Adventures of a Barefoot Driver

Melbourne and Australian Open

2012-01-25T09:11:00.000Z

Visiting Melbourne wouldn't be complete without attending a major summer event in here. There is a lot of going on in this city all year around but we were lucky, as usual ;p to be here during Australian Open!

Pobyt w Melbourne bez doswiadczenia zadnej letniej sportowej imprezy jest wrecz karygodne ;) Przez cale lato ciagle sie cos dzieje w tym miescie. My mielismy okazje oraz szczescie by byc tutaj podczas Australian Open.

We bought one day ticket for something like $25 per person, which allowed us to see all the games except two main arenas, Rod Lewer and Hisense Arena.

Kupilismy dzienny bilet za $25 dolarow, ktory pozwala wejsc na kazdy kort z wyjatkiem dwoch glownych aren, Rod Lewer oraz Hisense, na ktore trzeba kupic osobne bilety.

We got there early to make the most of it and we saw few tennis stars as well. First of all we've seen our Polish double playing some Spaniards.

Bylismy tam wczesnie, zaraz po otwarciu bram by zobaczyc jak najwiecej. Pierwszy mecz ktroy zobaczylismy to mecz naszego debla przeciwko hiszpanom.

While we were watching them, we heard some grouting behind our court, very recognizable and specific to one of the eastern European ladies. As it turned out, Victoria Azarenko was warming up with some one. That scream which you hear in the TV it's nothing comparing to reality!!

Podczas tego meczu, slyszelismy dziwne kobiece stekanie gdzies za nami, bardzo charakterystyczne. Okazalo sie ze byla to "jakas bialorusinka" Victoria Azarenko, rozgrzewajaca sie na bocznym korcie. To stekanie w TV jest niczym w porownaniu do rzeczywistosci!

Ok going back to our team, they were easily beating their opponents so we made our way to Arena 2. Our friends advised us to pick our spots for the whole day and don't leave them, because it's bloody difficult to get back on the stadium. Some people were queuing for more than 2 hours just to get to the arena. So this is a free advice, pick your arena and stick with it. :)

Wracajac do naszych rodakow, gladko wygrywali swoj mecz wiec przenieslismy sie na Arena 2. Nasi znajomi doradzali by zajac sobie miejsce na stadionie na caly dzien i nie zmieniac aren. Poniewaz jest bardzo trudno wrocic, niektorzy czekali nawet 2 godziny by moc wejsc na Arena 2. Tak wiec z rana, zadecydujcie gdzie chcecie siedziec i badzcie tam wczesnie.

First game at this arena was between Cirstea and Errani (she won the ladies doubles I found out later). Second game was between Ferrer (world no.5) and Juan Chela. Very interesting game and it was good to see tennis on very high level. The last game we saw was Tomic(AUS) and Janovic (SRB) easily beating some young champions from last year Junior Australian Open.

Pierwszy mecz ktory zobaczilismy byl pomiedzy Cirstea oraz Errani (ta ostatnia wygrala debla kobiet, jak sie pozniej okazalo). Drugi mecz byl pomiedzi Davidem Ferrerem (nr 5) oraz Juan Chela. To byl bardzo interesujacy mecz na bardzo dobrym poziomie. Ostatni mecz ktory widzielismy na tym obiekcie byl mix debel pomiedzy Tomic'em i Janovic ktorzy gladko pokonali mlodych australijczykow (Mistrzow Australian Open mlodzikow z tamtego roku)

After those long 7 hours we finally moved away from the arena to explore the whole complex. It's nicely set up, with two big screens where you can watch the main arena games, music scene where you can listen to live music and lots sponsor shops. One very good thing from organization point of view is that you can leave the complex and come back as many times as you like. Once you scan your ticket in and out. That's very handy.

Po 7 godzinach na stadionie opuscilismy wreszcie Arene by zobaczyc caly obiekt, jak to jest wszystko zorganizowane. W dwoch miejscach sa wielkie ekrany gdzie pokazuja glowne mecze, scena gdzie graja koncerty przez caly dzien oraz sporo sklepow sponsorskich, gdzie mozna zdobyc darmowe gadzety i upominki. Jedna rzecz ktora zwrocila moja uwage pod wzgledem organizacji to to iz mozna wyjsc i wrocic na stadion przez caly dzien, jak tylko ma sie bilet.

All over the city the main topic of al activities and conversations was tennis. On Federation Square there is a huge screen where you can watch tennis all the time. That's the place where we watched few games. Stock up with some food and you can sit on the few available chairs or on the ground for as long as you like. This is where we watched Djokovic and Hewitt then Djokovic and Murray game until 12:30am (felt like on the stadium - great atmosphere) and then final Djokovic with Nadal. Some part of it at the Fed and some in our room. That was long match!!!

W calym miescie glownym tematem podczas Australian Open jest oczywiscie tenis. Na Federation Square umieszczony jest olbrzymi ekran gdzie tenis mozna ogladac caly dzien. W tym miejscu spedzilismy wiele wieczorow ogladajac tenis na najwyzszym poziomie. Zaopatrzeni w zywnosc siedzielismy na krzeselkach lub na ziemi do pozna w nocy. Tutaj wlasnie ogladalismy wszystkie mecze Djokovica, najpierwsz przeciwko Hewittowi, Murrayowi a pozniej final z Nadalem. Final obejrzelismy polowe na Fed a polowe w hotelu, bowiem to byl naprawde dlugi mecz!

We've stayed in Melbourne a week longer just to see the finals on Fed and to celebrate the Australia Day and Chinese New Year of Dragon. Plenty reasons to stay longer.

Zostalismy w Melbourne o tydzien dluzej niz planowalismy wlasnie by zobaczyc final Australian Open na Fed oraz by zobaczyc Australia Day a takze doswiadczyc Chinskiego Nowego Roku. Tutaj naprawde dzieje sie sporo wiec i powodow sporo by zostac.

Melbourne - Great Ocean Road

2012-01-24T14:52:00.000Z

In the morning we have left Frankston B'n'B and hit the road again. This time Great Ocean Road was on the map as a next destination. It's about 260km long coastal road. A big tourist attraction with few highlights which we wanted to see.
Main point of the trip of course are iconic 12 Apostles. One of the must see places in Melbourne and maybe Australia. We planned the trip to see it when the sun goes down and it looked impressive!! Of course we had to jump the fence to the prohibited areas due to large numbers of people on the lookout to get good photos. We were risking our life but it was worth it! I'll do everything for a good photo :)

Other thing you can see in this area, are Koalas in the wild!! yes, finally we've seen Koalas in their natural environment, hugging to the trees, sleeping most of the day and some times eating or scratching. They have a great life, lazy bastards! :) If you want see them, look for Kenneth River and turn inland in the center of the village (I know village is a very strong word for shop and a campsite). After 500m just look up :) and you will see this:

Other than that you have here nice surfing beaches, ie. Torquay with Bells Beach, most famous surfing beach in Australia. And of course plenty of lookouts and scenic routes and walks. Pretty little towns like Apollo Bay or Lorna with beaches bars and restaurants. That was the first time when we encountered larger numbers of tourist since Brisbane.

It's a lovely coast to explore, it has plenty to see and do. We've heard that there is a golf course with about 1000 Kangaroos living there, but we didn't have enough time to visit all of it. We've done another trip of nearly 1000km :)

Here in Victoria and Melbourne sea is much more colder and refreshing than up north. And most importantly you can swim without stinger suits! :)

We've done the Great Ocean Road, now it's time for exploring Melbourne and Australian Open!!

Melbourne Phillip Island and Penguin Parade

2012-01-17T14:44:00.000Z

We landed in Melbourne in the mid afternoon and quickly made our way south toward Phillip Island to see a very promising evening show called Penguin Parade! Just after the sundown whole colony of penguins are coming back from the sea with food to their nests on the dunes. You can see them coming off the water gathering at the edge of the sea assessing security levels and when they are ready they make a run towards the dunes! it's a hilarious view and amazing at the same time. Hundreds and hundreds of them appearing from the sea, and gathering in groups. They never go through the beach alone. Always are waiting for bigger group to arrive and together they are making their way home. Also there is always one at the back looking like he is lost or missed the "run!" instruction and he is trying to catch up with the group screaming "heeey! wait for meeee!!!" :D Hilarious!

On the way back from the beach you can actually pass them near their homes and watch them closely. That was a very nice experience and worth going to. It's about 1.5h drive south from Melbourne. Unfortunately there will be no pictures from that event as Park Rangers were closely watching and enforcing "No Cameras" Rule. Well, the experience will stay in my head :)

Tomorrow we are ready to see the Great Ocean Road!

Alice Springs, Uluru and very green Red Centre

2012-01-17T14:40:00.000Z

We've arrived to Alice Springs in the mid afternoon. Feeling small change in the air. Hot and dry. Finally I wasn't sweating like a pig :) It is just nice and warm 35'C... in the shade. That night we were staying in Alice Lodge - a very nice and small backpacker place with old camping trailers parked around the back yard, converted into to rooms. They have a swimming pool and hammocks :) Brilliant place and not that far from the city center. Actually we weren't going anywhere that evening anyway, but if you fancy a small and dry town with the river of sand flowing in the middle, you can have a walk :)

I was preparing myself for driving trip to Uluru and Olgas. Unfortunately I didn't took into consideration big distances between Alice Springs and all those locations when I was booking flights, so we end up having just 2 full days to explore the area. That's about all what you need to explore Uluru only. If you want to see more ie Kings Canyon and MacDonnells Range you definitely need 3 or more full days.

We hired a car from local company Central Car Rental, the only company in the area which also offers camping gear. I had this idea to camp in the Australian way. I've hired some swags for us, so we will camp in the million star accommodation for next two nights :)

The distance from Alice Springs to Uluru is about 470km of nice road. I got very accurate directions from the rental company how to get there from city center. She said: "take that road and go straight at the roundabout, near the airport turn right, and go straight for 200km, take the first right and go straight 270km and there you go" :) You have to keep in mind that there are only 3 petrol stations on the way so you have to plan it wisely. Also fuel is more expensive here than in the city. The highest I've paid was $2.11 per liter! (in Sydney prices are floating around $1.40 per liter).

There are few rules on the outback roads. First, don't drive at night time - lots of animals are active during the night and it's very likely to hit something. Second, watch out for Road Trains. I overtook one of these and you need a good stretch of the road to overtake him. It's usually 3 times longer than normal truck. Thirdly, it gets very boring when you drive 200km on the straight road, so take a break every so often and wave to all oncoming vehicles (if you see any) :) Actually I've started talking to the road signs, they were asking me questions, so I've answered :)

We've safely arrived after little bit more than 4 hours, checked-in to the campsite and went to the park, explore those magnificent mountains. That day in the afternoon we were exploring base of Uluru and surroundings. Also we made trip to Olgas and went for a one walking track between the rocks before we went back to see sunset at the Uluru. Unfortunately overcast sky didn't gave us any spectacular colors that evening, but we had another chance. The next morning we got up at 5am, to see the sunrise at Uluru and we got what we came for here! Spectacular photos of the glowing rock, reflecting first rays of the sun:) what a view!

Later that day we explored more of the Olgas and Valley of the Winds. Then we went back to Uluru and took some long distance shots before we made our way back to Alice Springs. It is amazing place, strange big rocks in the middle of the dessert! Actually I found them very calming and peaceful. Well, it is a sacred place for the Aboriginal people.

The fact that it is a wet season here, we've found this dessert to be very green! There was very few places where you could see the red sand dunes. And second best thing about the wet season is, as I mentioned it in before in Darwin, almost no tourist around. We had all parks just for ourselves. No parking problems, no queues to the view points, nothing like that!

