another day in kota kinabalu!
hey all!
i haven't been able to update lately. the blogg site has been refusing to let me log in and also, i have been busy exploring the city of kota kinabalu with steve from canada and caitrina from ireland.. i'm not really sure how to spell her name. they're both supernice and awesome to hang out with!
yesterday we spent the day at sapi island and manukan island i think it name was. first we spent 3 hours or so on sapi. i had read another blog about sapi, and this guy was like: yeah i saw monitorlizards there.
i thought it was rare, and that he was lucky seeing them. but no. they were everywhere!! MAn was i excited! i was all like: omg omg, they're sooo cool!
i'm gonna upload some pics in a minute and show you them. i mean... wow! those lizards. i just wanna have like 5 of them.
i was thinking, they would be the perfect boyfriend. not only do they look totally badass, but imagine having that long tongue tickle you in the neck, and those long claws scratch your back. mmm. i can see myself snuggled up in the sofa with my lizard boyfriend. haha! no just kiddin. i did fell in love with them, but not in that kinda way =P
so yeah, sapi island rocked. we went swimming in the warm water. the water was around 28 C, very nice! the beach much have been around like 100 C, it was soooo hot. i stayed in the shade with the lizards while steve and caitrina got tanned up.
i also took a walk on some of the trails in the forest. saw a little lizards, another monitor, a tiny snake, butterflies, ants. i got bitten by something that burnt to, i don't know what it was. but i'm alive and well, so it was probably not harmful anyways.
manukan island was more of an relax island. we swam a little and took it easy in the sun. really nice. i had an icecream. magnum classic. holy crap, was that good! icecream in the sun, brought me back to swedish summers. i'm so excited to come back home to spring and summer. =) sit out on the grass and eat icecream. lovely!
i rented a snorkel too, cause i'm really into snorkling at the moment, ever since i learned how to use the actual snorkel =P but this one wasn't good. i felt like i couldn't get enough air and water kept coming into the snorkel. i gave up after like 2 seconds. and got grumpy. that's my thing, i hate it when i'm all excited and then things don't work. so i just swam and fed the fishes with my leftover waffles.
there were toooons of little fish around me. and if i put my hand out in the water they would come and nibble on me. it was so cute! thicklish but so cute.
at night we had dinner and walked around the city some more. we found markets and restaurants, i bought two bags at the market. really cheap! so that was good. today i;m going to do a little bit more shopping. but just a little =)
steve got all excited over the restaurants were you can pick out whatever fish, crab or lobster you wanna have cooked. they had tons of tanks full of animals. i was probably not as excited. haha =P he's going back there to eat i think. they had giant lobsters, and it was not that expensive.
ok, i'm gonna go take a shower now and let someone else have the computer for a while. then i'll upload some pics!
<3
i haven't been able to update lately. the blogg site has been refusing to let me log in and also, i have been busy exploring the city of kota kinabalu with steve from canada and caitrina from ireland.. i'm not really sure how to spell her name. they're both supernice and awesome to hang out with!
yesterday we spent the day at sapi island and manukan island i think it name was. first we spent 3 hours or so on sapi. i had read another blog about sapi, and this guy was like: yeah i saw monitorlizards there.
i thought it was rare, and that he was lucky seeing them. but no. they were everywhere!! MAn was i excited! i was all like: omg omg, they're sooo cool!
i'm gonna upload some pics in a minute and show you them. i mean... wow! those lizards. i just wanna have like 5 of them.
i was thinking, they would be the perfect boyfriend. not only do they look totally badass, but imagine having that long tongue tickle you in the neck, and those long claws scratch your back. mmm. i can see myself snuggled up in the sofa with my lizard boyfriend. haha! no just kiddin. i did fell in love with them, but not in that kinda way =P
so yeah, sapi island rocked. we went swimming in the warm water. the water was around 28 C, very nice! the beach much have been around like 100 C, it was soooo hot. i stayed in the shade with the lizards while steve and caitrina got tanned up.
i also took a walk on some of the trails in the forest. saw a little lizards, another monitor, a tiny snake, butterflies, ants. i got bitten by something that burnt to, i don't know what it was. but i'm alive and well, so it was probably not harmful anyways.
manukan island was more of an relax island. we swam a little and took it easy in the sun. really nice. i had an icecream. magnum classic. holy crap, was that good! icecream in the sun, brought me back to swedish summers. i'm so excited to come back home to spring and summer. =) sit out on the grass and eat icecream. lovely!
i rented a snorkel too, cause i'm really into snorkling at the moment, ever since i learned how to use the actual snorkel =P but this one wasn't good. i felt like i couldn't get enough air and water kept coming into the snorkel. i gave up after like 2 seconds. and got grumpy. that's my thing, i hate it when i'm all excited and then things don't work. so i just swam and fed the fishes with my leftover waffles.
there were toooons of little fish around me. and if i put my hand out in the water they would come and nibble on me. it was so cute! thicklish but so cute.
at night we had dinner and walked around the city some more. we found markets and restaurants, i bought two bags at the market. really cheap! so that was good. today i;m going to do a little bit more shopping. but just a little =)
steve got all excited over the restaurants were you can pick out whatever fish, crab or lobster you wanna have cooked. they had tons of tanks full of animals. i was probably not as excited. haha =P he's going back there to eat i think. they had giant lobsters, and it was not that expensive.
ok, i'm gonna go take a shower now and let someone else have the computer for a while. then i'll upload some pics!
<3
more pics
i'm waiting for the bus to kota kinabalu, but it's not leaving for another 6 hours or so. and since i've found out how to upload pics, i'm gonna give you some more =)
hanging out in a sun chair at mabul island. the tide is really low, and so the locals are collecting all kinds of seaanimals out there. can you see? a man with a bucket
poor little cats. they got some food from the american guys girlfriend, and they ate it like they're starving. the black one has some skinrash, it has sores all over and is itching itself. i wanna start some kind of animal shelter here...
the hang out place
beautiful sunset! and after the sun went down, the stars came up <3
someone snorkling and a boat in the background
crab! it looked like a spider, crawling over the floor and then up here. iew.
this is were i stayed for one night. the second door on the left
the locals homes.
my sunburnt. you can't see it that good here. i had socks on so my foot is the same color, but above the mosqitobite it's just burnt
boat and the locals houses
taking a walk on the wooden boardwalks
back in mainland. this is just some of the trash that is floating around everywhere
more trash
more trash... and the dragon inn floating hotel
fishes
houses
boats
part of town
streets
i have to tell you about the best thing that happened yesterday. i was laying in bed, listening to my mp3, thinking. i'm on my tummy, just staring out at the floor. and then when i raise my head to adjust the mp3 headphones, i see this little mouse in the window, just right above me.
it is the cutest little mouse ever. i just froze. it peeked its head out from the wall, walked out a little and sneaked back in. then it just sat and looked down at me. those black peper eyes.
i felt like my heart would just explode with love. it was like the little mouse had hit one of those things at amusment parks. you know you hit the button with the hammer and the meter goes right up and the bell goes of. or something like that.
anyways, this little mouse just filled me up with happiness!
it was like i got drained of blood and filled up with liquid happiness.
and that's what i'm saying, i'm emotional. here this little tiny mouse makes me almost cry with happiness. i don't need much to be happy. but then again, i don't need much to be unhappy either...
anyways, i wanna get on the bus now. i don't like waiting... and i wanna see something new. so time goes by faster.
take care you all and i'll talk to you soon <3
hanging out in a sun chair at mabul island. the tide is really low, and so the locals are collecting all kinds of seaanimals out there. can you see? a man with a bucket
poor little cats. they got some food from the american guys girlfriend, and they ate it like they're starving. the black one has some skinrash, it has sores all over and is itching itself. i wanna start some kind of animal shelter here...
the hang out place
beautiful sunset! and after the sun went down, the stars came up <3
someone snorkling and a boat in the background
crab! it looked like a spider, crawling over the floor and then up here. iew.
this is were i stayed for one night. the second door on the left
the locals homes.
