" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RaC8vI8VG5I/AAAAAAAAAFs/eTmKqqA4QhY/s320/IMG_0600.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Aangezien dit de drukste tijd is hier (tevens cricketkampioenschappen...wat hier nogal belangrijk is) was een hotel ook zeer moeilijk te regelen. Dus maar in een typisch backpacker hotel gezeten (NOT)...Luxe man! 's Avonds heerlijk in bad gezeten :-)))))))&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5017215617440488306" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RaC7BY8VG3I/AAAAAAAAAFc/NLHJ5hQIYlU/s320/IMG_0471.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Woensdag ook een ramp dag. We kregen dan een andere auto, papieren moesten in orde worden gemaakt maar mr Sukkel van de auto barn wist niet hoe dat moest dus weer heel lang wachten. Na uren wachten reden we dan toch weg, op weg naar de Blue Mountains. Het was echter al best wel laat en moesten nog wat spulletjes halen, bovendien was het heel slecht weer dus kwamen 's avonds laat pas aan in de blauwe bergen. Geen camping meer open dus maar buiten de camping op een parkeerplaats wezen bivakkeren. VET KOUD man, maar ja....&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;De volgende dag een andere camping gevonden, Blackheath. Nog steeds slecht weer, regen! Dus maar uitgerust en het dorpje verkend. Btw het kamperen is best wel heel erg wennen, vooral voor Georgia (ja kamperen is inderdaad creperen, Robert. OMG het is echt heeeeeeel erg. Dat mensen voor hun lol op de camping staan!!!).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;De volgende dagen hebben alles echter weer goed gemaakt.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;We hebben mooie bushwalks door de Blue mountains gemaakt. De Three Sisters beklommen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5017218396284328866" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RaC9jI8VG6I/AAAAAAAAAF0/8GBjy8r-s9k/s320/IMG_0765.JPG" border="0" /&gt;Achter de drie zussen loopt een lange trap....de Great Stairway (en die is inderdaad heeeeeel erg lang) die zijn we dus afgedaald voor een mega bushwalk. Geweldig....wel vermoeiend :-)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Geweldige plaatjes gezien.&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5017219886637980594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RaC-548VG7I/AAAAAAAAAF8/__uLt90jp7g/s320/IMG_0821.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jenolan Caves was een must dus daar gingen we de volgende dag naar toe. We zijn diep de grotten ingeweest en het was daar heel mooi.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5017220887365360578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RaC_0I8VG8I/AAAAAAAAAGE/FfdzQ6p77YU/s320/IMG_0837.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5017221991171955666" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RaDA0Y8VG9I/AAAAAAAAAGM/gSo0nKBrQbs/s320/IMG_0877.JPG" border="0" /&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5017222777150970850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RaDBiI8VG-I/AAAAAAAAAGU/anVoqbuWuLQ/s320/IMG_0888.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Na vier dagen in de Blue mountains zijn we weer richting Sydney gegaan. Een bezoekje aan Featherdale Park mocht natuurlijk niet ontbreken. Georgia zou en moest een Koala aanraken ;-) en dat is haar gelukt. Jeroen moest en zou een kangeroe aanraken en dat is hem ook gelukt. Mission accomplished! (die kangeroes hadden we BTW ook al voor ons langs de weg over zien hoppen op de terugweg van Jenolan Caves naar Blackheath (Jeroen noemt het Blackhead)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5017223404216196082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RaDCGo8VG_I/AAAAAAAAAGc/0L80mC0UqL4/s320/IMG_0943.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Nu overnachten we in Sydney en gaan morgen via de kust naar het Zuiden en vervolgens naar Melbourne....Yihaaa, here we come.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Nog even een speciaal plaatje speciaal voor Cees Hoppezak :-)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Drie keer raden wat dit is!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5017216815736363906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RaC8HI8VG4I/AAAAAAAAAFk/vp2RzKGGiT0/s320/IMG_0450.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Groetjes!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;P.S. Winnie, ja je moet &lt;strong&gt;zelf &lt;/strong&gt;kijken of er updates zijn, lui varken (dat zijn dus niet mijn woorden Winnie maar die van je lieve zus) ;-). Btw bedankt voor de drinkflesjes! Heel erg handig tijdens bushwalken.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;P.S.S. Ferry, Atul??? Hahah, ik was die stakker al helemaal vergeten, bedankt voor de herinnering. Hoe gaat het trouwens met de maandafsluiting?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3208139428395455714-6369899763100825429?l=georgia-tsang.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://georgia-tsang.blogspot.com/feeds/6369899763100825429/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3208139428395455714&amp;postID=6369899763100825429' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3208139428395455714/posts/default/6369899763100825429'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3208139428395455714/posts/default/6369899763100825429'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://georgia-tsang.blogspot.com/2007/01/update-in-het-nieuwe-jaar.html' title='Update in het nieuwe jaar'/><author><name>Georgia Tsang</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17204038406058609361</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/R9MKa7ztvUI/AAAAAAAAAd0/OT1I1z183LQ/S220/IMG_7155.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RaC3Y48VGzI/AAAAAAAAAE8/9Dbb0m1Lev0/s72-c/IMG_0387.