Now few words about sleeping under the sky in the swags. I must say I was sleeping like a baby! Apparently it was raining that night but I didn't get a drop of rain on me! Fellow campers were looking at me strangely when I was sleeping on the ground next to the car. I was the only one in that area! Brilliant experience!

Once we got back to Alice Springs where we spent our last night (actually Maggie slept here in the swag too!) in the campsite near the airport just preparing ourselves for next destination, Melbourne! Where we've planned to see Australian Open and few more attractions!

I know that you all are waiting for the pictures, but bear with me, they are coming!

Thunders in Darwin

2012-01-13T14:50:00.000Z

While still in Cairns, I was checking weather forecast for Darwin. During the Christmas there was a big storm passing through the north. So just in case I want to know what we have to prepare for. In the matter of fact it is a very dry "wet season" this year, but still there is big possibility of cyclones, storms and other violent and extreme weather conditions in the north of Australia. So far we been very lucky and had absolutely amazing weather:) sun sun sun all the way up.

But let's go back to the Darwin 7 days weather forecast... it goes like this: thunders, thunders, thunders, thunders, thunders, thunders, thunders.

I think this is the only place where weather girl have 100% accuracy.

In wet season generally Aussie's don't travel up to the north and lots of tour companies are closed. But there is few companies which are open all year around and because for them it a low season, you can virtually book the trips just the day before.

Generally the reason why we went on trip rather than driving ourselves was that the car rental is more expensive in here. Additionally all cars come with limited km's per day. So the total cost of the trip is nearly the same as the tour. So it was a no brainer to us.

In here apart from Darwin there are 3 worth seeing places outside the city, which are the Kakadu National Park, Litchfiled National Park and Katherine something. With our limited time and some research completed we decided to do Litchfield with Jumping Crocks as a extra treat. Apparently some parts of Kakadu Park are inaccessible since last wet season - especially Jim Jim falls (main attraction) so we decided to skip it this time. Normally during the wet season some parts of Kakadu Park are being closed due to high water levels and crocks presence in the touristy spots :) that's a good reason to not to go there isn't it:)

So we went on our trip. First the jumping crocks on Adelaide River. Before boarding the cruise we had a date with the local Pythons. After a photo shoot we went hunting for crocodiles. We were feeding crocks in their natural environment. It's amazing what those creatures are capable of doing. Jumping of the water up to a 1m high. Smaller crocks can jump even higher! Apparently everything hanging at this level above the water is classified as a food for them. After that information there was no arms sticking out of the boat with cameras believe me :)

Their favorite food are fruit bats and fish and anything struggling in the water. They can swim with the speed of nearly 20km/h. The fastest swimmers in the world are reaching staggering 4km/h. Some of them can be under the water for over 4 hours. Apparently for every 2 crocks you see in the river there is another 5 that you can't see. And looking at the water of this river there is no wonder that they picked it as their home! Stay away from the water! Amazing and extremely dangerous creatures!

After that very entertaining cruise we went to the Litchfield National Park to see some waterfalls and plunge in the natural water holes. As we experienced it in Cairns, water holes are absolutely amazing natural swimming pools. Oh yeah, I nearly forgot. One good thing about the wet season in those parks is that there is absolutely no tourist around. So if you have a good weather at that time, then the whole place is just for you! :) Brilliant! After lunch and some swimming we went to see termites. Termites of different flavors. We seen and some of us tasted pepper termites and lemon termites. And of course we had a chance to see and touch their building skills! The biggest one is nearly 50 years old and hard as a rock! I actually forgot how to call them "houses" :)

Short time after we encountered a flash storm! speaking of weather! Thunders, strong winds and buckets of rain in few minutes completely flooded the place. 30 minutes later... sunshine and blue skies :)

That concluded our first day. Next day we explored Darwin city for a while. Done some shopping and wondered around. Center it self it's not a big area, just a few streets with bars and shops. Maybe three, to be exact. Nice and cosy place. Worth seeing but is it worth staying? I don't know. One day is way to short to judge that. It's a small place anyway but worth exploring, there is plenty of work around here with mining and construction industries booming in the area.

Before our day ended we had to seek a shelter before another storm passing through Darwin. Quite big one with thunders every 10 to 20 seconds. Some people are coming here to chase them taking pictures. I always wanted to see one, well I think I have another item crossed off my bucket list!

Tomorrow we are heading to Alice Springs and Uluru, to experience true Red Center Australia.

I see you in the outback!

Cairns and Tablelands

2012-01-11T14:50:00.000Z

I have to catch up with my posting, as we are flying to Alice Springs now. I have a time to write and hopefully I'll post it once we land in the red center. But first I have to come back to Cairns.

That was the last place scheduled for our camper trip. Driving up the East Coast of New South Wales and Queensland from Sydney to Cairns was nearly over, but it's not over yet for us. We are just half way through!

As we been told the north of Queensland, especially area of Mission Beach and Cairns it has the highest percentage of millionaires in whole Australia, and apparently they are all single ;) Ladies if you fancy an ageing millionaire and relatively quick inheritance, that's the place to go ;)

The landscape surprised me a bit as I expected some desserty flat lands and to be more dry, but what I've seen here it's green and lush mountains, savannah mixed with bush lands and farms of bananas and sugar cane. Obviously those red desserts are not here. Well I love it anyway!

Once we got to Cairns, we decided to do a small trip around the Tablelands, mountains west from Cairns. Few fellow travelers, recommended visiting Kuranda Village just 20km away from Cairns. A small, picturesque village with amazing Butterfly Sanctuary. Which we visited. This is a place where around 10 species of butterfly's are breed and take care of all year round. You can learn few very interesting things about caterpillars and butterflies. We've liked that place a lot! Also in the area there is wild life sanctuary, local markets with restaurants, few good bush walks and waterfalls. It's really nice area to visit.

Having a lunch in German Tucker (I was craving some Bratwurst mit sauerkraut und kartofelnsalad ;p) we got some intelligence about the area and interesting places worth visiting. As the weather was amazing and heat was almost unbearable (thank god for AC in the car) we decided to have a plunge in local waterfalls! Just an hour away from Kuranda you can find couple waterfalls with water holes where you can have a nice and refreshing swim. That's a really nice way of ending the day. There are some whole day trips which will take you to those waterfalls for less than a $100. It's a good fun and worth a try.

Next morning (11th of Jan) sadly we had to move out from our Awesome Casper Camper Van. For the whole trip I didn't even know what model of Toyota (Estima) it was. But car done very well we had no problems whatsoever. We covered total distance of 4143km in 26 days from Sydney to Cairns. We've covered and seen a lot but there is plenty to explore in this area. Which is giving us another reason to come back! Maybe next year? :)

But now, we are heading to Darwin!

See you there!

Action Packed Mission Beach!

2012-01-08T14:49:00.000Z

Yeah!!! Now it's time for some action!! As I said before We booked some stuff back in the Byron Bay to get some fun out of life. As it' turned out Mission Beach is perfect place for thrill seekers!
First thing we've done in here was White Rafting on Tully River!! Yeah!!! Absolutely amazing!!!!! I'll just post the pictures because there is nothing to say here, you just have to experience it! More than 40 rapids over 4 hours of rafting on that river! And another tip - it gets better after the rain as the water levels are higher! That mad man at the back it's Ash - our tour guide!

Now second attraction only I decided to do. It's one of those things that I have to do it before I die :) hell yeah! sky diving babe! 14000 ft - the highest jump in Australia and only on Mission Beach! this is 4,267.2m up in the air!! I got fitted in to the harness, got few pictures taken and of we went to the small airport. On the way in I started to question my decision and thinking about the fact that I'm actually afraid of heights!!! Well, there was no turning back now!! To make my fears smaller I've questioned my guide about his experience. Over 8000 jumps and all successful, obviously, made me little more calmer. They packed us to the small plane, a small metal box with the wings and a pilot to be more specific. We took off, rumbling and tumbling stuffed in the plane like sardines. As we were going higher and higher, the distance between me and the ground was getting a bit far to me, so I've checked with my guide the current altitude... ups we are just half way up!! after few minute the green light went off and door opened! I was last in the queue. I saw all guys before me jumping out. My turn, first you have to sit on the floor of the plane right on the edge, then your guide sits down and push you out of the plane so basically I'm outside and he is still in the plane! We hold that position for waaaaaay too long, maybe 4 seconds in total! Little wave to the camera and GO!!!!! After that I don't really know what just happened.

Ahhhh I never had such a adrenalin rush in my life! In 60 seconds of the free fall we covered half of the distance!!! Amazing experience!! I had a chance to do some steering, made some circles and enjoyed the views!! It's sooo much fun! after we've landed I felt absolutely amazing, like on top of the world, unstoppable! :)

That place will be imprinted in my mind for ever! Mission Beach!

Magnetic Island or Maggie (as the locals say)

2012-01-07T14:47:00.000Z

That place was mentioned by few of our friends and seems to get a lot of good PR around. So we've decided to pay a visit to Maggie and find out how is she doing.

Took the ferry in the morning and planned to stay most part of the day in there.

It's a big island but not that populated, few small villages around the place. Bus from one end to the other goes in about and hour. Plenty walks if you like bush walking and nice views from mountains. If you are lucky and wondering around in the evening time you might even spot a koala in the wild. It's a nice and quiet place where people come to fish, sunbath and have a nice and relaxing time on the boat. Actually whole families were cruising in the small boats around that place.

We had a small walk in to the bush, hunting for koalas but we haven't seen one yet in the wild. Also we had a stroll in the Horseshoe Bay and Nelly Bay. To be honest nothing exiting.

ahh yes, two things I have to say about the sea in Queensland. First, the further we go north the warmer it get. At the stage when it's not even cooling me down. Second it's about stingers. Unfortunately you are not able to swim in the sea form September till March without stinger suit. They have here most of the toxic and poisonous stingers in this area. Yes! Welcome to the Australia where everything want to kill you :) (snakes, spiders and now fish)

So there you go, that's my experience of Magnetic Island. hmmm well I think it's time to hit the road again. next stop, action packed Mission Beach!

Whitsundays Boomerang Cruise and Airlie Beach

2012-01-06T14:46:00.000Z

After a night in Mackay we finally arrived to Airlie Beach. Gateway town to Whitsunday's Islands. All the trips and excursions to the islands are going from here. It is a lovely little town with some cafes, bars, restaurants and lots of travel agents. Every second shop was a travel agent selling variety of trips and excursions in the area. Sailing, Snorkeling, Scuba diving, helicopter and seaplane flights and more. You can experience Islands in million different ways.
Back in Byron Bay we have chosen our trip. We decided to take a 2 days and 2 nights on Boomerang - sailing boat which was one of the fastest boats back in the early 2000s. I might pop a link in here ;) will see. We only had to bring our drinks. Six pack of XXXX Gold seamed to be a perfect choice for this trip. Skipper set the sails and off we went. One of the reasons we've chosen that boat was experience of sailing. Yes we had to do something on it. Setting the sails, and balancing the boat and stuff like that. Great fun, one thing makes that kind of adventures successful - it must be windy, otherwise you will be just cruising on the flat waters :)

On top of our sailing we got some snorkeling time which was absolutely amazing ;) from big to small fish from little Nemo (very aggressive fish as it turned out) to sharks and sting rays. Some of us had a scuba diving time and of course we've all went to see the Whitheaven beach! The one on every post card from Australia. :)

Other that that we had some good time on that boat. Met few people and made some friends. Even sleeping was good, bit of rocking actually helped to fall a sleep, but bed bunks gave me some claustrophobic reactions. I had to keep my face out of the bunk to get fresh air :) Otherwise I felt like couldn't breathe.