my sunburnt. you can't see it that good here. i had socks on so my foot is the same color, but above the mosqitobite it's just burnt
boat and the locals houses
taking a walk on the wooden boardwalks
back in mainland. this is just some of the trash that is floating around everywhere
more trash
more trash... and the dragon inn floating hotel
fishes
houses
boats
part of town
streets
i have to tell you about the best thing that happened yesterday. i was laying in bed, listening to my mp3, thinking. i'm on my tummy, just staring out at the floor. and then when i raise my head to adjust the mp3 headphones, i see this little mouse in the window, just right above me.
it is the cutest little mouse ever. i just froze. it peeked its head out from the wall, walked out a little and sneaked back in. then it just sat and looked down at me. those black peper eyes.
i felt like my heart would just explode with love. it was like the little mouse had hit one of those things at amusment parks. you know you hit the button with the hammer and the meter goes right up and the bell goes of. or something like that.
anyways, this little mouse just filled me up with happiness!
it was like i got drained of blood and filled up with liquid happiness.
and that's what i'm saying, i'm emotional. here this little tiny mouse makes me almost cry with happiness. i don't need much to be happy. but then again, i don't need much to be unhappy either...
anyways, i wanna get on the bus now. i don't like waiting... and i wanna see something new. so time goes by faster.
take care you all and i'll talk to you soon <3
beds are burning!
well, that's what it felt like yesterday. when i layed down to sleep it felt like my ass was on fire. this is the worst sunburnt i've ever had. in spain i got it this bad, but only on the back of my knees. this time, it's on the entire back of my body, waist down. me butt, legs and waist are just totally fried. it's even hard to walk, and carry the backpack was a pain. but well, in a few days i should be peeling off. like stewie, haha. the lotion, put the lotion on me! 
here are some random pics from semporna. this is the view from my dorm bedroom window
this is dragon inn, floating hotel, where i've stayed for two nights
this is the street were i found cheap internet and food. so i spent a lot of time here, it's so good in the internetlounge. aircondition! the sun here is burning. impossible to be out in the day time
the way from my dorm room to the reception
little view from the boardwalk
hellooo!!
so i'm staying in borneo after all. i do wanna go back to aussie and end my trip with a good three day party hard at fraser island. and i was just gonna rebook my flights when i got an email about turtle island.
they don't have any open spots until may 9th. and i so wanna go there. so i decided to stay in borneo. so i'll be able to see turtle island as i wanted to.
i might go back to australia in the future to see fraser island. but borneo, malaysia over all, i don't think i'll ever go back here. so i might as well stay and see as much as i can while i'm here. the days go by pretty fast too. i'm glad for that! it's only 15 days to go HEEEY! less than 3 weeks til I'm home, back on Swedish land. that's gonna be the best time of my life. i'm so longing home right now.
i think i'm gonna jump on the next swedish person i see and ask to tag along. i can't do this alone thing anymore. i think that's what's pissing me off. australia was ok. but here. i have tons and tons of locals approaching me everyday. it's like, i just wanna be able to walk alone without people disturbing me. it's sooo annoying. just leave me alone.
so to anyone thinking about going here, DO NOT go alone, if you're a girl. it's just so fucking annoying. so yeah, next white person i see, i'll jump! and next time i travel, i'll have a friend with me. to share experiences with. and laugh with =)
anyways, gotta go eat something. i miss you all, but i'll be home very very soon! i think i said that mostly for myself... i miss home <3 ah well. take care you all! <3
happier =D
i felt like i should write something happy too. not just be all grumpy and mad.
i went snorkling today. it was GREAT.=)
i saw turtles and fishes, all kinds of fishes! i felt like a mermaid. i even used the actual snorkel! i can't believe i haven't done that before. it was too easy. i had a floatie on and i just floated around looking at the animals, breathing through the snorkel. like a fish. it was great, just great =D i think we swam for more than an hour but it felt like 20 min. time goes fast when you have fun!
i got so sunburnt though. SO burnt. i can barely sit down. my ass is more red than a crayfish. and it hurts soo bad. my whole lower back and my legs and butt is just totally red and stings. should have worn leggings...
i'm making plans now. i think im gonna go to some national park tomorrow. everything here is pretty expensive. not food, but if you wanna see the real jungle you have to pay at least a 1000 swedish kronor. for like a one day tour... probably cause the jungle is so rare. there is like nothing left of it =(
i'm pretty sure i'll go back earlier to aussie land. i just need to figure out if i have to cancel my tickets or if i can just buy new ones and not give a crap about the old ones? or are they gonna wait for me on that flight then? i dont know. when i figure that out, i'll get new ones. it's pretty cheap. so that's all good. and then i have more time in australia, which i love. i miss australia a lot actually. i really like it there. so i'm gonna go back i think, on the 3rd of may. and be there for more than a week extra. i think i'm gonna see everything i wanna see here anyways. =)
gotta go now, get some sleep and rest my poor crayfish body <3
i went snorkling today. it was GREAT.=)
i saw turtles and fishes, all kinds of fishes! i felt like a mermaid. i even used the actual snorkel! i can't believe i haven't done that before. it was too easy. i had a floatie on and i just floated around looking at the animals, breathing through the snorkel. like a fish. it was great, just great =D i think we swam for more than an hour but it felt like 20 min. time goes fast when you have fun!
i got so sunburnt though. SO burnt. i can barely sit down. my ass is more red than a crayfish. and it hurts soo bad. my whole lower back and my legs and butt is just totally red and stings. should have worn leggings...
i'm making plans now. i think im gonna go to some national park tomorrow. everything here is pretty expensive. not food, but if you wanna see the real jungle you have to pay at least a 1000 swedish kronor. for like a one day tour... probably cause the jungle is so rare. there is like nothing left of it =(
i'm pretty sure i'll go back earlier to aussie land. i just need to figure out if i have to cancel my tickets or if i can just buy new ones and not give a crap about the old ones? or are they gonna wait for me on that flight then? i dont know. when i figure that out, i'll get new ones. it's pretty cheap. so that's all good. and then i have more time in australia, which i love. i miss australia a lot actually. i really like it there. so i'm gonna go back i think, on the 3rd of may. and be there for more than a week extra. i think i'm gonna see everything i wanna see here anyways. =)
gotta go now, get some sleep and rest my poor crayfish body <3
idk
ok, so i'm not sure what to do. i'm thinking about rebooking the flight back to australia so i come back a week earlier. i don't like borneo at all. i hate to say it. i HATE to say it...
ever since i was a kid i have been dreaming about going here.
now at age 23, i am here and i don't like it at all. it's so disgusting, dirty, filthy and full of sick animals and toothless people. i always try to be nice and not think bad thoughts but here, it's like this devilish part has taken over me and i don't like that at all. i just can't stand it. i wanna go back to australia and back home to sweden NOW. everyday since i came here i have been counting the days til i go back to australia. i have this song that i sing in my head when i wake up. 17 days to go HEY!
today it's 16 days to go HEY!
but 16 days feels like longer than eternity.
borneo is nothing like i thought it would be. it's mostly palmtrees. there is jungle left but it's not easy to get there. the ocean is beautiful, but then again, it's just not enough. i thought for sure there was gonna be more jungle but so far it has mostly been cities, and one is more distgusting than the other. i don't know if i can take it for 16 more days...
maybe it's just me too. i think i got enought yesterday when i took a walk on the beach at mabul island. in the brochure mabul looks gorgeous, then you get there and the island is full off trash. just trash everywhere. there is heaps of trash floating around in the water as well. i thought i was gonna be able to enjoy some relax time at the beach. but no.
i get there and there is just trash, crying kids and people staring at me like they've never seen a tourist before. and there are cats everywhere, skinny ones. i see a kitten and i'm like, i need some love. so i walk towards it to pet it, and as i come closer i can see that it's really not doing good.
it's superskinny and it's eyes red and swollen shut. it's just sitting there with like no life in it, almost falling over. i sit down next to it, and all i wanna do is pick it up and snuggle it and let it die in my arms. at least it would die with someone that cares, so it doesn't die all alone.
but the locals were staring at me so i just ran back to my room and cried. cried and cried. i'm emotional. sometimes i love it. cause i get amazed very easily by the most random things. a cute animal can make my day.
