http://world-around.net/travel the world has so much to offer - let's get out there and explore Thu, 23 Oct 2008 01:20:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Well, have I mentioned that I left Fiji just before Christmas to return to Germany?! The coup in Fiji didn't affect me at all but still time had come to visit my folks, friends and followers (??) back in Germany, which I had left nearly four years ago. From tropical 30 degrees ... http://world-around.net/travel/journal/50 I am still in Fiji, the last few months flew by like a ray of light... I am a bit "fiji-wiser", have been to several Hindu Weddings (Fiji really meets me as a "Wedding Nation", everything seems to revolve around getting married here...) and I can say I slowly start ... http://world-around.net/travel/journal/49 No, I am not converting to Hinduism. But yes, I am learning a lot about Hindu culture and their language (Hindustani) through my work place and everyday life. For those of you, that don't know much about Fiji: About half of the population is Indo-Fijian, which means that their ancestors came ... http://world-around.net/travel/journal/48 My daily work has become busier and busier...and than the Sugar Festival started and I was assigned the official Photographer for all the events of the week. So my working hours were extended to sometimes more than 16 hours a day... I still have to catch up on sleep...so more later! http://world-around.net/travel/journal/47 The last week in Fiji has brought a few surprises, ups and downs... and coconuts! ;) Shortly after posting my last journal entry I checked into the Nadi Downtown backpackers for 12 FJ$ a night for a dorm bed incl. breakfast and 10mins internet. As I was really tired I basically ... http://world-around.net/travel/journal/46 I arrived this morning at Nadi International Airport at roughly 2 am. Spent the rest of the night on one of the lounges in the arrival hall and then got a free shuttle bus to the Marina in Nadi where I hoped to find a crewing position on a private ... http://world-around.net/travel/journal/45 Around me dense bushes, mozzies constantly attacking my typing hands. On the right and behind me untamed forest; intersecting stomped down trails randomly zigzag into its depth. To my left green wetlands and before me a large waterhole or ruther lake, ducks and waterlilies decorating the surface. I hear the ... http://world-around.net/travel/journal/43 After a few days of staying in different places around southport we finally managed to meet up with Carly and her partner Jesse on Wednesday. Since then we have been driving around a bit, went shopping (without actually buying much) and watched TV. It was good to relax after lugging around ... http://world-around.net/travel/journal/39 Long time no news from me...sorry for that! I left Melbourne over a week ago and used my free greyhound bus ticket (which I won through some Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games Backpacker site) to go via Coffsharbour to Brisbane. During my one day stopover in Coffs I asked around the marina ... http://world-around.net/travel/journal/37 As time goes by we all get older... or to say it more positively: we grow up a bit more, we get wiser (hopefully). One of the most important annual events to remind us of that are - of course - our birthdays. Today was mine; 24 is the number; ... http://world-around.net/travel/journal/36