Also on the boat we met two yellow ducks from Switzerland on the adventure in OZ, even we had a some photos taken together :) There is more about them here.

So after two nights of a good fun, we finally got back to the Airlie Beach and after few bye byes we hit the road again!

Next destination Townsville and Magnetic Island.

ciao!

Hey hey hey I'm driving all the way...

2012-01-02T14:40:00.000Z

2nd of January was a day of driving. We had to make a big leap up north to be on time in Airlie Beach. So I drove over 700km from Elliots Head, Bundaberg to Blacks Beach, Mackay. on the way up we past tropic of Capricorn! We have sun directly above our heads!

Landscape changed a bit, there is no more big and thick bushes around, we drove in into the land of sugar cane and bananas.

Happy New Year from Brisbane!

2012-01-01T14:35:00.000Z

We have 2012 already! This is it! I had the pleasure to celebrate New Years as a one of the first ones on the globe! Just after Samoa, New Zealand and Sydney. Surprisingly this year Samoa was the first country to celebrate New Years as their government decided to cancel the 29th of December :) That's the ultimate power! (thanks Liam for the first hand info! ;P)

Yes, so while you were still having lunches, finishing late breakfast or brunches, I was actually enjoying a sake with some dumplings, then just before midnight we've crashed some Surf Club New Years party with free beer and food and we've enjoyed a fine fireworks over the Brisbane River! Actually I've cured my hangover before you have started to drink! What I've realized is I'm writing to you from the future!!! What an advantage! Ok so what do you want to know? :)

Day before the New years eve we had a chance to explore the city a bit. We took the cheapest cruise ever! $4.6 for a 2h ride on the Brisbane River. We put our foot into man made lagoon on the South Bank and we had a wander around the city, visiting main streets, china town, new farm and also we had some spare time to see Brisbane panorama from Mt Cootha.

It's a beautiful city filled with restaurants and bars. On our street we had restaurants from at least half of the world. You could pick from Chinese to Himalayan, Thai, Greek, Italian and Mexican. If you like food this place is for you!

At the time of writing I'm in Bundaberg, 400km north of Brisbane as we are heading towards Whitsunday's our next big and exciting stop. At the moment we have over 2000 km behind us and another 1400 ahead. Lots of driving but I'll try to post as much as possible!!

All the best! and see you soon!

Barefoot Driver!

Australian Zoo and The Irwins

2011-12-29T14:24:00.000Z

Actually we've changed our plans for today. Instead of paddling half a day and then cuddling koalas other part of the day, we've decided to do the latter for the whole day!

And that was the best move we could do. Australia Zoo it is a full day attraction only. It's not worth it to go there just for the afternoon, because you will miss the whole bunch of morning shows!!

So we began! Crickey! - don't have a clue what that means but it is the main phrase in the Zoo, it everywhere on the magazines, posters, cups, drinks and souvenirs. Maybe some day someone will enlighten me:)

For the starters we've seen feeding of giant turtles!! Afterwards we took a seat on the Crocodile Arena to see the main show at 11am. Feeding the Crocodiles!! But the show it's not only about crocks! We got presentation of snakes and birds and as a part of a Christmas show the whole family of The Irwin's appeared. Of course not the whole family but you can feel Steve passion around this place. Feeding the crocodile was absolutely amazing. It's a must see when you are here in the zoo!!

After the show we went searching for koalas and kangaroos. We took an opportunity to cuddle the koala and feed the kangaroos. Kangaroos at the end of the day were completely stuffed! There was so much people running around with bags of food forcing poor animals to eat!

Then we had a wonder and visited other animals, took some pictures as you do in the zoo. I've enjoyed that day a lot with Crocodile show and Koala cuddling as a main attraction. Mainly that's the reason to be in Australia to see those animals! I've started with the safe zoo option, but definitely we will encounter some wild animals as we'll travel up north!

But for now we are heading to Brisbane for New Years celebrations!!

See you soon!!

Sunshine Coast - Yandina and Noosa

2011-12-28T14:19:00.000Z

G'day everyone!
I'm in Sunshine Coast at the moment, in Yadina to be exact just 18km away from Noosa up north above Brisbane. As we have now peak of the summer holidays it was nearly impossible to find and accommodation near the beach at this time of the year. Especially in the Noosa area. As we drove around, it seems to be quite posh area with big mansions, houses and expensive cars.

First of all Noosa Head was extremely busy. Huge traffic in center of the town, thousand of people strolling around the beach and main road. People hunting for the parking spaces all around the place. Town itself was very pretty with lots of shops, beaches and national park. There is a part by the river where on little island you can see huge mansions build with their own jetty and boats. Looked like business class Venice :)

Then further down south of the Noosa Head is actual Sunshine Coast with nice stretch of multiple beaches. Not as popular like Gold Coast therefore more natural and off the main streets.

We've arrived here yesterday late afternoon, so we've stayed at the campsite star gazing and playing "Who wants to be a millionaire". Then this morning we went for a trip around the Coast. Tomorrow morning we are heading for stand up paddling on the river and after that we will make our way to Brisbane for New Years celebrations. We might stop in Steve Irwin zoo if we will have a time. If not we will come back there in 2012 :D

it is 22:00 now and I'm wrecked completely so I'm going to sleep! We are up very early (every day way before 7am) and we are going to sleep early, living with the sun.

Good night guys and see you tomorrow!

Mount Tambourine - Camp in the forest

2011-12-27T14:13:00.000Z

Just sitting in front of the fire in Tambourine Mountains, all of my friends went to bed and I've stayed here, minding the fire, last few bits of it. True camp experience. We are in the woods this time. There is a small river near by with few rock pools, where we had a swim earlier this afternoon. Nice and refreshing water, and most important fresh water, such a difference after few weeks of ocean.

We are staying here just for one night. Tomorrow probably we will go for morning swim and then we will explore local flora and fauna. There is a lot of walks and treks around. We also might go for the sky walk, in the crown of the trees just near by our camp. Who knows. In those mountains there is a restaurant called "Polish Place" so we might pop in for pierogi :) (and make our Xmas eve dinner complete :p )

One more thing I have to mention about this camp site, it's fully booked. Lots of fires around, people playing guitars and having a meal. In such places like this you actually see how popular camping is in Australia. People here like living outside. But main thing is they love eating outside, hence all those outdoor BBQ's. They always bring their own food, home made for the picnic. Maybe that's why you wont see here food stalls with crap food all around parks and beaches. I like that, fewer temptations around, leaner and better your diet become. Also all the public parks and beaches are alcohol free. Of course, if you want to drink on the beach you will, but there are some fines available if you want to do that :D question is now, are they enforced? who knows... I've seen lots of drunk people around those places anyway.

Ok going back to the Mountains, actually to the sky above me :) It's just amazing. I'll try to capture what I'm seeing now but the view is absolutely amazing. Very little light around so sky is pitch black and stars are shining like never before. It's going to be very nice day tomorrow, that's for sure. So far we had great weather despite some bad forecast. Actually at the moment there is a Cyclone up north near Darwin, so we are hoping that it will die out before we get there. And down south in NSW there is a storm. So from my point of view, we are blessed with the blue sky's :)

Ok, that's it for now, going back star gazing! Have a good night! And see you soon.

"The fire is slowly dying... let it snow let it snow let it snow" Merry Xmas everyone! :)

next day update...

We've decided to spend this afternoon in the mountains, the weather was great so we stayed here to enjoy the views. First thing in the morning we went back to the rock pools, as they weren't that busy. We looked at few nutters jumping off the cliff to the water. Then we went for a small stroll on Gallery Walk where all sort of people were selling their merchandise. After a refreshing coffee we went for a Witch Circuit Trek. We've enjoyed views of the valley and yellow Lamborgini parked near by. Once we got to the look out we saw a huge storm coming, we made our way to exit quite quickly. As it turned out later we were damn right to do so. Huge hail storm rolled over through the valley!! We've managed to get to the Polish Place just in time! yes we got there to check that place out. It's styled for mountain house like in Tatry. We presume that one of the owner was from there. Waitresses were wearing some folk costumes and place was decorated with cattle bells and pictures of cocks. The best thing about this place was absolutely amazing view of the valley and lots of parrots! Pictures to follow! Food was quite good. Once we got there, the smell from the kitchen was very familiar and reminded me home back in poland! Great start! Now back to food as I'm wearing my food critic hat now. My bigos with sausage was very good, portion very solid and delicious. Liam's golonko according to him was quite good but bit small. Girls ordered pierogi (one with meat and second with mushrooms and sauerkraut). Tasted very good however we expected slightly bigger portions for the price we paid. Bottle of Zywiec cost $11 (I don't know why, to determine whether restaurant is cheap or expensive, I compare prices of alcohol :)). Overall food was good and expensive however worth it for the view and setting of that place.

After that meal we finally fulfilled out X-mass dinner cravings and we drove towards our next stop. Sunshine coast!

See ya soon!

Surfers Paradise - Really hot Christmas

2011-12-26T04:30:00.000Z

There has been some storms predicted for Christmas on the Gold Coast but I think we had a miracles going here! Beautiful blue skies! We arrived here on the 23rd of December staying in Backpackers resort. Nice place full of young backpackers mostly from Germany, France, Italy and England, there were few Irish around. Quite typical blend in here.

On the first night we have visited a museum... yes that's right out first museum since long long time ago. It was a Wax figures museum and Horror show. Personally I found famous figures not so good and bit disappointing but the horror bit was quite amusing, and what was most frightening, based on history of human kind. Really freaky and shocking. If I could recommend it, I'd definitely recommend the second bit.

Christmas Eve we spend shopping for Xmas dinner, we had a fish, some soup with croutons and different bits and pieces. Poland tradition requires that we have to have 12 dishes on the table on the Christmas eve, of course we weren't that mad to cook 12 dishes so we stretched this tradition a bit. We used total 12 products and ingredients instead :P Potato was 1st dish, fish second, soup third and croutons forth ;p some mushrooms fifth, sauce for potatoes was sixth... you get the idea ;p;p;p

On the Christmas Day, everything was closed, including bars and restaurants so we decided to hang around the beach. Unfortunately beach was closed in whole Surfers Paradise due to very high and dangerous swells. Actually sea took the whole beach!! There was no surfing nor swimming that day and the following day too as the conditions remained the same. So we hanged around the beach sunbathing, playing Frisbee, reading books and other beach activities. First relaxing day we had since we started our trip. We had a chance to recharge our batteries.

On Stephen's day sea conditions remained the same so we've decided to go to see Gold Coast from the 77th floor of the Sky Tower! I wont say anything more, you have to see this. Pictures will follow!!

Later we experienced boxing day shopping madness, I thought that 2nd day shopping madness takes place only in Europe but I was so wrong, it seems that everyone is waiting for this day to buy their shit! Amazing and annoying at the same tame.

Then we decided to visit one of the famous theme parks around the Gold Coast, Wet and Wild! As there was a unbearable heat coming down from the sky, I thought that it will be a good idea to splash around this water park. But the same idea had another 3000 people that day!!! Overflowing car park, massive queues for the rides and ridiculously high price for just of few minutes of fun made us to make our way to next destination!! So we left this fantastic place to explore more!

So off we go to the mountains. A small break from the sea views for the moment!

Talk to you soon!