then again, a sick dying animal can ruin my day, my week, that whole month. this kitten incident totally knocked me right off. i was so angry and sad and i stayed that whole day in my room, totally emotionless. didn't wanna do anything.
so i don't know. i do wanna see turtle island, and kota kinabalu. they have an island there with monitor lizards on it. i wanna see them so bad. but other than that, i'm pretty damn good. i have no interest left in borneo. it's so sad. can't believe i was gonna feel this way! i guess, if i was normal, i wouldn't care to much about the skinny sick animals. i would just enjoy the warm weather. but i can't... i'm not doing good here. i feel sick to my stomach walking the streets in the cities. seeing the animals, having all these people going: helloooo, hi, hellooo girl!
it's like i'm an alien. i feel so stared at. no, i don't like it. i'm sorry borneo, but i don't feel comfortable here at all. the beauty doesn't shine trough. i guess it is beautiful here but i don't see it. there is to much bad things blocking the view.
i'm gonna sleep on this and maybe get new tickets tomorrow. then i'll have time to go to fraser island in australia, that would be fun!
ever since i was a kid i have been dreaming about going here.
now at age 23, i am here and i don't like it at all. it's so disgusting, dirty, filthy and full of sick animals and toothless people. i always try to be nice and not think bad thoughts but here, it's like this devilish part has taken over me and i don't like that at all. i just can't stand it. i wanna go back to australia and back home to sweden NOW. everyday since i came here i have been counting the days til i go back to australia. i have this song that i sing in my head when i wake up. 17 days to go HEY!
today it's 16 days to go HEY!
but 16 days feels like longer than eternity.
borneo is nothing like i thought it would be. it's mostly palmtrees. there is jungle left but it's not easy to get there. the ocean is beautiful, but then again, it's just not enough. i thought for sure there was gonna be more jungle but so far it has mostly been cities, and one is more distgusting than the other. i don't know if i can take it for 16 more days...
maybe it's just me too. i think i got enought yesterday when i took a walk on the beach at mabul island. in the brochure mabul looks gorgeous, then you get there and the island is full off trash. just trash everywhere. there is heaps of trash floating around in the water as well. i thought i was gonna be able to enjoy some relax time at the beach. but no.
i get there and there is just trash, crying kids and people staring at me like they've never seen a tourist before. and there are cats everywhere, skinny ones. i see a kitten and i'm like, i need some love. so i walk towards it to pet it, and as i come closer i can see that it's really not doing good.
it's superskinny and it's eyes red and swollen shut. it's just sitting there with like no life in it, almost falling over. i sit down next to it, and all i wanna do is pick it up and snuggle it and let it die in my arms. at least it would die with someone that cares, so it doesn't die all alone.
but the locals were staring at me so i just ran back to my room and cried. cried and cried. i'm emotional. sometimes i love it. cause i get amazed very easily by the most random things. a cute animal can make my day.
then again, a sick dying animal can ruin my day, my week, that whole month. this kitten incident totally knocked me right off. i was so angry and sad and i stayed that whole day in my room, totally emotionless. didn't wanna do anything.
so i don't know. i do wanna see turtle island, and kota kinabalu. they have an island there with monitor lizards on it. i wanna see them so bad. but other than that, i'm pretty damn good. i have no interest left in borneo. it's so sad. can't believe i was gonna feel this way! i guess, if i was normal, i wouldn't care to much about the skinny sick animals. i would just enjoy the warm weather. but i can't... i'm not doing good here. i feel sick to my stomach walking the streets in the cities. seeing the animals, having all these people going: helloooo, hi, hellooo girl!
it's like i'm an alien. i feel so stared at. no, i don't like it. i'm sorry borneo, but i don't feel comfortable here at all. the beauty doesn't shine trough. i guess it is beautiful here but i don't see it. there is to much bad things blocking the view.
i'm gonna sleep on this and maybe get new tickets tomorrow. then i'll have time to go to fraser island in australia, that would be fun!
ok 2nd try
yeah i don't wanna give up this blog just like that. for those of you who actually stop by here now and then to see what i''m doing, i should keep writing. at least when i can find a somewhat ok computer :) this one is good, hasn't freaked out on me yet.
so yeah, what i was writing when the other computer crashed was what i have been doing since i came to borneo.
i spent the first two nights and one day in sandakan. i didn't like that city. not at all actually. the hostel was nice and the man working there so sweet. he helped me with everything. i was pretty much the only person staying there so i got special treatment. it was good. the whole room for myself :) but the city in itself, bluah. it smelled bad. and it was dirty and lots of people. no i just didn't like it.
the second day i went on a trip to the gomatong caves. the man at my hostel booked the trip for me. he was like: yeah they have one spot left.
when someone says that, you kinda expect the tour to have at least four people on it. one spot left.
i was the only person on the tour. this man came to pick me up. his friend was driving. they were really nice but it felt weird. none of them spoke english very well, so it was a pretty quite trip. i just sat there, and thought, what if they kidnap me? why am i alone? why did i go to borneo alone?
i was kinda freaking out. for no reason really. but it felt weird. i had expected all these people on a tour, and there i am, alone with people i can't really communicate to.
anyways, we came to the caves. on the way to the trail, the men stops and are like: look. look!!
there, like 2 metres away from us, is a wild orangutang. a young male. eating leaves in a tree. so so so cool. when we tried to get closer to take pics, it started to shake the branches to scare us of. i wasn't feeling like wrestling a male orangutang so i backed off. but they guys went closer. eventually the animal went underneath the tre to hide. so cute. he put his hands over his face and peeked on us. so shy. i got one shot of him, very blurry but still. it was cool
the cave was awesome too. full of bats and birds, and their poop. it's like a guano cave. you, know. ace ventura. guano.
they harvest the cave 3 times a year for the poop. sell it for a loooot of money. people eat it i think. yum...
after the cave we went to this lodge in the jungle. there, finally, i saw some more tourists. they're all really nice. we went on a evening boattour on the river. saw a lot of monkeys, the ones with the big, long noses you know. there are orangutangs and elephants there too, but we didn't see any. they saw some the day before though.
we did see a crocodile. it was cool
later we went on a nike trekk. so awesome. i loved it. it was dark, there was lightning, it was just magic. we saw birds and insects, but not much more. i wantd to see the cats. i had no idea bornoe had so many cool animals. cats, squirells, all kinds of cool mammals.
man, the mosquitos bite me everywhere... i'm so on the clock with my malariapills. i do not wanna catch malaria.
well, this computer is good but typing here is awful. this table is no good.
i've gotta go anyways. catch some sleep. went up at 5 this morning to pack, and then go on the morning boatride. we saw an orangutang. faaar faar away in the tree, sleepy.
tomorrow i'm going snorkling om mabul island.
i'm in semporna now btw. a very cute harbour town.
i'll write more later. take care <3
so yeah, what i was writing when the other computer crashed was what i have been doing since i came to borneo.
i spent the first two nights and one day in sandakan. i didn't like that city. not at all actually. the hostel was nice and the man working there so sweet. he helped me with everything. i was pretty much the only person staying there so i got special treatment. it was good. the whole room for myself :) but the city in itself, bluah. it smelled bad. and it was dirty and lots of people. no i just didn't like it.
the second day i went on a trip to the gomatong caves. the man at my hostel booked the trip for me. he was like: yeah they have one spot left.
when someone says that, you kinda expect the tour to have at least four people on it. one spot left.
i was the only person on the tour. this man came to pick me up. his friend was driving. they were really nice but it felt weird. none of them spoke english very well, so it was a pretty quite trip. i just sat there, and thought, what if they kidnap me? why am i alone? why did i go to borneo alone?
i was kinda freaking out. for no reason really. but it felt weird. i had expected all these people on a tour, and there i am, alone with people i can't really communicate to.
anyways, we came to the caves. on the way to the trail, the men stops and are like: look. look!!
