Goodbye Melbourne
I realize it’s been a bit quiet on this blog lately. Let met assure you that this is not due to a lack of interesting experiences or things to blog about. On the contrary, I still have a fair number of blog posts lying around on my desktop which are only half-finished. I’m such a lazy bastard sometimes… Those blog posts will have to wait for a bit though, because I’m off for travel!!!
Yes, I’ve officially concluded my exchange period and am now free until the end of August to explore this continent and its surroundings. This evening I’ll be Greyhounding up to Sydney.
My basic travel plans are as follows: go up the East coast to Cairns by bus. Then fly to Alice Springs from where I’ll be visiting Uluru, aka Ayers Rock. Then per train (The Ghan) to Adelaide, and head back to Sydney. For the biggest lag of this trip I’ll be travelling together with Ramona, a sparkling German personality of the Dinner Club.
On the 30th of July I’ll fly to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where I’ll have about 3.5 weeks to set my first steps in Asia (I hope to visit Thailand as well). And in a bit over 2 months, on the 25th of August to be precise, I will be back in Amsterdam again.
Well, what can I say. Melbourne has been a blast. It is a great city to live in, and I wouldn’t have minded one bit to spend another semester here. I had the greatest times and have met such great people, some of whom I definitely hope to meet up with again some point down the road.
On the flipside, I’m also happy about leaving. I finally have the opportunity to see a bit more of this huge country - which I hear has so much amazingness to offer - and I wouldn’t mind some higher temperatures either (it is winter here on the other side of the world after all).
Anyway, I really should get back to packing up my room now. A final announcement: in the coming months I’ll be blogging from another place, namely http://my.worldbackpackers.net/james/