Byron Bay - The most eastern point of Australia

2011-12-23T04:23:00.000Z

Here we are in Byron Bay. Place where number of camper vans is almost three times bigger than normal cars. Campers everywhere! Some of them apparently arrived here few years ago and never left! That's what I've noticed. You can get a very hippie vibe from this place. Young and old crowd, from backpackers to holiday makers, bikers and tourists with huge Nikon lenses are hanging around the main street and main beach. It's like European holiday destination but hippie'r (if such a word exist ;))

Massive beaches around Cape Byron are a perfect place for surfers. Am I getting a surfing vibe? hmm not yet. I had few "surfs", even rented a board for a day. I have to say it's a difficult sport. It takes a lot of energy to get to the place where you can catch a wave, that's the most difficult part. Then catching a wave stage is easy peasy... and then is standing bit. The latter is a bit unrewarding if you keep falling all the time. It easier to stand on the soft boards (as I've done it) but the surf board is more challenging. It's not that easy after all!

Anyway we spend three nights here, playing around in different spots of the Byron Bay. Also we booked few adventure trips for news years. Between the 1st and 11th of January we will get some thrills going :) but what it's going to be? you will find out later! :) That will be a little secret of mine :)

on the 23rd of December we had a nice surf in the morning and then we drove up to Gold Coast! Surfers Paradise here we come.

I have to say that I'm getting used to a hot and sunny Christmas :)

I'll see you later!!

Coffs Harbor - First Surfing in OZ

2011-12-20T10:17:00.000Z

We've arrived in Coffs just before 7pm, checked in and done small exploration of the area we went for a steak this time to the local restaurant. Very pleasant food, good music (some reggae band) which conclude our evening. In Coffs we were staying two nights. So the Monday 19/12 we had first driving free day.

We spend it on leisure. First we went to the pool for a splash and then we hit the beach. Where surfing was going on big time! Our Friends Liam and Anna were fighting the swells, catching and riding the waves. We had our first contact with surfboards in OZ. There was a huge difference between now and our lesson in Achill Island back in May. Mainly in the size of the waves! But we had a go on the surfboards and body boards. Good fun!

After the beach we had some burgers from the barbie the Aussie style:) used widely available BBQ's - it was a great fun and was very tasty :)

Tomorrow morning after breakfast we are heading towards Byron Bay where we will spend 2 nights, and then we are heading to Surfers Paradise for Christmas! :)

See ya soon!

Port Stephen's - First Night in the campervan

2011-12-19T10:11:00.000Z

We arrived in Port Stephen's around 6 PM. Actually it's a name of the area. We were staying on the camp site near Nelson Bay. Went for local fish and chips (almost everywhere there is a chipper claiming that they are the best in the neighborhood).

Then we went for a scenic walk up the natural park to enjoy beautiful views of the bay and near beaches. As we were driving we saw signs informing us that we are entering area where koalas are present! So we went for hunting that night. Unfortunately no koalas found. However we've seen an abundance of other wild animals. Birds, spiders and plenty of strange insects ;) and then we went for first nearly sleepless night in the camper van. It was a time for adjusting and getting familiar with sleeping in the car. Rough night I tell you.

Next morning we went to the beach near Anna Bay, have a swim in the sea and then we hit the road heading towards Coffs Harbor. We got away from the highway for few km's to enjoy Lakes Way - scenic route around Smiths Lake and Wallis Lake. We came back on the high way and went straight to Coffs.

There is few things I have to say about driving in Australia. First of all every so often there is an organized resting place with toilets and water for drivers, sometimes you can get even a free cup of coffee or tea with biscuit. Good idea when you take in consideration long distances. Second thing is driving fines. It's not that I have any experience, but people are saying that for all road offences you can get heavily fined (hundreds of dollars), way more than €80 for a speeding ticket in Ireland. It seems to be working in here.

Going back to camping facilities. I have to say that this business is very developed in here. All toilets and showers in great condition, some hotels might learn something from them. On site facilities like canteen, BBQ, playgrounds and pools are very common. And it's cheap! you can find places for as little as $25 a night for a site. I really like this way of traveling around. It gives you a lot of freedom. You can pick and choose what ever you like to see and where to go and how long you want to stay there!

Sydney - city of thousand beaches

2011-12-17T10:08:00.000Z

Sydney - miasto tysiaca plaz

We are now more than 9 days into our adventure. First 8 days we spent in Sydney, visiting Manly beach, Bondi beach, Collaroy Beach, Long Reef Beach, Fishermans Beach, Palm Beach, Narrabeen Beach, Coogee Beach, Clovely Beach, Tamarama Beach, Dee Why Beach, Beach, Beach, Beach, Bitch, Beach and more and more Beaches. Just outside the place where we are staying there are three of them!!

Mamy juz 9 dni naszej przygody poza nami. Pierwsze osiem spedzilismy w Sydney zwiedzajac pobliskie plaze, duzo plaz, mnoostwo plaz, wszedzie plaze !!! Tuz obok miejsca w ktorym mieszkamy jest ich az 3!

First Batch of photos from Sydney is available here :) It's easier to upload photos on Flickr so ENJOY the first set!! Because there is more coming!

Pierwsza tura zdjec z Sydney jest tutaj. O wiele latwiej jest wrzucic mi fotki na Flickra :) Tak wiec zycze milego ogladania bowiem wiecej zdjec jest juz w drodze!

Wherever you turn your eye there is a beach. It's not like I'm complaining or something, don't get me wrong. It is amazing thing to have so many beaches where you can swim, surf, sunbath or just run. That's one of the reason I like this city very much. Totally outdoor life style. I woke up one morning and decided to go for walk at 8 am. And what I've seen was amazing! People cycling, running, jogging, swimming, surfing, stretching, exercising, drinking coffee, walking. In every age from youngsters to old boys. And that is not limited to the morning hours. Whole day you will see someone exercising. It is amazing!

Gdziekolwiek nie spojzysz tam sa plaze. Nie zebym narzekal czy cos. Ale jest to cos naprawde wspanialego miec do dyspozycji tyle roznych miejsc gdzie mozna poplywac, serfowac, poopalac sie czy pobiegac. To jest jeden z powodow za ktore lubie to miasto. Styl zycia w ktorym ciagle jestes na zewnatrz. Jednego poranka wyskoczylem na maly spacerek o 8 rano i to co zobaczylem naprawde mnie zszokowalo. Ludzie na rowerach, biegajacych po plazy, po ulicach, plywajacych w morzu i w basenach, cwiczacych gdzies na plazy czy w parku, niektorzy juz w pobliskich kafejkach popijaja kawke. W kazdym przedziale wiekowym od starych do mlodych. I tak caly dzien! wszedzie i o kazdej porze ktos cos cwiczy czy uprawia sport! Fantastycznie!

Actually when we were in Botanic Gardens near Sydney's Opera we saw 10 boot camp groups of more than 20 people each running around that place! If I could describe that city in two words, It would be Sports and Pies. yes pies. Delicious pastry pies with various fillings, from beef, chicken to vegetables. Options are endless and so are the queues. Every day I saw a line of people buying trays of pies for lunch. I've tried more than few, and I have to say that they are divine!! :) I'll put up pictures when I'll have another one.

Kiedy bylismy w ogrodzie botanicznym w centrum Sydney niedalego opery, widzielismy tam chyba z dziesiec roznych grup po ok. dwadziescia ludzi trenujacych pod okiem trenera. A raczej biegajacych za nimi. Jesli mialbym opisac to miasto w dwoch slowach to byly by to sport i placki. Rodzaj ciasta z nadzieniem wszelakim, co sobie dusza nie zapragnie. Pychota :) Codziennie w lokalnej piekarni ogromna kolejka ludzi kupowala po kilka na obiad czy przerwe w pracy. Sa naprawde wspaniale! :) W sumie teraz sobie przypomnialem (podczas tlumaczenia) ze musze zrobic fote i wrzucic :P

Now it's was time to move on. We started our journey from Sydney to Cairns this morning (17 December) and our first stop is very picturesque Port Stephen's. Our first night camping. I'll post pictures as soon the internet connection will allow.

Teraz czas wreszcie by wyruszyc w nasza podroz na polnoc, w strone Cairns. Pierwszy przystanek: Port Stephens. Nasza pierwsza noc na kampingu. Fotki juz wkrotce.

Good morning Sydney

2011-12-08T21:12:00.001Z

Good Morning !!!

20 hours of flight, 6 movies and TV programs, couple books and CD's later I'm having my first breakfast in Sydney! Had a great night of sleep and I'm ready for the beach!

So let the adventure begin!!

see you soon.

T: -16h... nearly there

2011-12-06T03:05:00.001Z

I'm nearly there, some few bits to do and finish up so we can finally begin great adventure :)

to be exact, 16 hours left (at the time of writing)... and yes, I can't sleep!!

bellow I've embedded an agenda for next couple of months. That's what keeps me awake! :)

View Australia Trip in a larger map

I'm bleeding exited!!!

btw... I'd like to thank you all for all the leaving parties!! I had a great time and I've enjoyed that large amount of Guinness!! Big Time!! Hope to see you soon!

Now I need some rest!
Good day all ;)

The Greatest Task of Mine!

2011-11-14T22:48:00.003Z

Welcome fellow facebookers, twitterers and bloggers!!!

I have a huge task ahead of me and I'm hoping that you will help me.
I'm trying to fit one bed apartment in to one, 65 L... backpack...
impossibe?? I'll keep trying, i know it's a difficult task, but I came up with an idea. I've decided to let go of all stuff that don't fit in to the backpack!! simple!!

if you want to be a new owner of the items below just give me a shout and we can struck a deal:)

I'm still going through my stuff so I'll post more items shortly!
Thank you in advance for looking!! :) if you know someone who is looking for something like this feel free to spread the love!!

All the best!!

here i have some stuff on ebay.ie

~~Pump for the bike~~

Car Jump Leads

Electric Heater

~~Tennis Rackets~~

~~Renault Megane 2000 with 94.000 miles~~ - link will follow by the end of the week ;)

more than 25 wooden hangers - the best quality stuff ;)

100 Great Cities of The World - Book - i can send you a photo if interested

Philips World Atlas - Book - I can send you a photo if interested.

Navigating in Spain

2010-11-04T21:16:00.001Z

Which way to Morro Jable? Navigating in Fuerteventura it's kinda tricky... :)

Dancing on the streets of La Boca

2010-08-08T23:55:00.001+01:00

No i jesteśmy w Buenos - mieście tango, steków i Maradony :)

Na początek zatańczymy na kolorowych ulicach La Boca. "Usta" Buenos Aires.
Przywital nas Jose.

A tak rozpoczyna sie la Boca - bardzo kolorowa dzielnica Buenos Aires, pelna kafejek i sklepow z pamiątkami.

A później zaczęły się tance, tango na ulicach to widok naprawdę nie rzadki. Tutaj swoje niesamowite umiejętności pokazuje Madzia. Fernando byl pod wielkim wrażeniem :)

Teraz moja kolej :) Umiejętnościami może nie dorównuje Madziuni, ale za to zebrałem większą publiczność na moim show ;p

Po chwilach zapomnienia, ruszyliśmy dalej eksplorować kolorowe ulice.

Obrazek który można zobaczyć praktycznie przy każdej restauracji. mini tango show i mini koncert, na zmianę raz jednej raz z drugiej strony ulicy.

Tutaj lokalna kafejka gdzie zaraz obok niebieskiego słupa możecie zauważyć dwa stoliczki na których poukładane są Empanadki - absolutne "must taste" and "must have every time". Pyszności !!!!!!! ahh wszamałbym taka tu i teraz mmmm...