there, like 2 metres away from us, is a wild orangutang. a young male. eating leaves in a tree. so so so cool. when we tried to get closer to take pics, it started to shake the branches to scare us of. i wasn't feeling like wrestling a male orangutang so i backed off. but they guys went closer. eventually the animal went underneath the tre to hide. so cute. he put his hands over his face and peeked on us. so shy. i got one shot of him, very blurry but still. it was cool
the cave was awesome too. full of bats and birds, and their poop. it's like a guano cave. you, know. ace ventura. guano.
they harvest the cave 3 times a year for the poop. sell it for a loooot of money. people eat it i think. yum...
after the cave we went to this lodge in the jungle. there, finally, i saw some more tourists. they're all really nice. we went on a evening boattour on the river. saw a lot of monkeys, the ones with the big, long noses you know. there are orangutangs and elephants there too, but we didn't see any. they saw some the day before though.
we did see a crocodile. it was cool
later we went on a nike trekk. so awesome. i loved it. it was dark, there was lightning, it was just magic. we saw birds and insects, but not much more. i wantd to see the cats. i had no idea bornoe had so many cool animals. cats, squirells, all kinds of cool mammals.
man, the mosquitos bite me everywhere... i'm so on the clock with my malariapills. i do not wanna catch malaria.
well, this computer is good but typing here is awful. this table is no good.
i've gotta go anyways. catch some sleep. went up at 5 this morning to pack, and then go on the morning boatride. we saw an orangutang. faaar faar away in the tree, sleepy.
tomorrow i'm going snorkling om mabul island.
i'm in semporna now btw. a very cute harbour town.
i'll write more later. take care <3
semporna
i'm sorry i'm so bad at updating. but computers and me, we don't get along that well. i just wrote this long story about my days in borneo, when the computer decided to be an asshole and started flicking and all these little error squares came up. gah.
so i give up. i'm not gonna be able to upload pics anyway. it just takes way to long.
so, i'll drop by and write little short notes that i'm all good. but pics and stories about the trips.. it's just not gonna happen until i come back home to sweden. i'll be chillin out big time when i'm back home so i'll have plenty of time to upload pics. right now, i'm just gonna enjoy borneo while i'm here and not bother too much with annoying computers.
so just wait, pics will come. not just right now :)
so i give up. i'm not gonna be able to upload pics anyway. it just takes way to long.
so, i'll drop by and write little short notes that i'm all good. but pics and stories about the trips.. it's just not gonna happen until i come back home to sweden. i'll be chillin out big time when i'm back home so i'll have plenty of time to upload pics. right now, i'm just gonna enjoy borneo while i'm here and not bother too much with annoying computers.
so just wait, pics will come. not just right now :)
borneo
hey all!
i was gonna upload some pics of the orangutans, but it doesn't seem to be working.
so i'm just gonna give you a brief update!
i came to sandakan yesterday night. it was hot. it smelled like fish. i was the only white person in the whole town. i was the only person at the hostel.
but it's cool! =) i like it. people are so friendly. so it's not like you feel scared walking the street. no they are just curious! they all say hi, and smile and look at you. and the guy at the hostel is just soo nice. the hostel is awesome, very fresh and clean. everything here is sooo cheap. i love it. it's perfect.
the fish smell i realized comes from the store next to the hostel. a fish store. that sells dried fish, and even dried seahorses. no wonder it smells like aquarium in the whole building.
i went to sepilok today, and saw the orangutans. only three of them, but they were cute. they ate their bananas and swinged in the ropes. awesome animals.
i met nice people there too, this irish guy came with me back to stay at my hostel. that's good, gives me some company. not in the same room, not that kind of company, don't get me wrong =P he's just cool to hang with. we had dinner and talked and took a walk around town.
he's leaving for kota kinabalu tomorrow i think, and i'm going down for a trip at this cave. and after that i'm off to semporna. well, i've gotta take a shower. i am so sweaty. it's not sunny, but it's humid. like sitting in a sauna. the sweat just drips non stop.
i like borneo though, it's gonna be a good three weeks.
take care you all, and i will talk to you later <3
i was gonna upload some pics of the orangutans, but it doesn't seem to be working.
so i'm just gonna give you a brief update!
i came to sandakan yesterday night. it was hot. it smelled like fish. i was the only white person in the whole town. i was the only person at the hostel.
but it's cool! =) i like it. people are so friendly. so it's not like you feel scared walking the street. no they are just curious! they all say hi, and smile and look at you. and the guy at the hostel is just soo nice. the hostel is awesome, very fresh and clean. everything here is sooo cheap. i love it. it's perfect.
the fish smell i realized comes from the store next to the hostel. a fish store. that sells dried fish, and even dried seahorses. no wonder it smells like aquarium in the whole building.
i went to sepilok today, and saw the orangutans. only three of them, but they were cute. they ate their bananas and swinged in the ropes. awesome animals.
i met nice people there too, this irish guy came with me back to stay at my hostel. that's good, gives me some company. not in the same room, not that kind of company, don't get me wrong =P he's just cool to hang with. we had dinner and talked and took a walk around town.
he's leaving for kota kinabalu tomorrow i think, and i'm going down for a trip at this cave. and after that i'm off to semporna. well, i've gotta take a shower. i am so sweaty. it's not sunny, but it's humid. like sitting in a sauna. the sweat just drips non stop.
i like borneo though, it's gonna be a good three weeks.
take care you all, and i will talk to you later <3
borneo here i come!
i'm so excited to go to borneo! i have been writing down all this stuff to do while there and that made me even more excited!!
i'm gonna see the coolest animals ever, and nature that takes the breath out of you. it's gonna be sooooo good! oh man, yeah this is good stuff, good stuff. =D i'm leaving tonight at 21.15 i think. wiho! i will be in sandakan, malaysia, on monday night. i have to wait at the airport in kuala lumpur for 12 hours... but hey. i'm not gonna complain. i'll find things to do! me and my brain are the best of friends. we'll think of something fun. can't wait to see turtles again!! and lizards. hopefully big ones. that would be awesome. and orang utans of course!! yeeeey.
i'll write next time i'm at a computer.
take care! <3
i'm gonna see the coolest animals ever, and nature that takes the breath out of you. it's gonna be sooooo good! oh man, yeah this is good stuff, good stuff. =D i'm leaving tonight at 21.15 i think. wiho! i will be in sandakan, malaysia, on monday night. i have to wait at the airport in kuala lumpur for 12 hours... but hey. i'm not gonna complain. i'll find things to do! me and my brain are the best of friends. we'll think of something fun. can't wait to see turtles again!! and lizards. hopefully big ones. that would be awesome. and orang utans of course!! yeeeey.
i'll write next time i'm at a computer.
take care! <3
second time at daisy hill
today i was feeling a lot better than yesterday and i decided to go back to daisy hill and try to see some wild koalas.
cause as i thought, yesterday i was so sore from the surfing. i could barley get dressed.
not only did it hurt to move, but my muscles had no strength left. everytime i had to pull my pants up after using the toilet, i had to count to three and then use every strenght left to pull the pants up. it was really really bad! so i ended up doing nothing , just chilling out on the sofa in the sun with a book and Sebastian the cat on my belly.
but today is a lot better and i spent the day walking the forests of daisy hill. i didn't see a single koala but i saw some kangaroos, birds, tiny lizards and other animals
i like the palmtrees that have like a skirt (the one on the left)
cause as i thought, yesterday i was so sore from the surfing. i could barley get dressed.
not only did it hurt to move, but my muscles had no strength left. everytime i had to pull my pants up after using the toilet, i had to count to three and then use every strenght left to pull the pants up. it was really really bad! so i ended up doing nothing , just chilling out on the sofa in the sun with a book and Sebastian the cat on my belly.
but today is a lot better and i spent the day walking the forests of daisy hill. i didn't see a single koala but i saw some kangaroos, birds, tiny lizards and other animals
i like the palmtrees that have like a skirt (the one on the left)
i am all ready to hit the 3,5 hours trail!
beautiful day today!
daisy hill conservation park. such a beautiful park, i love it there
first roo of the day! it got scared though and jumped away before i got a pic of it
me!
going down to the park
second roo of the day!
