I think all of you know that I really enjoyed my trip in Asia but there are certain things that I don t miss at all like: If you ask for help at the reception, it is usually a simple question like, where can i maybe buy a charger for my computer. The person behind the reception will smile sweetly at you and tell you „I don t know“. Whenever they don t understand or are not a hundred percent sure they will tell you... „I don t know“ but meanwhile smiling so sweetly that you can t even be angry. Okay to be honest I am quite surprised by myself cause in those 3 months I developed a patients, that I never thought I could have... smiling even sweeter at them... encouraging them to think once again.
You don t have those issues in Australia. The people are super confident and basically the are a service nation like most European countries. Moreover I am very happy not to hear any „Chinglish“ anymore. I very much enjoy to be in a country where menus are not continuously misspelled and where you can be sure that you are able to talk to anybody in case there is a problem. Traveling if you speak the local language, is just sooo much easier.
Anyway I wanted to tell you about the Whitsunday sailing trip. Whitsunday is the area that Mr. Cook arrived at when he discovered Australia. As he thought it was a Sunday and the sand is extremely white, he named it Whitsunday ... again not to creative I have to say. So we were on a sailing boat with 22 other guys mostly from Germany. I don t know why but these Germans are everywhere and especially in Australia. There are not too many European tourists in Austrialia, mainly I guess because it is simply very far. Not too many OTHER than Germans.
After we had all selected a bed we started sailing. We were very lucky with the weather as it was sunny and nice cause the days before it had been raining and foggy. Even though it was sunny due to the wind it was rather chilly but of course I could not put on my jacket cause otherwise I would not get tanned...
After 2 hours of sailing we arrived at a bay of Haven Island where we went for snorkeling. We all had to put on stinger-suits cause even though it is not high season for jellyfish anymore, there are still some in the water. I got my first impression of the Great Barrier Reef and its fish and corals. Uhhh very promising, I am soooo going to finally get my diving licence here.
From the snorkel spot we moved on to a calmer bay were we spent the night. All of us were crazy hungry so we were delighted by the vast amount of food they presented us with. The rest of the night we spent talking and drinking on deck. Some of us wanted to sleep on deck but I wasn t conviced, no matress, no serious blankets and a quite chilly night.... I will sleep inside.
The next day after we had breakfast we started sailing to Whitsunday islands. The beach there was simply amazing. I have never seen any sand that has been whiter than this one and the water was soo clear that you could see sharks swimming around the island. Unfortunately the wheather suddenly changed and it started raining.
After lunch we started sailing back. As on the first day I had been a bit seasick, I decided to take a few pills as a precaution. Hmmm maybe I should have taken just one, cause I sort of underestimated their impact. I got sooo tired that I passed out for an hour on the boat. On the other side that might have been a good thing cause during that time, Fabian was navigating the sailing boat... :-)
Around 5 we arrived back in Airlie Beach. Michael and Tim wanted to stay for the „after sailing“drink in a local bar with all the participants. So we had some time to kill. I went back to the hostel to ask them whether I could use their shower once again. Well after 2 days without shower just salt water and no prospect of any fresh water shower soon, that should be very nice. And I was lucky. They were generous enough to allow me to use it... even without paying.
Finally we went out for a couple of drinks (Fabian was not drinking cause he was taking Antibiotics and he would be the driver for that evening). As we arrived at the bar, the bouncer seriously asked me for my ID!!!!! For those who don t know, I am 25!!!! Yeaahh baby, After a couple of drinks, we (fabian and me) finally convinced Michael and Tim that we had to leave. So we went back to the hostel where we parked our van before the sailing trip and went to the next rest place next to the highway. Unfortunately after we had gotten already sort of comfortable (I was sleeping on the front seat, so not soo comfortable) the police arrived and informed us, that we are aloud to have a rest here but not to stay overnight. So again we had to hit the road and find another place. Finally we were lucky 40 km further and nobody woke us up this night.
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