Tutaj mały trening tango. Jak później się okazało - oni są bardzo sławni (ponoć) no może w La Boca ;p

A teraz to czym żyje cala Ameryka Poludniowa - PIŁKA NOŻNA. Weseli następcy Maradony... no może Jordana czy tez innego dobrego argentyńskiego koszykarza.

Klub w którym Maradona wyrósł na światową gwiazdę i jest wielbiony ponad wszystko - Boca Juniors

To na razie tyle z La Boca ale to nie koniec Buenos :)

Mighty Iguazu Falls

2010-05-11T20:11:00.001+01:00

Troche opoznienia nastapilo ale co tam :P moj blog i opozniam kiedy mi sie podoba :P ale juz wracamy z seria kolejnych fotek :)

Tak wiec to byl nasz drugi przystanek na nowym kontynencie. Puerto Iguazu i niesamowite Iguazu Falls.

Na poczatek miejsce w ktorym nocowalismy. Los Troncos - fantastyczne "Bed and Breakfast" 5 minutek od samego centrum wioski, cisza spokoj, basen z widokiem na dzungle i brazylijska strone rzeki, dobry klimat. Obsluga fantastyczna i bardzo pomocna. Serwuja calkiem dobre zarcie i dobrze zmrozone piwko, wiec czego wiecej potrzeba. Domeczek pomiesci od 2 do 6 osob wiec mozna jechac grupa i na dodatek calkiem niedrogo $90 za noc za domek - porownujac stan domkow w okolicy powiem wam, ze to jeden i jedyny sluszny wybor.

Dobra dosc gadania, czas na fotki.

Tyle o akomodacji, teraz czas zobaczyc to po co tam przyjechalismy!!

na poczatek krotki opis miejsca. Generalnie jest to kompleks 275 wodospadow ktory lezy na pograniczu Argentyny Brazyli i Paragwaju. Dostac sie do wodospadow mozna z dwoch stron.

Od strony argentynskiej, od ktorej zaczelismy oraz od strony Brazylijskiej. Argentynska czesc Parku Narodowego podzielona jest na trzy trasy.

Upper Circle, Lower Circle and Devils Throat. Zeby zobaczyc calosc trzeba przeznaczyc caly dzien.

Lower Circle prowadzi do podnóża wodospadów gdzie mozna kupic bilecik na motorowke i podplynac pod same wodospady. Dobra rada - kapielowki i nieprzemakalna torba sie na pewno przyda :)

Upper Circle - to system mostow nad wodospadami ktory jakoby dostarcza widoku "z góry" tudzież "znad".

Z bliska mozna doswiadczyc ogromu wody jaka sie tedy przelewa.

Czy slonce czy tez deszcz zalecamy coś przeciw-zmoknieciowego. Nad calym miejscem unosza sie ogromne ilosci kropel wody. Ma sie wrazenie jakby deszcz padal z dolu ;p

I uwazajcie na sprzet - tam wlasnie polegl moj nikon - upil sie, zawilgotnial i juz wiecej sie nie obudzil :P

czas wskoczyc na motorowke !! Devils Throat nadchodzimy !! - z powodu ogromnej ilosci wody (pora deszczowa) nie bylismy w stanie podplynac pod sam wodospad. Poprostu sie nie dalo, chyba zblizylismy sie tylko na 2 metry ale sila wody byla tak silna ze koles nie potrafil utrzymac motorowki w miejscu!!

Nadmienic trzeba iz w porze suchej motorowki normalnie podplywaja pod strumien wody :) Ale szczerze mysle ze im wiecej wody tym lepiej !! :P

Co ciekawe, ten caly huk wodospadu, ten ciagly szum wody wywołuje dziwne napady radosci :) seriously :) Nie mam pojecia jak to wytlumaczyc :) ale mordka praktycznie caly czas sie smieje ;p

No i trzecia trasa to wyprawa pociągiem nad brzeg Devil's Throat. Najwiekszego wodospadu.

W tym momencie musze nadmienic iz kropli wody na obiektywie absolutnie nie da sie uniknac w tym miejscu !!!!

Szczerze mowiac nie tylko o obiektyw trzeba sie martwic :) Z jakiegos powodu zasluzyl sobie na taka nazwe!

W drodze powrotnej mozna sobie wynajac łódeczkę i splynac sobie powolutku do wyjscia. Relaksacyjna wycieczka na ktorej mozna zobaczyc lokalne zwierzaczki :)

Jak to w dżungli - na niedobór zwierzyny nie można narzekać - to byly jakies ryjowki czy cos podobnego ;p

A po tak dlugim i wyczerpujacym dniu, jedyna slyszna rzecza ktora trzeba zrobic to zakosztować "local cousine" w Los Troncos i popic solidnie carpirinha lub lokalnym piwkiem ;) mmmmm smak tego steku to czuje do dzisiaj!!!

Argentynska wolowina ponad wszystko :)

Mozna rowniez wybrac sie do centrum miasteczka...

i przy dzwiekach "spanish guitar" zakosztowac Imperial'a

i zagryzc stekiem ;p

lub tez w wersji kobiecej: Popijac Carpirinha i zagryzajac Steka ala Milanesa :)

A na sniadanie lokalne owoce

tudzież jakiś koktajlik :)

A wracajac do wodospadow. Mozna je rowniez zobaczyc od strony Brazylijskiej.

Gdzie trasa jest tylko jedna i o wiele krótsza, wiec na zwiedzenie tej czesci wystarcza 3 godzinki.

Brazylijczycy maja wersje panoramiczna Iguazu Falls, gdzie wodospady mozna zobaczyc w calej okazalosci!! Fantastyczna panorama !!

To miejce jest poprostu niesamowite, zreszta zobaczcie sami.

gdzie tylko nie spojrzec - tam przelewa sie woda!!

Na koncu trasy mozna stanac jakby na półpiętrze samego Devils' Throat i poczuc jego sile. Niesamowite !!!

To tyle fotek z wodospadow !! Jest to jedno z miejsc na ziemi ktore naprawde trzeba ale to trzeba zobaczyc !! Na nas juz czas bowiem nastepny przystanek mamy w Buenos Aires !!

Nie, niestety ie bedziemy podrozowac grabuskiem. Wybralismy troszke inna forme transportu. Autobus ! i za jakies 18 godzin bedziemy na miejscu... (a droga dluga jest, nie wiadomo gdzie ma kres..)

Ale w takich warunkach podrozuje sie niesamowicie !! Co lepsze praktycznie tylko takie autobusy jezdza po glownych trasach Ameryki polodniowej :) Full comfort ;p lepiej niz Ryanerem ;p

A dla fanow Jeffa Dunhama i Peanuta :) to powiem tylko tyle :P przejezdzalismy przez Sa na ta ana ;P

A jako bonusik dodajemy jeszcze filmiki - moze to odda jakos klimat tego miejsca - bo dzwieku na zdjeciu nie da sie zarejestrowac :) Milego ogladania i do zobaczenia w Buenos Aires :)

Sao Paulo

2010-03-18T22:19:00.001Z

Miało być szybko i na bieżąco ale nie było :) czasu było niewiele a miejsc do zobaczenia sporo wiec wyszlo tak jak wyszlo. Jestesmy juz dwa tygodnie z powrotem w domu i musze przyznac ze do teraz jestesmy pod wrażeniem "Nowego Kontynentu". Wrazen mielismy pod dostatkiem a wspomnien mamy tyle ze możemy "zanudzić" każdego. Tak wiec... przedstawiamy wam czesc pierwsza podróży do Południowej Ameryki - Sao Paulo!

Witamy w ogromnie przeludnionym miejscu gdzie zyje sobie jakies 17 milionow ludzi (wiki podaje inaczej ;P) dla ktorych pilka nozna jest bogiem. (dotyczy calej Ameryki Poludniowej)

Miejscu gdzie wieżowce, bloki, mieszkania, domki... jednym slowem "beton" rozpościera sie na wiele wiele kilometrów gdziekolwiek byś nie spojrzał...

Miejscu ktore mozna nazwac "wielkim kotłem kulturowym", gdzie potomkowie emigrantow z europy, azji, afryki, ameryki polnocnej tworza bardzo specyficzna mieszanke spoleczno-kulturowa. Tutaj jakby czas zatrzymal sie kilkadziesiat lat temu.

Poznalismy tutaj kilku zyczliwych brazylijczykow oraz rowniez tych troche mniej zyczliwych. Dzieki wskazowkom Andre, mielismy okazje zobaczyc wlasnie to co teraz ogladacie. Widok na Sao Paulo z 36 pietra budynku Banespa (budynek banku) w samym centrum miasta. Atrakcja calkowicie darmowa a widok... sami popatrzcie.

Najlepszym sposobem na poruszanie sie po miescie w dzien jest Metro (koszt - $R 2.65 to jakies €1) lub/i autobus miejski. W nocy jednak taksowka to jedyna bezpieczna opcja.

Plusem tego mejsca jest to iz nie jest to typowe turystyczne miasto i tak po prawdzie malu tutaj wielkich turystycznych atrakcji.

Zaraz pod tym bankiem znajduje sie bardzo popularna restauracja "Javer's Garden" a w niej...
to co najwazniejsze: Jedzenie !!! i to jakie !! stalem sie absolutnym fanem poludniowo amerykanskiego jedzenia! Milanesa rulez !!
Na zdjeciu powyzej w prawym gornym rogu mozecie zauwazyc malutki drineczek: CARPIRINIA! Brazylijski Rum z trzciny cukrowej z lemonka i lodem!

tak podanego piwka to nigdy nie pilem, niczym najdrozszy szampan !!! :)

a tak to wyglada w srodku

Catedra de Se - bardzo podobna do jakiegos europejskiego kosciola, tylko nie moge sobie przypomniec jakiego (Notre Dame?)

Dzieki wskazowkom tubylcow, mielsmy okazje doswiadczyc niekomercyjnej parady karnawalowej na ulicach miasta. Alkohol lal sie z ciezarowki (co to bylo, to do dzis nie wiemy ale bylo strasznie mocne;p), ludzie tanczyli przy goracych, hipnotycznych rytmach samby.

przez pierwsza godzine tlum sie rozgrzewal by pozniej ruszyc na ulice.

zmieniajac troche punkt widzenia. Tutaj widok z poza miasta

tutaj zmierzalismy w strone Mercado Municipal - ten pan chyba szedl w ta sama strone.

Jakos tak kolorowo tutaj sie zorbilo

Dzielnica targowa gdzie mozna nabyc absolutnie wszystko

Mercado Municipal - miejsce ktore trzeba ale to naprawde trzeba odwiedzic i doswiadczyc tej atmosfery.

Jedzenie, jedzenie, jedzenie...

absolutnie wszystko

na dodatek pieknie i kolorowo

A to jest slawna "Mortadela Sandwich" !!!! gdyby takie kanapki robili u nas na deli :)

Dalej ruszlimsy w strone Japonskiej dzielnicy

i natrafilismy na kolejny market tym razem kultury japonsko brazylijskiej

zajadalismy krewetki w ciescie oraz kulki serowe

Tak przechadzajac sie po tej dzielnicy, uslyszelismy dziwne krzyki i odglosy walki. Zajzelismy do srodka i co sie okazalo...

Znalezlismy szkole samurajow!! Kendo to sie chyba zwalo

Zostalismy zaproszeni przez mistrza do srodka i podziwalismy jak to chlopaki naparzali sie drewnianymi mieczami

Pewnego ranka obudzilismy sie i okazalo sie iz Santos zawital do naszego hotelu :)

A tak wlasnie wygladal nasz hotelik. Bourbon Ibirapuera - calkiem przyjemny, troche oddalony od stacji metra i centrum ale w dobrej i bezpiecznej dzielnicy.

i blisko lotniska :)

W ostatni dzien odpoczywalismy sobie troche w parku Ibirapuera - jeden z najwiekszych miejskich parkow na swiecie.