such a nice park
they don't have any maps to bring with you, so i took a pic of it in case i needed it. and i did. i got pretty lost
here we go
wiho
this time i brought water! in my new cool waterbottle
well guys and girls, i have to go to bed. i'm going on a long day trip tomorrow to noosa heads. and i need to rest my body after this daytrip. i'll give you the full story of my adventures in the forest tomorrow
love <3
toys
coles had a sale on toys. supercheap! i had to buy some stuff. the little pony was only 5 bucks and the two ponnies were 9. the makeup was only 1 dollar. so cheap compared to sweden. sweeet
this is great for when i'll babysit like a 3 year old girl. it makes it easier the first times when you don't know eachother. i'm the cool babysitter that brings new toys to play with! =D
GREAT BARRIER REEF
oh my gosh, i had such a great time at the barrier reef. the whole experience was great!!!
the tourleader was young and so cool...(and hot!) and the people on the tour were so much fun.
there were two girls my age from england, we shared a room and it was supercool. they're were really nice to hang with.
and there were two guys my age from switzerland. they're so much fun just listening to!
they told all these stories in the most funny ways. we all had dinner and breakfast together and it was just supercozy. oh man, i loved it... and i feel really lonely now all of a sudden. tanya is gone too, in adelaide. and i don't think i'm gonna see her anymore, she's coming back when i'm in borneo and goes away again before i come back. too bad =(
but well. i'll enjoy myself still! and it's only a month til i come back home! i can't wait to hold my rats again. i can feel them everyday, feel their paws on me, their bodys as they run past my legs. i just miss them like crazy...
i did see some cool animals at the reef. like the turtle above. it was amazing. just amazing. let me tell you the whole thing. :)
the trip started on monday. we were picked up in brisbane and then we drove for hours to get to agnes waters. i think it's called agnes waters... agnes something anyways. it's up north, at the start of the barrier reef.
we got there at around 3pm. i took a shower and relaxed and then at 5 pm we all went in the bus again to go on a kangaroo tour. it was just for fun. a very brief tour but we did see some kangaroos. a lot of them actually. moms and their babies, big kangaroos, wallabies. so cute!
and then we headed of to see the sunset. beautiful. yeah, to beautiful for words. it was just perfect. we took a walk to see some rockformations in the water and on the way there (we're like walking on this really small trail through the bushes) the people in front of me stops and are like: ohh! oh i'm so glad i saw that before i walked past.
i don't see anything and i keep looking out at sea like, what are they talking about?
then i see it.
a big spider.
hanging from its web, dingeldongel right in front of us.
iewwwwww
i freaked. it was moving around superfast up and down its tread and you just didn't know where it was gonna go. then it stopped and people were passing. i runned passed it but i kinda felt like i went to close to it and then all of a sudden Luke, the tourleader is like: OMG IT'S ON YOU!
i shriked. but of course, he was just messing around. the spider was still in its web. puh.
on the way back. they spot another spider. this one is hanging right over the path. there is no way of passing underneath it without the spider maybe dropping down on you. most people passed, but me, Luke and an asian family stopped. the asian girl passes and the spider drops!! on her i don't know, but it disappeared. i almost started to cry. i was all freaking myself out, i'm not THAT afraid of spiders... or maybe i am. but it was dark and the spider could have been anywhere. i'm all like: no no i don't wanna go there, omg omg...
but then we just ran past and it was all good. puh again
no more spiders thank you!
anyways. day two.
at around 7.30 in the morning we drove over to the boat that was gonna take us out to lady musgrave island in the barrier reef. i was sooo excited. an asian lady shared her motion sickness pills and so i took one. we got onboard the boat and they gave us two gingerpills. i took them both and was all confident i was gonna be good on the way out. luke was like, i bet at least three of you are gonna throw up.
i was all like, hell no. i don't get sea sick. like, i feel sick, but i never throw up.
well.
the boat starts moving and i'm like, well, this is not bad, not bad at all.
what i didn't realize was that we were just cruising out from the bay sort of. when we hit the open ocean, MAN it was crazy! it was like all of a sudden being on a rollercoaster. the boat just jumped up and down on the waves. me and the english girls, fiona and amy, were like: holy crap! is it gonna do this the whole way out? (the whole way out equaled 1,5 hours...)
yes.
it did. it went up and down, splashing the waves. once in a while you would just get lifted off the seat and get plunged right back. it was crazy. and still, the sea was what they called calm. i can't even imagine what it's like rough...
i was good though. for the first half hour... i was thinking about things that make me feel good.
apples, people i love, animals and so on
then i started feeling my tummy going: ohoh. i swallowed and swallowed thinking i could force the puke down but it didn't work. i grabbed one of the bags (the ones that looks like giant condoms) and puked. amy did too, she was first out. fiona did good for a long time, then she too had to go. i felt great after puking! i so thought i was gonna be good for the rest of the trip.
but hell no. half an hour later i was like, ohoh here we go again.
and this time was worse. i just puked and puked. my whole body like cramping up and vomiting. disgusting.
amy took the price though, she puked 4 times.
man, did we laugh at it all at dinner that night! the swiss guys were so funny when they told luke about the boat trip. they're like: we were good, but people around us were all going bluuuaah bluuuuah!
the way they told it. man i was laughing so hard. it was good. i haven't had really good laugh in a while. thanks guys!
well, when we docked at the pontune at the reef, we were all good. first up, we went on a boattour to the lady musgrave island. a glasbottom boat. we saw fishes, turtles. i was stunned. here i am, at the great barrier reef. ME. it was so cool. i felt really blessed in a way. and i couldn't wait to get into the water and snorkel!
we went on a tour on the island. so cool. it's basically made of birds and their poop. they created the island by pooping on it. all the vegetation comes from the seeds in the bird poop.
after the tour that only lasted like 20 min or so, i was so ready for snorkling! i don't like being under water but i did pretty good. first time i went in i just swam around looking at the fishes. then i realized that because the way i snorkel, ( i don't use the actuall snorkel, only the mask ) i get exhausted having to hold my breath all the time. so i got up and got myself a flothing vest. it was so good.
i could just float around and look at the stuff and not lose energy swimming. i saw fishes, small, big, skinny, fat, striped, yellow, blue. the reef wasn't at all like in nemo though. it's not at all that colorful. mostly greyish with some pink, blue and purple coralls on it.
i snorkeled for a while. it was so good. i saw a turtle swimming at the bottom and i swam over it, just right over it following it for a while. it was cool!
then after probably an hour, i was freezing. i was on my way back when i saw another turtle. a big one. the most beautiful turtle ever. it was big and had the most amazing patterns. and it was sitting on a big corall, just watching me. its eyes were big and black and i just fell in love with the creature right there. i swam really close to it and just watched it. sooooo cool.... it was surreal to be there, and see this gorgeous animal.
then it started moving towards me and i was like, oh crap. i got to close. it's gonna come and nibble on me!
but it didn't. it just slowly swam up. and i watched it. like in slowmotion it swam up, all the way to the surface. i poped up too and there it was! its head with the beautiful eyes over the surface of the water! amazing! it looked around and then slowly swam away.
i was soo happy at that moment. i got to come that close to a turtle. a big turtle. the other two i saw were way smaller.
thank you life for being so good to me and letting me experience all this!
the boatride back was good. i slept. no puking.
and today, last day of the trip. i went surfing. it was so much fun! it was awesome. the hot tourleader was our private teacher. that was good. for many reasons. ;) he's a surfer, he has a surfer body. and i like that. a lot. hope he never finds this blog...
we rented boards and drove to the beach. it was only me and three guys that went. so that was cool, i could get all the help i needed from our teacher.
i did good though. i managed to stand up and ride the way several times. i did get knocked by my board a bunch of times, i did have people surfing in to me and crashing, knocking me right off. and i did get too confident and swam too far out, thinking: if i'm far out, i can ride the wave longer and i won't have to walk back out as often.
let me tell you. getting out in the water is the hardest part. you have to fight against the waves to get out. wave after wave just slames right at you and you just gotta hold on to the board and try to walk out further. it just draines your energy.
but what i didn't think about was the fact that further out, the waves are bigger and break harder than were i started.