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3208139428395455714.post-8180815695673217047</id><published>2006-12-29T09:28:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2008-12-13T04:37:46.916+01:00</updated><title type='text'>pics!!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="left"&gt;hey guys,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;pics! finally! it turned out not to be that difficult as we initally thought... we've taken some 250+ pics already, but it takes too much time to upload them all. here are a few, enjoy! (we certainly did!). look at the beautiful weather, beautiful environment, beautiful people (us that is!!!!), yeah we LOVE it here. jealous? well why don't u come over??&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;How's the homefront? Snow already? 0 degrees we've heard, that's freezing cold man! good luck!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5013864977020954674" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RZTTocsbKDI/AAAAAAAAAC8/Qekc_dI_G-Q/s320/IMG_0051.JPG" border="0" /&gt; &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;sydney opera house on the back ground&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5013864208221808674" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RZTS7ssbKCI/AAAAAAAAAC0/LabKkbKcN4M/s320/IMG_0031.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;the harbour bridge, climb still to be done&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5013865685690558530" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RZTURssbKEI/AAAAAAAAADE/Z9VKVSjzytI/s320/IMG_0130.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5013866467374606418" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RZTU_MsbKFI/AAAAAAAAADM/FGG4v3YdW2o/s320/IMG_0132.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5013867090144864354" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RZTVjcsbKGI/AAAAAAAAADU/FWFL-DTz0BA/s320/IMG_0140.JPG" border="0" /&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;hyde park (in sydney that is, not london)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5013871402292029618" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RZTZecsbKLI/AAAAAAAAAD8/FceLOuQ1eQ0/s320/IMG_0176.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5013867760159762546" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RZTWKcsbKHI/AAAAAAAAADc/G6j7g-kpGLw/s320/IMG_0166.JPG" border="0" /&gt; &lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;beautiful skyline&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5013868370045118594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RZTWt8sbKII/AAAAAAAAADk/BWABSIc5OiI/s320/IMG_0190.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;chinese gardens&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5013869959183018146" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RZTYKcsbKKI/AAAAAAAAAD0/HDUdeXQxMZ4/s320/IMG_0209.JPG" border="0" /&gt; &lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5013869375067465874" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RZTXocsbKJI/AAAAAAAAADs/22je2g0GAsg/s320/IMG_0221.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;awww beautiful, isn't it?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3208139428395455714-8180815695673217047?l=georgia-tsang.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://georgia-tsang.blogspot.com/feeds/8180815695673217047/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3208139428395455714&amp;postID=8180815695673217047' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3208139428395455714/posts/default/8180815695673217047'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3208139428395455714/posts/default/8180815695673217047'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://georgia-tsang.blogspot.com/2006/12/pics.html' title='pics!!!'/><author><name>Georgia Tsang</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17204038406058609361</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/R9MKa7ztvUI/AAAAAAAAAd0/OT1I1z183LQ/S220/IMG_7155.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RZTTocsbKDI/AAAAAAAAAC8/Qekc_dI_G-Q/s72-c/IMG_0051.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3208139428395455714.post-63138012978787437</id><published>2006-12-27T09:43:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-12-27T10:26:06.376+01:00</updated><title type='text'>mission accomplished</title><content type='html'>g'day mates!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;there is an easy everything internet cafe just around the corner (not easily to be missed actually, but we did at first), so updating became a lot more easier :-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;YES!! we got our car!! it's a toyota hiace from 1986. a van turned into a camper van. really good... it's white and... a van. well at least we got our transportation to all the places we wanna visit. the Kings Cross car market was more or less empty.... pretty depressing place.....so we eventually succeeded at the travellers auto barn (good quality engine and car, good service, all paperwork arranged (insurance etc.) and guaranteed help in case of problems with the car). It will be prepared for us and we can pick it up, hopefully, this saturday, if not, we have a MAJOR problem... no hotels available on new years eve and no car. so where to sleep?? anyway, we'll be fine. don't worry mums and dad :-) we have our contacts ;-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;yesterday we went to the sydney aquarium in darling harbour (we found nemo, YAY but he didn't want to have his picture taken... stupid fish!!!), took a ride with the monorail (not very interesting), went to sydney tower (very high and nice view), had some very long walks enjoying the scenery and had a lot of photo moments (pictures will follow later), and did some shopping . it was MAJOR hell (shopping that is), busy as hell, almost like HK. it was super sale on boxing day and ALL aussies went bargain hunting. it was very, very scary for jeroen (I DON'T LIKE SHOPPING, GEORGIA!! Shopping malls all over the world are alike and are very traumatising :-( You get lost easily, never find what you want and never ever find the exit)... police had to close down some shops because of overcrowding.