The last time I wrote, I was in Perth, getting used to the backpacker scene. Then Kaisa and Kari arrived and we spent a few days more exploring the city. One of my favorite things was enjoying a picnic at the moonlight cinema in the beautiful Kings Park. Kings Park is a huge park, high on a hill with wonderful views of the city. Although getting to the cinema was another thing.. The the guy at my hostel said to me, that it's a 20 minute walk to the park, but of c...

Perth - getting into the backpackers way of life Leaving Hong Kong was a bit of a hassle, because as I was doing my online check-in on the morning of my flight, it said that there were no more seats available on my flight, and please contact the airline. I tried to ring them, but couldn't get past those annoyingly slow answering machines no matter what number I pressed. So I was getting little anxious and really wanted to get on my flight (not that I didn't like...

Hong Kong I had a wonderful start to my trip, catching up with Nicola and spending a week in Hong Kong. The city really exceeded my expectations. Most people just stop there for a day or two on their way further and say, "I already did Hong Kong, I've seen all there is to bee see", which I find hard to believe, since Hong Kong has so much to offer. Hong Kong is like New York meets China and the combination is great! It has that big city buzz and the wa...

Back home, safe and sound, survived India without any accidents or Delhi belly. We even managed to dodge the Finnair pilot strike. 30 000 passengers are now stuck, because of the strike and many of my friends have had the travel plans cancelled. I even read from somewhere that a client called a travel agency on Monday and cried "Finnairs keeping me hostage in Bangkok!" I wouldn't have minded to stay in India for a little longer, but it was nice to get h...

Here we are, our last day in Rishikesh. Time has flown by and I can't believe our trip is almost over. At first I hated, wait that's a too strong word.. hm.. disliked being here and thought I'd be relieved to be back on the plane and wondered to myself why the heck did I choose to come here? Luckily that feeling very quickly subsided and I ended up loving the country. Now I feel a bit blue about being back on the plane so soon and can't wait to return. It's been ...