so i'm all ready on my board, balanced, paddling and am so ready to ride the wave. and the wave just breaks right over me, knocks me off with this enormous power and for seconds it's like being in a laundry machine. just noisy, wet, spinning and the board just keeps hitting you. i ended up underneath it, had it knock me right in the face and so on. i did this a couple times before i realized i'm not ready for the big ones yet. i took a break on the beach, just full of salt water, had swallowed so much. urk...
hung out with fiona and amy on the beach. and then luke talked me into getting back in the water with him again. that was good. he helped me and i stayed closer to the beach this time. so i didn't get knocked off. but then the thing was, all these people SWIMMING on the surfside of the beach. what a heck? you can't really surf when you have to constantly watch out for all these little kids swimming around there. i'm not a good surfer, i don't know how to steer out of the way. it goes fast on the board, it's not like you can push the brakes. man, i could just imagine going straight at a kid, just knocking them right in the face. awful! so i took it farely easy the last 40 min. managed to stand up a few more times and had a lot of fun.
then i was drained. my muscles were shaking. we got ready and got on the bus. and like 7 hours later, here i am back in brisbane! i'm really sore and it's probably gonna be worse tomorrow.
i had plans for the weekend, but i don't know if i wanna do them anymore. i was gonna skydive, but i don't wanna do it alone. i wanna share that cool experience with a friend. so i'm gonna save that for home.
i also wanted to go to fraser island. but they don't have any tours that fit my schedule. i thought about going on a one day tour but the swiss guys and luke said it's to intense. you can't really enjoy the island in that amount of time.
so we'll see what happens! something fun for sure :)
happy easter!
it was easter yesterday right? wow, i can't even remember when it is. that's not good! i can't believe i've missed easter for THREE years. first two years i was in the states and this year i'm in australia. and easter is one of my favorite holidays. that really sucks. i'll try to be at home next year but i might be in the states again. jesus, why did you have to die in april??
ah well. i hope you all had a really nice easter though! i spent my day at surfers paradise. it was nice! rained for a bit but it didn't really matter. the beach was still beautiful and i had a good time walking the streets of surfer's, looking at the shops. i almost went and i got my nose pierced, it was only 40 bucks. but then i realized i won't be able to snorkel with a new nose piercing, and i'm going to the barrier reef tomorrow.
yey! snorkling the reef is gonna be crazy good. it's gonna get my mind of missing my rats too. i'm back to square one when it comes to that. i was good for a while, cool with being away. but today, my chest is aching, and i just miss them so much. it's hard to breathe, for real. it's like my body can't function without them. man, i can't think about it...makes me freak out...
ok, so happy thoughts. i've planned my last australia week real good. tomorrow til wednesday i'll be at the barrier reef. thursday i'll go skydiving. friday i'll go to fraser island. saturday australia zoo. and sunday i'm leaving for borneo!
i'm excited about borneo, seems so nice. i've looked at all these places i wanna go, gorgeous islands, supercool animals. it'll be good i'm sure! and soon, it's only a month, then i'm back in sweden!! <3
ah well. i hope you all had a really nice easter though! i spent my day at surfers paradise. it was nice! rained for a bit but it didn't really matter. the beach was still beautiful and i had a good time walking the streets of surfer's, looking at the shops. i almost went and i got my nose pierced, it was only 40 bucks. but then i realized i won't be able to snorkel with a new nose piercing, and i'm going to the barrier reef tomorrow.
yey! snorkling the reef is gonna be crazy good. it's gonna get my mind of missing my rats too. i'm back to square one when it comes to that. i was good for a while, cool with being away. but today, my chest is aching, and i just miss them so much. it's hard to breathe, for real. it's like my body can't function without them. man, i can't think about it...makes me freak out...
ok, so happy thoughts. i've planned my last australia week real good. tomorrow til wednesday i'll be at the barrier reef. thursday i'll go skydiving. friday i'll go to fraser island. saturday australia zoo. and sunday i'm leaving for borneo!
i'm excited about borneo, seems so nice. i've looked at all these places i wanna go, gorgeous islands, supercool animals. it'll be good i'm sure! and soon, it's only a month, then i'm back in sweden!! <3
koala bushlands
today i went to the koala bushlands. it was pretty easy to get there, three different buses took me a little over an hour. i had read about this place online and it said you can actually see the koalas in the wild here. so i was excited!
i do wanna see them in the wild as well as in the parks. in the wild is more cool, cause then you feel like it's real, you know. any park can buy a koala, but in the wild, then you're like: yeah, i really AM in australia :)
well, i didn't see a koala. the koala centre in the park that was supposed to offer koala spotting tours has been shut down since july last year for reconstruction. that, they didn't say on the internet.
anyways, i had no idea what to do next. they had a variety of trails you could do, one said to have wild animals along it. but that trail was gonna take 3,5 hours. and me, my knucklehead, had forgotten to bring water.
yes. i had pretty much everything else, or so i must have had, cause my bag weighed like a ton.
but water, no. not a single drop. for a while i thought i should just do the 3,5 hour trail and drink my own pee if i had to.
no jk. i wasn't in the mood to walk for 3,5 hours, water or no water.
the place was gorgoeus though! smelled so fresh, was green and beautiful. it's like a big park and forest surrounding it. really really peaceful and energizing.
i also did see three kangaroos. they're my favs! i have a lot of favs i've realized. i think i pretty much write that about every animal i post a pic of here, don't i?
i only stayed in the park for like an hour. i'll probably go back another day, with water, and do the long trail.
well, here comes some pics from that little adventure!
i do wanna see them in the wild as well as in the parks. in the wild is more cool, cause then you feel like it's real, you know. any park can buy a koala, but in the wild, then you're like: yeah, i really AM in australia :)
well, i didn't see a koala. the koala centre in the park that was supposed to offer koala spotting tours has been shut down since july last year for reconstruction. that, they didn't say on the internet.
anyways, i had no idea what to do next. they had a variety of trails you could do, one said to have wild animals along it. but that trail was gonna take 3,5 hours. and me, my knucklehead, had forgotten to bring water.
yes. i had pretty much everything else, or so i must have had, cause my bag weighed like a ton.
but water, no. not a single drop. for a while i thought i should just do the 3,5 hour trail and drink my own pee if i had to.
no jk. i wasn't in the mood to walk for 3,5 hours, water or no water.
the place was gorgoeus though! smelled so fresh, was green and beautiful. it's like a big park and forest surrounding it. really really peaceful and energizing.
i also did see three kangaroos. they're my favs! i have a lot of favs i've realized. i think i pretty much write that about every animal i post a pic of here, don't i?
i only stayed in the park for like an hour. i'll probably go back another day, with water, and do the long trail.
well, here comes some pics from that little adventure!
L.A life
tonight tanya had a friend over, steven. the three of us had indian food and rented a movie, stepbrothers with will ferrell. i usually don't like talking about celebraties and such, but i thought i should tell them about the time in l.a that i went to will ferrells house. his wife is swedish and their oldest son goes to the same school as my kid in l.a so we ended up talking and i was invited for a cup of coffee at his house.
anyhow, it's so funny to tell people about some stuff i did in the states. they're all like: whaaat?!
cause i'm shy, i don't talk that much with people i don't know and i'm very mellow. so when i mention things like will ferrell, meeting that guy from superbad at the cha cha lounge, going to the playboymansion people are just like, you did whaat?
it's cool though. i like to be mellow and then all of a sudden just say random things like that. :)
now, for those of you who don't know, this is the grotto. the famous pool at the playboy mansion. this is were i spent most my time when i was there in july last year at the 70's party.
the drinks were plenty and free and i got drunk of my ass in there. i hate being drunk and i rearly drink til i get wasted but this time, woah. the drinks and the superhot water in the grotto just shot straight to my head!
i was waaasted. and it was so much fun. it was all cool and mellow outside the grotto, like a regular fancy party. but inside the grotto it was naked, nasty and sexy, let me tell you that. hell yeah ;) i didn't do much in there with anyone though, i had my own playmate whom i drove over to in the middle of the night, still pretty wasted... but let's not think about that now...
spank spank!
anyhow, it's so funny to tell people about some stuff i did in the states. they're all like: whaaat?!
cause i'm shy, i don't talk that much with people i don't know and i'm very mellow. so when i mention things like will ferrell, meeting that guy from superbad at the cha cha lounge, going to the playboymansion people are just like, you did whaat?
it's cool though. i like to be mellow and then all of a sudden just say random things like that. :)
now, for those of you who don't know, this is the grotto. the famous pool at the playboy mansion. this is were i spent most my time when i was there in july last year at the 70's party.
the drinks were plenty and free and i got drunk of my ass in there. i hate being drunk and i rearly drink til i get wasted but this time, woah. the drinks and the superhot water in the grotto just shot straight to my head!
i was waaasted. and it was so much fun. it was all cool and mellow outside the grotto, like a regular fancy party. but inside the grotto it was naked, nasty and sexy, let me tell you that. hell yeah ;) i didn't do much in there with anyone though, i had my own playmate whom i drove over to in the middle of the night, still pretty wasted... but let's not think about that now...
spank spank!