Tutaj przygotowywalismy sie mentalnie na 15 godzinna jazde autobusem do Puerto Iguazu.

Trip to South America

2010-02-09T23:14:00.009Z

Moze jeszcze tego nie wiecie ale juz w czwartek o godzinie 6 rano rozpoczynamy calkiem zwariowana przygode. Jak juz pewnie z mapki wywnioskowaliscie :P lecimy do Ameryki Poludniowej na maly rekonesans zwany w niektorych kregach wakacjami.
Plan jest krotki zwiezly i bardzo prosty, mamy dwa tygodnie i chec zobaczenia 5 miejsc.
Zaczynamy w Sao Paulo. 3 dni karnawalu w miescie gdzie zamieszkuje 11 milionow ludzi. To taki Dublin x 22 :) Mysle ze bedzie calkiem ciekawie.
Pozniej autobusem jedziemy do Puerto Iguazu zobaczyc Iguazu Falls <- warto wygoglowac Po dwoch dniach ponownie wsiadziemy w autobus i ruszymy w strone Buenos Aires! (tango, wino, zarcie i spiew :)) Zanim sie spotrzezemy bedziemy wsiadac w prom by spotkac sie z naszymi bylymi wspolokatorami w Montevideo. Trzy dni pozniej polecimy w ostanie miejsce ktore trzeba odwiedzic. Miasto Boga. Cos mi sie zdaje ze 3 dni na Copacabana beda uroczym zakonczeniem naszej wycieczki. Tak wyglada nasz plan w skrocie. Tak wiec juz wkrotce mozecie oczekiwac pierwszych doniesien z "Nowego Ladu"
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Zima w Irlandii

2010-01-07T20:36:00.006Z

Dnia wczorajszego w Irlandii spadlo 5 cm sniegu co spowodowalo totalna histerie, panike oraz calkowita dezorganizacje ruchu drogowego w stolicy. Ludzie pozwalniali sie z pracy by dostac sie wczesniej do domu. Podroz ktora normalnie zajmowala 40 minut zajela wczorajszego wieczoru 4 godziny z hakiem... Jednym slowem ostra zima zakoczyla drogowcow!! -8'C to dla tubylcow temperatura poza wszelakimi wyobrazeniami. Nie spodziewali sie bowiem ze tak zimno moze byc na swiecie!!! Dzisiaj zachowawczo caly narod nawolywal by nie wychodzic z domu!!! pol kraju nie pracowalo !!! Ale co jak co, takiej zimy to tu nie bylo od dawien dawna. Mi sie podoba i to bardzo :P az milo bylo jechac sobie tymi "nieprzejezdnymi" drogami :)

Merry Xmas !!!

2009-12-22T23:54:00.004Z

A wiec...

Wszystkiego Naj Naj Naj na te Swieta !!! A juz za pare dni bedziemy miec 2010... !! Wiec i szczesliwego zycze !!!

minuta ciszy...

2009-11-22T20:42:00.003Z

Dzisiaj tj 22 Października o godzinie 20:05, zakończyły swoja czteroletnia karierę buty Nike 90 III. Były koloru srebrno-czarnego, rozmiar 46. Przez te cztery lata rozegrały wiele fantastycznych spotkań i strzeliły mnóstwo goli...

Karierę rozpoczęły w Dublińskim Phoenix Parku gdzie w ramach integracji narodowej rozgrywane były coniedzielne spotkania polskiej społeczności. Wielu kibiców ma w swojej pamięci te fantastyczne spotkania pod pomnikiem (Polska vs reszta świata).
Później kontynuowały swoja karierę w Astro Parku, Tallaght. Sztuczna murawa, 5-a-side, bardzo szybkie tempo gry... nigdy nie zawiodły.
Brały także udział w wielu towarzyskich spotkaniach w całym Dublinie.
Od niecałych dwóch lat, regularnie w piątkowe wieczory, siały strach w oczach bramkarzy i wprowadzały zamieszanie wśród obrońców na boiskach Monkstown. Ostatnie spotkanie rozegrały 20 października 2009, strzelając 4 bramki.
Uczcijmy pamięć mych butów minuta ciszy...Swój żywot zakończyły w otchłani pralki...
:)

Kacik kulinarny... :)

2009-11-22T18:10:00.004Z

Kolejny odcinek kulinarny szefa kuchni. Dzisiajszym daniem dnia sa tzw. brat kartofle wariacja hiszpansko-slaska :)
Na poczatku wygladalo to wlasnie tak.

A po 40 minutach pachnialo tak...

Smacznego :)

Lawka

2009-11-16T23:36:00.005Z

Usiądź... i pomyśl...

Madrid - Silken Hotel Puerta de America

2009-10-27T23:53:00.004Z

Czas wreszcie obudzic tego bloga choc troszke.

Dzisiaj chce wam pokazac fotki najdziwniejszego hotelu w jakim bylismy jak dotad. 13 pieter kazde zaprojektowane przez innego projektanta. Niektore pietra sa naprawde "dziwne".

Fotki mozecie znalezc tutaj.

Z racj tego iz publikowanie duzej ilosci zdjec na tym blogu pochlania ogromne ilosci czasu i jest dodatkowo strrrrasznie nieporeczne. Postanowilem stworzyc strone do ktorej ten powyzszy link wlasnie prowadzi. :)

Tak bedzie latwiej szybciej i przyjemniej. Przynajmniej dla mnie* :)

pozdrowionka

Olo

* za egoizm autora nie odpowiada tutaj absoultnie nikt.

Singapore

2009-08-09T20:03:00.024+01:00

Hi All !!

This is kind of oldish set of pictures but to finish off our Malaysia trip we went to Singapore. And having some spare time this weekend picked some photos to show how Christmas looks like in this city. I know we have August now but I don't care as it's much colder in here now than it was back there in December:)

This is how we traveled to Singapore from Kuala Lumpur. A bus for 14 people only with meal etc. Just 5 hours drive. Quite comfy and enjoyable :)

So we arrived in the city... :)

here we have some wooden reindeers and palms

We had the chance to get lost on Arab street, Indian street and Chinese street. Places where you can buy everything... Gold in these stores was sooo gold, almost yellow. Sometime you might wonder ...

here we have some art in ... something... I think those artist are bit bored sometimes :P

here we have view from Boat Quay

this place looks amazing at night...

Famous Merloin, every guide about Singapore has a picture where this Merloin is pouring water in to someones mouth... so you can imagine how many people actually were doing exactly the same there... thank good we came up with something different..

Baloons with wishes for new years eve...

this city never sleeps... this street below is part of Formula 1 race course.

regular buses must have finished for today... :)

Main streets were dressed up like this...

I've tasted some local muffins :)

Maggie tried to get one of those things...

...unfortunately we've been there only for one night and my Sweetheart couldnt buy her favorite cosmetics :P

Here wa have some pics from the Marina Mandarin

And next morning we started from lovely breakfast and nice and relaxing swim...

In the hotel you could hear birds almost all the time...

..as we found later they were there on purpose...

At the end of our visit we found this thing... but unfortunatelyy we didnt get a chance to see it in action... so we have a reason to come back there and we will...

and here is an instruction to it..

And for anyone who have some interest in Chinese Zodiac here we have some information about you...

As you might don't know Magz was born under this sign and...

...she never forgets to remaind me about this thing :P

Below you can try to find yourself, have fun... i might dont have them all but anyway have fun.

Mariolka Welcom Tuuuu

2009-06-25T22:30:00.013+01:00

Bedzie to krotka opowiesc o Mariolce... a kolejnosc zdjec oraz zdarzen jest absolutnie przypadkowa bowiem kto by to pamietal. Wszelaka zbierznosc nazwisk lub imion jest calkowicie zamierzona. Tak wiec here we go...

ps. zu risiken und nebenwirkungen lesen sie die packungsbeilage und fragen sie ihren arzt oder apotheker...

Gleboko zamyslony na slonecznym tarasie kontempluje w swej glowie "Beer Or not two Beer"

Promenada (znaczy malutki deptak) w Puerto Polensa w stylu Texansko Meksykanskim, ah czyz nie cudowna!

We've been unlucky to meet there a very dangerous German group of bikers on pink and gold... something. In the backround, surprise surprise, German Tourists...

miejscowi tutaj zaprezentowali swoje umiejetnosci w efektownym parkowaniu "burta w burte"

Jaskolki lataly nadwyraz wysoko zapowiadajac fantastyczna pogode na przyszly tydzien..

Legenda glosi by dokonac najlepszego wyboru w lokalnej restauracji trzeba uwaznie zagladnac w menu...

A zamki z piasku rozswietlaly miliony krasnoludkow...

pierwsze zdjecie z serii "zachodzace sloneczko"

Jako trzy krotny mistrz Wakacyjnych Rozgrywek w Water Polo WRWP, postanowilem nauczyc angoli paru triczkow

Calkiem niezle widoki na polwysep Formentor...

Ma Piekna Muza i troche brzydszy "ja" pokazemy wam teraz troche fotek z cyklu " HA!! patrzcie jak tam jest zaje..iscie!!!"

White Sands and blue Sea in "es Trenc" Beach...

ups... a co tam wtrace tutaj nasze foto z Formentoru ;p

Tutaj widok na Port Soler

kilka ujec mojej Syrenki... ;)

Jedyna rzecza ktora troche ostraszala to byly ogromnej wielkosci mysie dziury...

Tutaj seria zdjeci zachodzacych..

tutaj zdobylismy przyladek Capdepera. Wschodnia czesc wyspy.

Fantastyczna kombinacja Gor, morza, pieknej kobiety i wiatru...

Zeby nie bylo watpliwosci ze tam bylismy :)

Playa de Alcudia, lezaki normalnie na kazdym rondzie...

tutaj My przybasenowo

Zostalem przylapany na spozywaniu duzej ilosci zmrozonej wody (z racji tego iz nie posiadam polskich liter, interpretacje tego wyrazenia pozostawiam wam ;p)

Playa de Alcudia, €1.30 away from our Hotel :)

Here Again Capdepera

"barowy widok na es Trenc"

this is last picture from our favorite steak house wher we had lots of fajitas, nachos, buritos and many many moros of foodos mexicanos...

now we will enter under ground and show you our hotel...

Air conditioning, and beautiful lighting... 4 stars... ;)

okej we are in Caves dels Hams

.... The End...

FRIM czyli Forest Research Institute of Malaysia or something

2009-04-26T19:38:00.011+01:00

Hi, here is me. On top of some mountain with view over Kuala Lumpur City. This time I want to show you a jungle (a place where is couple more trees than in a normal forest). :) there is no particular order of those photos so lets start.

And here is my lovely travel companion. Brave and unstoppable Magziunia.

Here is where biggest canopy walk I ever seen starts.

4 bridges connected by 3 platforms, 30 meters above ground and just 15 cm wide. Only 250 people a day can go trough this bridge. And there is more restrictions. Only 2 people at the time can be on the bridge maintaining 3 meter distance. In other words it was very wobbly.

To get here we had to walk through tropical forest for about an hour.

"I'm on top of the World !!!"

But experience is worth it.

Beauty of tropical forest. Place where river has its beginning.

Magz is making way trough the joungle, as you see it's not so easy.

Here is more of Magz skills.

There is always time to get some sun rays.

Place where forest is getting more accesible, rivers is calmer. You can find local life there.