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;BTW, on Monday we went to SYDNEY HARBOUR....not Darling harbour....Georgia what have you been drinking?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;on our to do list: chinese garden, sydney harbour cruise, zoo, beach, watch the fireworks on new years eve, blue mountains etc etc. getting jealous over there? :-) Unfortunately we weren't able to do the sydney harbour bridge climb due to peak season....we'll do it when we return to Sydney in March!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;happy new year all, we keep you updated and will be posting some pics later.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;oh bought many postcards... email me your address so we can send them to you (especially you jenny &amp; rene, jeroen doesn't know your address, he goes to your place every monday...)&lt;br /&gt;(Zijn kaartjes nog van deze tijd dan?...daarom hebben we toch een weblog?)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;bye bye, catch ya later!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;René, Jenny, Ronald and family....dank voor jullie berichtjes... geen zorgen we redden ons wel.&lt;br /&gt;Ronald: Georgia zal niet meer zoveel F**ck zeggen ;-) Ze is een echte lady geworden!&lt;br /&gt;Robert: als je mijn site nog vaak bezoekt, nee, we hebben nog geen ruzie, alles gaat goed ;-)&lt;br /&gt;Johan: ik ben er dus ook!!!! ;-)    BTW Bruce heeft in 2003 met zijn zoontjes de Sydney Harbour Bridge beklommen en de foto hangt daaro als bewijs!&lt;br /&gt;Ferry, houd je het nog een beetje uit daar? heb je de CR al gevonden?? moet ik hem anders opnieuw submitten ;-) btw, geen abn gezien hier.&lt;br /&gt;Ma: de kerst goed doorgekomen en weer over de griep heen?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3208139428395455714-63138012978787437?l=georgia-tsang.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://georgia-tsang.blogspot.com/feeds/63138012978787437/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3208139428395455714&amp;postID=63138012978787437' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3208139428395455714/posts/default/63138012978787437'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3208139428395455714/posts/default/63138012978787437'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://georgia-tsang.blogspot.com/2006/12/mission-accomplished.html' title='mission accomplished'/><author><name>Georgia Tsang</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17204038406058609361</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/R9MKa7ztvUI/AAAAAAAAAd0/OT1I1z183LQ/S220/IMG_7155.JPG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3208139428395455714.post-1997257833766944406</id><published>2006-12-25T10:07:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-12-25T10:22:54.524+01:00</updated><title type='text'>merry christmas</title><content type='html'>YAY YAY YAY&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;we are in sydney! i love it here! today we went to darling harbour and the botanic garden. very very beautiful here.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;oh btw there are lots of canon-moments here but uplaoding pics on the net seems a bit difficult now. will sort it out later.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;shit running outta time... f*ck! gotta go. catch u soon!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3208139428395455714-1997257833766944406?l=georgia-tsang.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://georgia-tsang.blogspot.com/feeds/1997257833766944406/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3208139428395455714&amp;postID=1997257833766944406' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3208139428395455714/posts/default/1997257833766944406'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3208139428395455714/posts/default/1997257833766944406'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://georgia-tsang.blogspot.com/2006/12/merry-christmas.html' title='merry christmas'/><author><name>Georgia Tsang</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17204038406058609361</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/R9MKa7ztvUI/AAAAAAAAAd0/OT1I1z183LQ/S220/IMG_7155.JPG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3208139428395455714.post-1988596206303196</id><published>2006-12-25T09:52:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-12-25T10:07:17.696+01:00</updated><title type='text'>hong kong</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)"&gt;hong&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)"&gt;kong&lt;/span&gt;. &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)"&gt;hmmm&lt;/span&gt; what can i say??? do all &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)"&gt;chinese&lt;/span&gt; people live in &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)"&gt;HK&lt;/span&gt;??? &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)"&gt;geez&lt;/span&gt; it's damn crowded there. holy heck it's crowded everywhere!! people everywhere and anywhere...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;we did some shopping in &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)"&gt;mong&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)"&gt;kwok&lt;/span&gt;... bought a new camera (canon &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)"&gt;ixus&lt;/span&gt; 850)... &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)"&gt;YAY&lt;/span&gt; and a new video &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10" onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)"&gt;ipod&lt;/span&gt; double &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11" onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)"&gt;YAY&lt;/span&gt;. very very cheap there... trice &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12" onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)"&gt;YAY&lt;/span&gt;!