SkinnyBitch looks back...
I was sitting here listening to music I used to listen to a lot in the states, and it just brought me back to those days.
I went to Ricos myspace and took some of the pics there. It's good to look at them :) I hope to go back and visit next year, would be so much fun!
last night in l.a. i left that morning at like 5am or so to go home to sweden. sad times sad times. nat is such an awesome friend. i'll see you soon i hope!
I went to Ricos myspace and took some of the pics there. It's good to look at them :) I hope to go back and visit next year, would be so much fun!
the crew at punky reggae! or la cita as it's called. me, sergo, rico, natalie, brandon and tony! cool club with punk and reggae music. love it
me!
natalie and i with downtown l.a in the background. can't really see it here thought. but it was a beautiful night!
hihi, natalie and i again, looking happy!
woooa, hitting the liquor store big time!
rico, natalie and i on our way down the observatory.
haha, i got stuck in the chair with my chains at universal studios. rico had to set me free. haha!
last night in l.a. i left that morning at like 5am or so to go home to sweden. sad times sad times. nat is such an awesome friend. i'll see you soon i hope!
Tasmanian Devils
SkinnyBitch says, help save the devils!
I have to post some pics of my adventures in Tasmania, Melbourne, Adelaide, Ayers Rock and Sydney soon! I have so many great photos! But I don't feel like writing that much at the time, it's gonna be loong stories about those places. I'll do it some other day, maybe tomorrow if it's still raining . :)
I do wanna post some pics of the Tassie Devils and urge you to help them out. If you ever go to Australia, please make a donation to the devils. They are dying in the wild because of this face cancer disease they get. They were put on the endangered list just last year in may. There is no cure for the cancer, as soon as a devil gets it it dies within 8 months or so, starving to death.
It can look something like this.... sad huh? :(
I love those little dudes and so I put 20 bucks into this cute devil bin at the airport when leaving Tassie, the money donations goes to research to find a cure for this cancer. There are several websites that you can donate to, just google "save tasmanian devil" and you'll find some of them.
I'll probably donate more money if I see a bin at the airport when going back home to Sweden. The devils are soo cute and I would hate it if they all died...
Here comes some cute pics of devils!! Enjoy!
yet another day in aussie land
sebastian has found a friend in me. it took him a litte while before he finally felt comfortable coming in to my room and take a nap on my bed. yesterday he even snuggled up next to me when i was watching beowulf (again...). he sleeps so funny with his paw over his face! and yes, he is a little chubby. but that suits me perfect, i like chubby animals as you all know... haha
So today was one of those lazy days. I didn't feel like doing much. First I thought of catching the bus to the Koala Bushlands, but then after looking the bus up and realizing it was gonna take me 2 hours and several buschanges to get there, I decided not to go. Not today anyways.
And i also remembered tomorrow is good friday and everything is gonna be closed. So i went to the store and the mall and got me some food and other stuff.
Yes i did it again. I wasn't gonna shop, but god damnit, all those sales everywhere! i just can't pass by a sale without looking.
So... I got me some cute stuff. I'm strange, buying all these kids stuff even though I'm not even pregnant. But i just think that hey, if the stuff is cute and cheap, i should go ahead and buy it now. Cause the day someone has kids and i need a gift, i have stuff already! Or the day i become a fostermom, i have all this cool stuff for my kids! Perfect :)
target had a sale on the craft things. i scored big time! not only were they already discounted, for some reason they ended up being even cheaper at the register. instead of 5.88 for the big one and 1.89 for the two small ones, they were 4.68 for the big and 1.48 for the small. sweeeeet!
towels with elephants on them!
the cutest bibs ever. i looove them. for my future fosterkids or for my siblings kids. i'm gonna be the best auntie!
for my future ferrets! whom i'll hopefully have sooner than later. gosh i'm dying to get ferrets...
Well, Im gonna try not to shop that much more before i get back home to sweden. i'm gonna try being busy so i cant go to the mall. my plans for the rest of my australian time is to go to fraser island, the great barrier reef, go skydiving, go to surfers paradise, byron bay and australia zoo. yey!
hope your're all doing great. love <3
Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary
Today I went to Lone Pine, the place I was gonna volunteer at. That was like the main reason for both this Australia trip as well as the Borneo trip, but I've cancelled both volunteer programs. I miss my rats way to much to be able to stay until june. And I'm having such a great time just traveling that I really don't regret my decision. =)
Anyhow, Lone Pine is really really cute. Like all the other animal sanctuaries I've been to, it's pretty small and more like a park than a big zoo. I like that. I do wish the animals had bigger cages but oh well. I hope they don't think about the way I do. I would freak out having to live in that small of an enclosure, and see the same things every single day... That's why I always try to give my animals plenty of space and lots of things to do. So they don't get bored. It can drive me nuts, having my rats eat my wallpapers and chew on every cable in my room, but hey. As long as they're happy! :)
Kangaroo roos!! You could buy food and feed them but they didn't seem that interested so I skipped that part. I just watched them scratch themselves and hop around. There is something about animals scratching themselves, it's just so damn cute! I've seen all kinds os animals scratch themselves today and I just look at them and smile. So adorable. :)
This is what most sanctuaries look like
I got to hold a koala!! Or well, I had to pay 20 bucks to do it but it was worth it! I found a 10 dollar bill on the ground on my way to the kangaroo enclosure, so hey, what better way to spend that than to hold a koala!
This dude was soo cool. He was like a real life crocodile dundee. I was totally expecting to see dundees all over Australia, but no. Australians have an English accent, not at all like Dundee talks. This dude though, he had it. It made him soo cool :P
How amazing are these dogs. The way the work herding the sheep, it's just amazing.
A padmelon, or something. I can't remember the name of it but it was something like melon at the end. Cute though!
I cuddled up with a baby chick! It was so soft and so cute and I could have hold it all day long. But it just wanted to go back to its cage.
Little fluffy
Haha, bird feeding time! People were freaking out. It was chaos. The birds were so loud and so many and everyone was like aaaah! Haha! This girl choose to hold the feeding thing but she totally freaked out after a while and just threw it away. I just laughed at it all, it looked so funny. :)
Dingoes are beautiful!
My favs. The flying foxes!! The coolest creatures on earth. I have to write about my Sydney experience with them, it was just breathtaking. But I'll do that tomorrow.
What else did I do today. I looked at trips to Fraser Island as well as Lady Elliot Island. Seems like I might only be able to go on one of them, since they're kinda on the same date. Too bad, I would have loved to go on both. But oh well. I'll go on th Lady Elliot for sure, that's an island part of the great barrier reef. And that's something you just gonna have too see if you're in Australia! That poor reef is dying cause of global warming so I wanna see it now or it might be too late.
I've watched Beowulf for like the 7th time since I bought it. No, the 8th time. I've watched it 2 times today already. That movie is so good. So amazing, breathtaking scenery, great acting, spellbinding music, fantastic story... I love it. More than love it. I'm obssessed. I wanna live in that world. I wanna have mermaids and dragons and heroes. I don't know why... but it just fascinates me.
I googled the story of Beowulf today and reading about it just made me even more fascinated. Wow. Stunning. I'm so gonna read more stories like that when I'm back in Sweden.
