The last hour of the last 'reclaim the lanes' festival in newton - one juicy portion crazy chicken, please!

The thinker: Is this plastic glass of mediocre red wine really worth nine bucks? Well, maybe in combination with a 7 $ German Bratwurst- hot dog and some free acoustic indie live music...

Our fourth day in Sydney - and it seems like we got everything pretty much sorted! Got a cozy little room in an 'eco-house' that we share with 6 other people (and undefined numbers of cockroaches). Decorated the room nicely. Got two cheap used bikes to carry us over Sydney's many inner-city hills. Got the chance to make some extra money in order to afford the odd $19 burger. And found a yoga studio with a great intro-offer and a greengrocer with good cheap veg. ...

EXACTLY 4 MONTHS AFTER WE STARTED! Tonight we will leave SEA and get on a plane to Sydney. Halbzeit! It's time for a little reflection on the first half of our trip (or, as I&U might call it, a 'Bergfest-Referat'): We laid our head in approx. 35 different villages, towns and cities in 6 different countries during the last 123 days (averaging a stay of 3,5 days per place). Place we were most keen on leaving quickly: Cemoro Lawang. Place we didn't want to ...

The world famous Petronas towers (what was that movie again? can't remember...), shot out of a cab while passing below. Earlier tonight we got a bit of a more levelled view whilst having beers on the 33rd floor of a building in the neighbourhood. They are just so - sparkly!