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;in the eve we went to &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13" onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)"&gt;tsim&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14" onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)"&gt;sa&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15" onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)"&gt;tsui&lt;/span&gt;, f*&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16" onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)"&gt;cking&lt;/span&gt; hell man, &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17" onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)"&gt;soooooooooooo&lt;/span&gt; crowded. again, people everywhere... we were looking for the famous boardwalk with the skyline. we walked for ages and not sure if we've found it. we watched the skyline from a boardwalk, couldn't be &lt;em&gt;the &lt;/em&gt;boardwalk??? it was so short and again millions of people there and nothing spectacularly to be seen. so actually it sucked.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;also, got lost on the way home. we walked for hours, found the hotel eventually... man i was damn tired!!! Bye bye &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18" onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)"&gt;HK&lt;/span&gt;, never gonna see me there again.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3208139428395455714-1988596206303196?l=georgia-tsang.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://georgia-tsang.blogspot.com/feeds/1988596206303196/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3208139428395455714&amp;postID=1988596206303196' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3208139428395455714/posts/default/1988596206303196'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3208139428395455714/posts/default/1988596206303196'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://georgia-tsang.blogspot.com/2006/12/hong-kong.html' title='hong kong'/><author><name>Georgia Tsang</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17204038406058609361</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/R9MKa7ztvUI/AAAAAAAAAd0/OT1I1z183LQ/S220/IMG_7155.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3208139428395455714.post-2382269243130637687</id><published>2006-12-25T09:34:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-12-25T09:52:45.259+01:00</updated><title type='text'>stranded in london</title><content type='html'>hey guys,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;finally on the internet... man this is expensive in the hotel so i think i won't be updating as often as i'd liked to... damn need to search for something else.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;anyway bad start for the trip. the plane from AMS to LHR got delayed for more than 6 hours due to 'bad weather'. so we missed the connection to HK. have u watched the news on BBC?? well big chance we were on TV.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;it was a bit foggy in london and all flights to and from london were either cancelled or delayed. we were 'lucky' that we were allowed to fly to london but of course we missed our connection to HK. so British Airways offered us a hotel in central london, not the best hotel of course, actually it was BAD. also, our luggage was nowhere to be found so we were wandering in london, in the middle of the night in our t-shirt. it was FREEZING cold man!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;next day we arrived at the airport (wearing exactly the same clothes as yesterday... YUK, no gel in my hair... help!) and MILLIONS of people were there already. people were requested to wait outside the terminal in tents. what the heck man?! it was freeeeezing! anyway, at the end we have been rebooked so we left to HK,  slightly delayed... good start, NOT!!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3208139428395455714-2382269243130637687?l=georgia-tsang.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://georgia-tsang.blogspot.com/feeds/2382269243130637687/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3208139428395455714&amp;postID=2382269243130637687' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3208139428395455714/posts/default/2382269243130637687'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3208139428395455714/posts/default/2382269243130637687'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://georgia-tsang.blogspot.com/2006/12/stranded-in-london.html' title='stranded in london'/><author><name>Georgia Tsang</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17204038406058609361</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/R9MKa7ztvUI/AAAAAAAAAd0/OT1I1z183LQ/S220/IMG_7155.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3208139428395455714.post-7601491881526642445</id><published>2006-12-16T11:34:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2008-12-13T04:37:47.313+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Last day at ABN AMRO</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="left"&gt;*Sob sob* Last day at ABN AMRO :-( I hate saying goodbye... I had a really good time there and I'm soooooo gonna miss it. The work, the colleagues (especially Ferry!!), MFCB issues... You guys there are really the best :-) It was fun working with all of you. Keep up the good work! Thanks guys, also many thanks for all the prezzies! I won't forget you!