Local kids playing in the water.

As far I recall that was december... (!!!)

Local Ants or spiders who knows what that is or how dangerous.

And at the end of the journey you can enjoy real Malay cousine for just 8 RM for two plates. (less than 2 euro!!!) That wasn't a fancy restaurant, that wasn't even a restaurant. It was something like local canteen... We were the only foreign people there. :)

Raking jungle... I'm just wondering how well paid this job is...

Paparazzi were everywhere...

Local kids were very cheerful and they gladly pose to pictures.

That was one of the smaller leaves.

I swear!! There was something!! jungle was moving !!!

Mexicanish food :p

2009-04-04T22:04:00.004+01:00

Kolejny odcinek serii "Kacik Kulinarny".

Tym razem przedstawiam wam potrawe ktora sie zwie "meksykanskopodobne cos" :) smacznego :)

Batu Caves - KL

2009-03-15T11:23:00.008Z

nareszcie mam chwilkę czasu by wrzucić kolejne fotki. tym razem przedstawiam fotki z Batu Caves. Na pierwszym planie ten zloty koleś to Lord Muruga. Ma jakieś 42 metry. A za nim właśnie słynne dla ludzi Hindu Batu Caves.

Tutaj zaczyna sie podroż w gore. Ktoś już wpadł na pomysł by ułatwić liczenie schodów turystom i rzucił numerki na każdy stopień ;)

158, 159, 160.... jeszcze trochę :)

272 i koniec :) jesteśmy na gorze :)co sie później okazało jeszcze schodków przybywa.

Ludzie masami wchodzą na gore by oddać cześć swoim bogom.

Ci normalni

ci niewinni

oraz ci bardziej grzeszni :)

a to jedna z świątyń już w samych jaskiniach

tutaj kolejna na samym szczycie jaskiń.

malutki widoczek na jaskinie w srodku

namaszczenie wiernych.. teraz już wiem skąd ci wszyscy pomazani na mieście sie biorą :)

Widok na KL

"pomodlilismy" sie wiec czas juz schodzic

a na dole kolejne świątynie, i co najważniejsze: absolutny zakaz noszenia obuwia w świątyni!! potem możesz sobie znaleźć jakieś fajniejsze sandałki i iść do domu :)

oczywiscie jeszcze biorac na droge kubeczek kokosowego napoju :)

New Years Eve Celebration in KL

2009-02-23T22:32:00.004Z

Just look :) there is no such a thing in Dublin :) 6 minutes but experience is price less :)

Kuala Lumpur - Christmas in Malaysia

2009-02-14T18:15:00.019Z

Finally it's February and it's about the time to show Christmas pictures isn't it ? :) Okey it took me a long time to choose few pictures from +3k. So let start.

Petronas Towers - tallest twin towers in the world.

I must admit that I took about 300 pictures of this towers alone :)

KL at night..

on the left - Traders Hotel - place where we stayed.

KLCC Park at night. Park located just in front of Petronas Towers.

Constant traffic jam in KL :) and I mean it. from 9am to 11pm

This is first place where you should go when you arrive.

This is entrance to the famous place in KL where can you purchase absolutely everything for very reasonable price. From Gucci hand bags to the newest DVD movies, not even screened in europen cinemas yet:) Petaling Street.

City of cultural mixture of Chinese, Malay, Indian, Arabic, Thailand, Japanese and European people.
Chinese Temple.

new vs. old city, below official Toshiba outlet in KL ;)

Main attraction of KL... shopping centres... huge shopping centres one beside another

December - check
Christmas tree - check
temperature - ??? 32'C - hmmm something is not right ;)

Shopping craze in KL...

Souvenirs, clothes, masks, absolutely everything that you like.

And the main attraction of the City ... FOOD ...not imaginable amount of different kinds of food, Chinese, Korean, Malay, Thai, Indonesian, Japanese, Indian and more and more and more. And very very cheap. €12 for lunch for two person? :) sound like a good deal. But comparing price of alcohol to food, you must be prepared to pay same price for drink as for meal!!!

I'm not mad about food.

maybe a little ;)

Sky bar on top of Traders Hotel (33rd floor)- very nice place to chill out, have few drinks with fantastic view on Petronas Towers.

HQ of operation "Malaysia", be prepare and plan ahead :)

Police is watching kids playing in the public pool. there is no messing in the water.

and they know that :)

Where the hell is our room ???

and she is smiling :)

Bird Park in Lake Gardens in KL. Parrots are ready to attack!!

Watching carefully strangers...

..and when they find European tourist they attack !!!!

How many parrots you see? :)

"Hey! There is more birds !!" of course, it's a bird park!!

refreshing coconut is priceless :)

Little thirsty fella, above or bellow ?

lake gardens

lets RIDE !!! :)

Christmas cradle - Malay version
Christmas cradle - My version :P
Genting Highlands - Malaysian Las Vegas owned by second richest guy in Malaysia. Casinos, Theme Parks, Hotels , Spa resorts on about 1800m above sea level.

But weather here is changing in seconds...

30 minutes later we can enjoy views like this...

World's fastest cable car ride.

and New Years Eve in KL, KLCC park just in front of Petronas Towers. We celebrate New Year when you were still at work !! :)

Sky bar after 2am :)

there will be more pictures soon :) two small sets or even one. will see :) take care !!

Blarney Castle - Cork

2008-11-30T00:25:00.009Z

Hejka wszechwam.
"Co wam powiem to wam powiem, ale wam powiem...zimno" jak to mawial Kwicol. No i mozna by zec ze wykrakal ;p zimno i szaro za oknem a do tego prawie grudzien. Swieta tuz za rogiem tylko jeno sniegu ni ma... a na wystawach sklepow choinki, ozdobki, bombki z napisem "let it snow", coz za ironia...
Jendak nie zwazajac na pogode na zewnatrz wyruszylem na poszukiwania wiosny ;) jak bardzo absurdalny pomysl by to nie byl, dziwnym trafem stalo sie tak ze daleko nie musialem szukac (kilka folderow away ;p). Znalaz sie material idealny, co prawda kwietniowy ale co tam, bylo cieplo i piknie :)

Blarney Castle - gdzie turysci przyjezdzaja polizac kamien madrosci :)

Podroz czas zaczac...

Wiosna jak sie patrzy, kwiecie roznego rodzaju...

a oto on, ten zamek... i ona ;) tak wiec ruszylismy w gore aby zdobyc owa budowle..

dotarlismy na szczyt...

A to co zastalismy wprawilo nas w oslupienie, co sie to porobilo w tym kraju, ludzie w kolejkach stoja by pocalowac kamien, az trudno uwierzyc ze kiedys to stalo sie za mlekiem...

Madzia odwaznie, jako pierwsza podjela sie tego karkolomnego zadania. Jak to legenda glosi "stone of wisdom" ucalowac trza wlasnie w takiej pozycji. Ale trudnosc tego zadania nie lezy w pozycji jaka trzeba przyjac ale w tym by pocalowac wlasciwy kamien :)

Ale tej informacji to juz sie nie udziela turystom ;)

kontynulujac eksploracje komnat nie krylismy zaskoczenia gdy zobaczylismy to co zobaczylismy..

Pozniej przyszedl czas na zwiedzanie okolic, stanowcze ostrzerzenie "nigdzie nie odchodz!!" poslusznie spelnilem :P

Troche wariacji...

...az miejscowa fauna patrzyla z niedowierzaniem

Frywolna zabawa w okolicach zamczyska niestety zakonczyla sie 3 dniowym aresztem, i przekoanaj tu straznikow ze my tylko tak zartowalismy...

Ale tak strasznie nie bylo, po trzech dniach wystarczy poprawic wloski..

i juz mozna dzwigac kamienie :)

W drugim dniu wycieczki do Cork, glownym punktem dnia bym mecz White Eagles - Cork... niestety nie posiadamy zadnych materialow dokumentujacych to zdarzenie. Materialy zaginely gdzie w drodze powrotnej... i wcale nie stalo sie to dlatego ze przegralismy 0:3...

Kacik Kulinarny

2008-09-14T11:33:00.004+01:00

Chefff Olafff przedstawia danie które każdy mężczyzna zna, lubi i opanował do perfekcji.

Naprawdę żadna kobieta nie potrafi przygotować jajeczniczki tak jak facet. ;)

Australian Pink Floyd Show

2008-08-23T00:16:00.014+01:00

Nareszcie nadszedl czas by pokazac fotki z koncertu tej austalijskiej grupy. koncert odbyl sie podajze w maju w Dublinskim RDS :) tak wiec zapraszam na te kilka fotek a takze na kilka filmikow :)

tutaj malutkie solo na koniec glownego seta...

Money :)

no i na koniec final :) oj warto to zobaczyc :) pozdrawiamy :)

Zdolnosci geograficzne wyspiarzy

2008-07-02T18:56:00.008+01:00

Przeglądając zasoby moich folderów natknąłem sie na zdjęcie które powinno zostać opublikowane juz dawno dawno temu.

Bedzie to jednozdjeciowa historia o Gazetce pokładowej sławnych Linii Ryanair oraz umieszczonej w niej reklamie sławnej firmy wypożyczające samochody Hertz ;) reszte pozostawiam bez komentarza.

Glasgow

2008-06-08T11:59:00.013+01:00

Z takim małym poślizgiem (jakieś 6 miesięcy more or less ;) Zamieszczamy kolejne foty. Tym razem Glasgow.

A skoro Glasgow to nie mogło nas zabraknąć w Szkockiej świątyni futbolu :)

TAaaaak jest Celtic Park. W całej okazałości.

Celtic Glasgow - Motherwell 3:0

Boruc czujnie w bramce. taka ciekawostka:
Nazwisko Boruca było jedynym jakie kibice wołali podczas spotkania.

Moja fanka futbolu :*

Zabus i nasz hotelik ;)

Maly odpoczynek a potem...

ruszylismy na ulice miasta

Madzia i jakis strasznie blady szkot :) te usta... dziwni ludzie tam mieszkaja ;o

Dziuniek mnie ujezdza ;)

Scena rodem z Monty Python'a. Ministerstwo Dziwnych Krokow ?

mala sesyjka w okolicznym pubie.

Morning Video

2008-04-26T11:59:00.004+01:00

Dzisiejszego ranka światło dzienne ujrzało pierwsze video stworzone przez MaDziunka :) no takiej pobudki to sie nie spodziewałem :)

Charm of Sharm

2008-03-23T12:23:00.034Z

Welcome in Sharm El Sheikh!!!

Nocny widok na Naama Bay

"Welcome Day" przygotowany przez niezmordowanych animatorów.

a tu gry i zabawy w tłumie

ahhhh codzienny relaksik nad basenem:)

"Aqua Gym" by utrzymać formę wakacyjna :)

"i raz i dwa i trzy i cztery"

no i później relaksik

"Football World Cup" - Egipt,Niemcy vs. Poland,Russia

oraz obowiązkowe "Water Polo" :) Wakabajashi na bramce :)

a później ponownie relaksik

i relaksik

i relaksik ;)

nawet ptaszki maja relaksik;)

"gry i zabawy" przy basenie :)

i hop do wody :)

a ptaszek patrzy i sie dziwi co te ludzie tam wyprawiają :)

poranne widoki na hotel:)

a to najważniejsza część kompleksu wypoczynkowego :)

drzewka i krzewy miejscowej flory i fauny

A gdy zmrok zapadnie...

Winko, piękna kobieta :) klimacik egipski...

