Un voyage en solo et un voyage a la montagne
Phew....last week was a tiring week. I went to Canberra and then Mount Buller for the weekends.
Canberra like everybody mentioned, is a pretty small city. Even the cab drivers said so. On my arrival, was fortunate enough to hitch a ride with a kind guy from melbourne Uni to YHA Australia. Receptionist was cute hence the kind guy's face and name was very soon forgotten. I know... I should repent.
The place I stayed at was pretty clean...well I have not been staying in many hostel/dorms before so I really can't comment. But one thing for sure, toilet was clean. That is my only major requirements. However, maybe they should sun their beds out sometimes. Had some itchy dots the next day.
One thing that I did manage to do in Canberra for the whole afternoon was sight seeing :)
There were tons of stuff to see. I went to the parliment house and gave my self a self-guided tour. Stepped into the major important halls (I for got their names....) where the bills are passed and so on. Man....security was strict! I had to take my boots of because the metal thingy kept setting the alarm off. That doesn't even happen in the airport. Oh well, not like politics will amuse me, but I sat through one of the hearings where they were discussing about the 'youth allowance' and something related to it.
After that I basically wondered out side the Parliment House and just walked in a straight line. Passed many buildings which I think are quite important like the High Court and Finance Buidling or something like that but my goal was the international Flag display which was like a few kilometers walk. I should have burned lots that day.
Other than that, I also manage to visit the national art gallery. Pretty interesting. They had a piece of art that basically looked like a huge (note: humongous) pile of shit on the floor. And it was considered art. LOL.
People in Canberra were pretty nice. I got a free ride to the embassy when I got lost. The guard from the Japanese embassy who helped me find the way was pretty cute too. hehehehe. And most of the cab drivers and bus driver was really helpfull.
The Buller trip was as beautiful as well. All thanks to Sue Lin and Kings, we had a fun weekend even though we did not manage to ski most of the times. I manage to see a shooting star or two and did some star gazing that I would never get in the suburbs and in KL. I saw snow falling this time and not just slush at the side of the street. Manage to make a snow ball but missed hitting anybody (it hit a tree, I have lousy aim). Made a new friend. Celebrated my birthday jsut the way I wanted this year. Small and simple with no booze. OK there were some wine, but very PG13 type of weekend.
All in all, a good trip even though it lasted only for a week.
Perth next week!!
Canberra like everybody mentioned, is a pretty small city. Even the cab drivers said so. On my arrival, was fortunate enough to hitch a ride with a kind guy from melbourne Uni to YHA Australia. Receptionist was cute hence the kind guy's face and name was very soon forgotten. I know... I should repent.
The place I stayed at was pretty clean...well I have not been staying in many hostel/dorms before so I really can't comment. But one thing for sure, toilet was clean. That is my only major requirements. However, maybe they should sun their beds out sometimes. Had some itchy dots the next day.
One thing that I did manage to do in Canberra for the whole afternoon was sight seeing :)
There were tons of stuff to see. I went to the parliment house and gave my self a self-guided tour. Stepped into the major important halls (I for got their names....) where the bills are passed and so on. Man....security was strict! I had to take my boots of because the metal thingy kept setting the alarm off. That doesn't even happen in the airport. Oh well, not like politics will amuse me, but I sat through one of the hearings where they were discussing about the 'youth allowance' and something related to it.
After that I basically wondered out side the Parliment House and just walked in a straight line. Passed many buildings which I think are quite important like the High Court and Finance Buidling or something like that but my goal was the international Flag display which was like a few kilometers walk. I should have burned lots that day.
Other than that, I also manage to visit the national art gallery. Pretty interesting. They had a piece of art that basically looked like a huge (note: humongous) pile of shit on the floor. And it was considered art. LOL.
People in Canberra were pretty nice. I got a free ride to the embassy when I got lost. The guard from the Japanese embassy who helped me find the way was pretty cute too. hehehehe. And most of the cab drivers and bus driver was really helpfull.
The Buller trip was as beautiful as well. All thanks to Sue Lin and Kings, we had a fun weekend even though we did not manage to ski most of the times. I manage to see a shooting star or two and did some star gazing that I would never get in the suburbs and in KL. I saw snow falling this time and not just slush at the side of the street. Manage to make a snow ball but missed hitting anybody (it hit a tree, I have lousy aim). Made a new friend. Celebrated my birthday jsut the way I wanted this year. Small and simple with no booze. OK there were some wine, but very PG13 type of weekend.
All in all, a good trip even though it lasted only for a week.
Perth next week!!
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