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Maddy, Karthik, Peter and me in our &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;"natural environment"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5009073915232462818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RYPOL8sbJ-I/AAAAAAAAAB8/6JmNG5MB_wk/s320/IMG_2394.JPG" border="0" /&gt; &lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RYPNMMsbJ8I/AAAAAAAAABs/2XyLPxuSvZ0/s1600-h/IMG_2394.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5009074276009715698" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RYPOg8sbJ_I/AAAAAAAAACE/-SkyxFC_Z_g/s320/IMG_2396.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3208139428395455714-7601491881526642445?l=georgia-tsang.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://georgia-tsang.blogspot.com/feeds/7601491881526642445/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3208139428395455714&amp;postID=7601491881526642445' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3208139428395455714/posts/default/7601491881526642445'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3208139428395455714/posts/default/7601491881526642445'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://georgia-tsang.blogspot.com/2006/12/last-day-at-abn.html' title='Last day at ABN AMRO'/><author><name>Georgia Tsang</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17204038406058609361</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/R9MKa7ztvUI/AAAAAAAAAd0/OT1I1z183LQ/S220/IMG_7155.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RYPOL8sbJ-I/AAAAAAAAAB8/6JmNG5MB_wk/s72-c/IMG_2394.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3208139428395455714.post-7499553308165281476</id><published>2006-12-14T23:30:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2008-12-13T04:37:48.059+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Dinner with colleagues</title><content type='html'>Hiya,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I updated my photo album with some pics from the last night's dinner in an Italian restaurant... Go check it out! It was fun man! You guys are the best!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Ferry, me, &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)"&gt;Karthik&lt;/span&gt;, Maddy &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5009147908929038354" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RYQRe8sbKBI/AAAAAAAAACk/zQWciQI0ayI/s320/IMG_2387.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;me with Ferry&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5008520307485415154" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RYHWrvH_lvI/AAAAAAAAABg/h2zOkOWWKP8/s320/IMG_2389.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Peter B.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5008517786339612370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RYHUY_H_ltI/AAAAAAAAAA8/RNbv9w7Nsic/s320/IMG_2384.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Robert&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5008517335368046274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RYHT-vH_lsI/AAAAAAAAAA0/0Cy6ueKUsLE/s320/IMG_2390.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3208139428395455714-7499553308165281476?l=georgia-tsang.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://georgia-tsang.blogspot.com/feeds/7499553308165281476/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3208139428395455714&amp;postID=7499553308165281476' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3208139428395455714/posts/default/7499553308165281476'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3208139428395455714/posts/default/7499553308165281476'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://georgia-tsang.blogspot.com/2006/12/dinner-with-colleagues.html' title='Dinner with colleagues'/><author><name>Georgia Tsang</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17204038406058609361</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/R9MKa7ztvUI/AAAAAAAAAd0/OT1I1z183LQ/S220/IMG_7155.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/RYQRe8sbKBI/AAAAAAAAACk/zQWciQI0ayI/s72-c/IMG_2387.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3208139428395455714.post-8477780158955195905</id><published>2006-12-08T16:18:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-12-12T22:32:19.758+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Welcome</title><content type='html'>Hello and welcome to my new weblog... dedicated to my trip to Aussieland and Kiwiland :-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As you can see the blog is pretty blank now... My daily routine is work - home - dinner - watch TV - sleeping. Nothing interesting to share actually...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;But... &lt;/strong&gt;wait till I'm in Oz and i'll update this site with amazing stories and crazy pictures!! You'll be soooo jealous heheh... So stay tuned... there's more to follow!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;P.S. Feel free to leave messages here!!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3208139428395455714-8477780158955195905?l=georgia-tsang.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://georgia-tsang.blogspot.com/feeds/8477780158955195905/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3208139428395455714&amp;postID=8477780158955195905' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3208139428395455714/posts/default/8477780158955195905'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3208139428395455714/posts/default/8477780158955195905'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://georgia-tsang.blogspot.com/2006/12/welcome-to-my-new-weblog.html' title='Welcome'/><author><name>Georgia Tsang</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17204038406058609361</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_I3EV9zLAdrk/R9MKa7ztvUI/AAAAAAAAAd0/OT1I1z183LQ/S220/IMG_7155.JPG'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry></feed>