For those of you who haven't seen the movie, do so! It's so worth it.
Man, just seeing this pic makes me wanna see the movie again, now. Although I just watched it like less than 20 minutes ago. I love Beowulf, he's so cool. And hot. And the way he looks at life is just awesome in a way. I AM BEOWULF! God damn, such a god damn good movie.
My wish list
dear mom, when i come home, can i have
a dozen flying foxes
two ferrets
three otters
one baby chick
two kangaroos
five little penguins
and
one big iguana
please!
No just kiddin. But yeah, I'm totally obsessed with these animals and I just wanna have all of them in my bed and snuggle them.
That's all for now. It's 1 am here and I should sleep. Over and out.
xoxo <3
mooloolaba underwater world
on the 12th of march i went to the city of mooloolaba. i can pronounce that now. at the time i wasn't even able to spell it. =)
anyhow. that city is gorgeous.
so cute and laidback, a real surfertown. i loved it.
the underwater world was small, much smaller than i thought it would be. i wish all the animals would have bigger cages. imagine having to live in the same cage all your life... you wake up, and yeeeaah, you've seen this place before. a lot of times. there is like nothing new to explore or do.
it's too bad. and like for the tassie devils, they pretty much have to live caged now since they're dying in the wild cause of that cancer disease they get.
well, off topic. back to underwater world.
my fav animals are the otters. i sat there for half an hour just watching these little creatures swim around, play and snuggle eachother.
i'm such a nerd. i really am. animals make me cry. just like that. i was sitting there and my eyes filled up with tears.
and i'm like, gosh, what a heck? yes they're cute but why do i feel so emotional looking at cute animals. i don't know.
but it always happens.
like in california looking at the lion cub at the big cat sanctuary. i had to turn away and wipe the tears off. it was just soo emotional and soo beautiful to see that lion cub and hear him make all these cute baby lions noises.
i don't think i can have my own babies. i'm gonna become obsessed with them. i'm just gonna stick with being a nanny and have tons of animals.
underwater world here i come!
at a first glance, i thought it said seal husband area and i was like, ok,..huh? the divide the males from the females... oh well... but then i looked again and was like aaaaha. =P
give me an otter now! i love their little paws and their cheeky faces. they look like they would be superfun pets
cozed up!
you could play with the seals. it wasn't expensive and i thought about doing it. but then i realized, how am i gonna be able to swim in a pool first of all... second of all, the pool probably has all these disgusting things in it for the seals. like ropes and floating islands and iewww, yeah i shrugged just thinking about going into that pool. so no, i don't think i'll be able to enjoy a swim with seals or dolphins. damn. i need to go to therapy for my fobia
bluuuach! this spider crab or whatever it was called was sooo disgusting. it's like 1 meter long. like a giant spider, but underwater...
there are reasons i don't wanna swim in the australian waters... this is one of them
hoho, funny looking seal!
gorgeous house
i looove this house! just look at the colors. so cool!
mooloolaba boats, so cute
harbour
imagine living like this. soo pretty
brisbane 9th of march thru 16th of march
i haven't written anything down in my calender for those days, i wish i had so i could remember what i did all those days. but well. i'm doing so now, so from tasmania til today i have everything written down.
i'll upload a bunch of pics from those first days anyhow, and tell you a little bit about what i did! cause i went on trips, i just can't remember what day i did what. =)
anyhow, here it goes!
flying in to singapore. look at those beautiful islands! you just wanna jump out of the plane and bask in the sun down there
i thought this looked so cool. heaps of boats just laying there in the singapore waters... fishing? i don't know
the singapore airport was the most beautiful airport i've been in so far, it had gardens with waterfalls, shops, restaurants. and everything was so fresh and nice
my room! tanya, the girl i'm renting the room of, is soo nice. i love brisbane and i'm so glad i could come and stay with her!
ieew. the giant spider that lived outside my window. doesn't do it anymore though, tanyas friend removed it
why is sweden so behind when it comes to tofu?? we have TWO different kinds of tofu. TWO!! both usa and australia has dozens of kinds. firm, soft, superfirm, and look at this DESSERT! flavoured soft tofu. yummy!
this is what the post guys in aussie land looks like. cool huh?
piece of art and downtown brisbane in background
one night tanya and i went to the movies and had dinner. and after that we took a walk around brisbane down by the river. so beautiful. this is the pool they have there. so nice! people were svimming, couples were cuddling in there. so cute
view from the mountain. city of brisbane
i haven't seen thunder and lightning in so many years. so this day that was grey and rainy i was super excited to see it. so amazing
kookaburra! i'm a little scared of them, cause the one we had in school was kinda nuts i remember. or maybe i just thought he was nuts... i don't know. they're cute, but they look a little sneaky. like they want to attack you with their big beeks...
i'll upload a bunch of pics from those first days anyhow, and tell you a little bit about what i did! cause i went on trips, i just can't remember what day i did what. =)
anyhow, here it goes!
flying in to singapore. look at those beautiful islands! you just wanna jump out of the plane and bask in the sun down there
i thought this looked so cool. heaps of boats just laying there in the singapore waters... fishing? i don't know
the singapore airport was the most beautiful airport i've been in so far, it had gardens with waterfalls, shops, restaurants. and everything was so fresh and nice
my room! tanya, the girl i'm renting the room of, is soo nice. i love brisbane and i'm so glad i could come and stay with her!
ieew. the giant spider that lived outside my window. doesn't do it anymore though, tanyas friend removed it
why is sweden so behind when it comes to tofu?? we have TWO different kinds of tofu. TWO!! both usa and australia has dozens of kinds. firm, soft, superfirm, and look at this DESSERT! flavoured soft tofu. yummy!
this is what the post guys in aussie land looks like. cool huh?
piece of art and downtown brisbane in background
one night tanya and i went to the movies and had dinner. and after that we took a walk around brisbane down by the river. so beautiful. this is the pool they have there. so nice! people were svimming, couples were cuddling in there. so cute
view from the mountain. city of brisbane
i haven't seen thunder and lightning in so many years. so this day that was grey and rainy i was super excited to see it. so amazing
kookaburra! i'm a little scared of them, cause the one we had in school was kinda nuts i remember. or maybe i just thought he was nuts... i don't know. they're cute, but they look a little sneaky. like they want to attack you with their big beeks...
lazy punk ass day
i came back to brisbane late yesterday. and i was totally exhausted. so this morning i gave myself sleep in time. it was so good! but i didn't sleep as long as i thought i would, considering how tired i was when i went to bed.
i woke up at 8am, the birds woke me up again. this time it didn't bother me though. i prefer to have them wake me up than trains or sirens. gosh, both melbourne and sydney were loud!
brisbane is my place for sure, so peaceful.
but yeah, i think i know what kind of birds there are that wake me up, it might be kookaburras. the kookaburras i saw on kangaroo island made the same noise as the ones outside my window.
cool huh? =)
i'm gonna go on a walk in a bit. i've been sitting here way too long. i had to send a bunch of emails away. at the Vasteras City Festival, my animalright group is gonna have a table, spreading info and also having a lottery. so i'm asking all these companies that doesn't test on animals to sponsor us with products we can have as prices.
it's going well! i've only sent like 4 emails two weeks ago and 2 companies said they would love to sponsor us! awesome! i'm really excited.
=)
i also discovered that the dvd player plays cds. i got so excited. i scored two Rancid cd's in Sydney, at a good price. totally awesome. my mp3 headphones broke so i can't use the mp3 at the moment. but hey, i've got the dvd now so i'm good on the music front.
i've been listening to punk and sending emails for hours now. it's been good! but now i feel like my eyes are dry, and i should probably give them a break. i'll update my travel later on. i have TONS of pics to post!
i'll give you two for now. enjoy!
thought i should post a pic of me so you see that i'm alive and well! this is in sydney, or a bathroom in sydney i should say
tanyas cat sebastian! i've snuggled him today and gave him some food, since tanya is in sydney and won't be back until later tonight.
well, gotta go buy some food. i'm starving. i'll get back to you later.
cheers! <3