Miejscowa kuchnia...

no i shisha :) w krajach arabskich aż grzechem byłoby nie skosztować :P

Dziuniek tańczy pod wirującym kocem z jakimś przystojnym arabem ;)

a we mnie wstąpił Stevie Wonder :)

Ras Mohammed Park - wyruszyliśmy posnorklowac

Kaptain "Olafff" - relaksik time

lot do Kairu - tu gdzieś w tych górach Mojżesz podpalił pierwsze drzewko.

Widok z góry na Kair

a tu już cudy świata :)

olo and kamienie, mnoostwo kamieni

Bardzo popularne w Egipcie wirujące dywany

Wyprawa w głąb pustyni

Miejscowy piekarz :)

a tu beduinska grupa punkowa, na perkusji łoi Mohammed :)

Az tłum zaczął pogować wokół ogniska :)

:) ach ten Egipt :) było smerfastycznie , no i gdyby ci Egipcjanie trochę mniej nachalni byli, to wszystko byłoby super :)

Eviva Barcelona!!

2008-01-05T12:39:00.010Z

hola! que pasa :) tym razem zapraszamy was na mała wycieczkę po Barcelonie:) LET'S ROCK !!! no i na poczatek The Skeletones :)

:) tutaj zrobilismy sobie male zakupy :) bylo wesolo :)

tutaj widzimy ekwilibrystyczne wyczyny kulki :)

tutaj kilka impresji miastowych tudziez mieszczanskich

a tu moja mordka spogląda na...

ciekawe graffiti

Oddalalismy sie z predkoscia kilku wezlow

by z odleglosci podziwiac miasto :) godzina relaksu :)

tutaj ze tak sie wyraze moaly zoomik na mnie i moj skarbek

tutaj natomiast morskie impresje

ten pan wskazał nam drogę ale jakoś tak nie czysto wyglądał, jakby wczorajszy

:) ze sie tak wyraze :) mniam :) smak kolor temperatura i POJEMNOŚĆ !!! :) czego wiecej trzeba prawdziwemu mezczyznie :)

wrzuć monetę i śmigaj rowerkiem :) boski pomysł na przemieszczanie sie po mieście :) nie skorzystaliśmy :)

a pod wieczór gdy już upal zelżał na ulice wychodziły.....kapele rockowe :) tego to jeszcze w żadnym mieście nie widziałem :) bosko !!!! :)

a tu moje Słoneczko o zachodzie :)

no jako ze byliśmy w Barcelonie to wszak nie wypadało zawitać w świątyni futbolu :)

"dzisiaj wywiadow nie udzielamy, możemy jedynie pozować do fotek"

Henry i Ronaldinho tez wpadli zwiedzic stadion wszak oni na trybunach nigdy nie byli :D

A to pucharek za którym biega cala Europa

Szybki meczyk w antyczne piłkarzyki? :)

Droga na Parque Guelle, oj wspinaczka w środku miasta całkiem niezła :)

a tu widok z góry

żar sie lal z nieba

szybki rzut okiem na miasto, widoczek całkiem przyjemny

a to dowod ze tam bylismy :)

a tutaj nocne show :) oj takiego widowiska to dawno nie widzielismy !! polecamy

The Magic Fountain of Montjuic

:) to juz ostatni dzien naszego pobytu wiec z gracja delektujemy sie tutejszymi trunkami :) a w tle Sagrada Familia :)

Gdzies w Krolestwie Krolowej Elzbiety II

2007-12-06T20:53:00.007Z

My, znaczy sie agent 003 oraz oo4 wyruszylismy w podroz by sluzyc krolowej matce :) heheh God save the Queen ;)
ponizej jedyne zdjecie obojga agentow razem, ktore zostalo zrobione przez lokalnych paparazzi.

Przenieslmy sie szybko do centrum miasta...

wznieśliśmy sie ponad Londyn by dokładnie zaplanować akcje i spojrzeć na miasto z góry

Przemknęliśmy niezauważeni niedaleko London Eye...

Wreszcie otrzymaliśmy jasne rozkazy, zakodowana wiadomość w brytyjskich herbach okazała sie bezcenna. A jak to rozszyfrowaliśmy ? to proste: licząc trzy herby od tylu, potem eliminuj... hmm w sumie to tajna informacja...

Dotarliśmy do bardzo znajomego rozjazdu, pytać już o drogę nie musieliśmy..

Agent 004 skontaktowal sie z agentem 007 w lokalizacji mi nieznanej...

po kilku godzinach konsultacji agentów, czas najwyższy ruszać dalej w drogę...

o północy mieliśmy umówione spotkanie z informatorem na London Bridge..

czekalismy dlugo...

zmienialiśmy lokalizacje by nie wzbudzać podejrzenia...

oplacalo sie czekac... otrzymalismy nowe wskazowki... ORP Belfast..no może nie ORP ale H.M.S. Belfast... Agent 004 skradal sie po cichutku do mostka kapitana...

Ja w tym czasie zakradlem sie pod poklad, pomajstrowac przy silnikach...

ups... chyba wdusiłem zły guzik :)

Musielsmy przerwac misje... schronic sie gdzies... przeczekac.. bylo goraco...

dzięki kontaktom w rosyjskiej mafii, zmieniliśmy tożsamość...

rozegraliśmy kilka spotkań w lidze mistrzów... i pewnego dnia dzięki Romkowi ucieklismy z kraju, schroniliśmy sie bezpiecznie gdzies daleko, poza zasięgiem długich macek Scotland Yardu..

Bawiąc sie i używając życia :)

Az do dnia dzisiejszego nikt już więcej nie usłyszał o agentach 003 i 004... podobno gdzieś na Bahamach graja w kręgle... :P

Gdzies w okolicah Wexford - part six

2007-09-16T20:29:00.005+01:00

Gdzies w okolicah Wexford

no i nadszedl wreszcie czas na ostatni odcinek z tej dlugiej serii :) obiecuje ze juz nie bedzie tasiemcow :) bedzie krotko zwiezle i na temat :) tak wiec do roboty :P

"od ciebie zalezy co widzisz i na czym sie skupiasz" taka madrosc zyciowa :) hmm czyzby glebia myslowa wkradla sie w te ramki ?

urocze piaski irlandii .... ach tak porownujac to co tu widzimy, z tym co mamy za oknem, to chetnie przykleilbym to zdjecie na szybe :)

az chcialo by sie tanczyc na plazy

pierwsze mistrzostwa irlandii w chodzie sportowym ;p pamietajcie kto byl pierwszy ;p

skaczemy do wody :)

by pozniej udac sie w strone goracego piasku

No !!! - to sie nazywa wladczy paluszek :P

"on mnie chyba zaraz udusi ?!?! relax czlowieku" ;p

wierzcie lub nie wierzcie ale Wielki Brat patrzy ;p

a na koniec male przeslanie, teraz tylko pytanie dla kogo ? :)

oby nie dla fotografa :P

na tym konczymy prosze ja was ten serial :) juz nie dlugo kolejne foteczki z mijesc ktore odwiedzilismy :) the thing is... czesciej wyjezdzamy niz ja umieszczam tu fotki :P ale staram sie jak moge :) podrowionka dla wszystkich tu w irl i dla wszystkich co zostali tam w polsce :) wielkie POZDROOOO!!!! ciao :)

Curracloe Beach - part five

2007-09-08T13:19:00.004+01:00

Curracloe Beach

Kolejnym przystankiem na naszym szlaku byly piaszczyste plaze Curracloe niedaleko Wexford :) no i powiem wam zeby tylko Irlandia miala troszke inny klimat :) byloby tu naprawde przepieknie :)

Patrzcie nam gleboko w oczy, policzie do trzech, teraz wykonacie kazde polecenie jakie wam damy... uuuuuuuuu creepy :)

Starfish !! :) tudziez rozgwiazda jak to mawiaja :)

Hello to ja :) i moja deska serfingowa:) niestety nie posiadali rozmiarow ludzkich :)

o i druga starfish :) obrodzilo w tym roku :)

i trzecia :) hmmm ta tym razem troche wysuszona :)

Reflection in my guitar...

Yeahhh !!! Rock'n'Roll on the beach :)

artystyczne ujecie

i kolejne ujecie z cyklu 'artystycznych':)

a juz niedlugo :) kolejny odcinek i zarazem ostatni z naszych wielkanocnych wojazy :) tak wiec :) bon voyage

Glendalough - part four

2007-09-08T12:33:00.004+01:00

Glendalough

Skoro juz jestesmy tym rejonie to az grzechem by bylo nie zagladnac do tego bardzo poularnego wsrod turystow miejsca:) Trzeba przyznac ze malowniczo sie prezentuje na fotkach :)

Plac Trzech Krzyzy w Poznaniu ? czy Park Trzech Krzyzy w Glendalough?:P

A tu kolejne ujecia Celtickich posazkow czy krzyzykow

widok ktory widnieje na chyba wszystkich pocztowkach z Wcklow :)

ujecie brzegowe :) uwaga nadchodze :)

Kolejna pocztowka z Wicklow

Wicklow Mountains - part three

2007-08-31T21:09:00.003+01:00

Wicklow Mountains

Tak wiec ruszylismy dalej, w gory w poszukiwaniu country side. Ruszylismy przez Wicklow Gap, Sally Gap, mijalismy jeziorka rzeki i wodospady. Cieszylismy oko pieknymi widokami i piekna pogoda:) have a look...

Wicklow Gap - i think ;p

okej tak naprawde to byl blue screen :) i nigdzie poza studio fotograficzne nie wychodzilismy :)

odpoczelismy chwilke na jakichs gruzach ;p znaczy sie starozytnych ruinach...jak zwal tak zwal :P

po krotkim odpoczynku rozejrzelismy sie po okolicy i ruszylismy w dalsza podroz :) Madzia jako ze byla kierowca, przeprowadza wlasnie rozpoznanie terenu :)

Ostatni rzut okiem na Wicklow Gap i w droge...

No dobra jeszcze jeden rzut okiem na Wicklow Gap i w droge...

A to mostek do wiezy na srodku jeziora. A tak w ogole to po co komu wiezyczka na srodku jeziora?

A to scena rodem z titanica :P

"Dolina, dolina, dolina, eh dolina
Dolina, dolina, tak, dolina maja"
ah normalnie nie moglem sie powstrzymac zeby tego nie zacytowac :P

Blessington Lake - part two

2007-08-31T20:57:00.004+01:00

Blessington Lake

Po wyczerpującym dniu spędzonym w Japanese Gardens, postanowilismy poszukac schronienia na noc. Znalezlismy bardzo przytulne i malownicze B&B nad jeziorem Blessington. Zapowiadalo sie ze nie zostaniemy tam wcale, bo wiadomo swieta ludzie chca troche prywatnosci a tu jacys turusci chca sie wbic na chatke. I malo brakowalo by wlasnie tak sie stalo. Moj urok osobisty tego dnia nie dzialal wcale i przemily wlasciciel skutecznie odmawial mi i odpieral wszystkie moje argumenty. Ale gdy tylko zobaczyl usmiechnieta Madzie za kierownica. Usmiechnal sie rowniez i zniknal na pare minut porozmawiac z zona - tak przynajmniej sie tlumaczyl. Wrocil po chwili i mowi ze mozemy przenocowac jedna noc :P hmmm Na szczescie tego dnia dzialal urok osobisty Madzi :) no i moglismy strzelic pare niezlych fotek o zachodzie slonca.....

Tak, czas rozprostowac troszke kosci :)

Tu kilka ujec zachodu slonca :)

A tu jezioro o brzasku :) zaraz po sniadaniu :)

No i potem ruszylismy dalej, w poszukiwaniu country side... :) jutro czesc trzecia :P

Japanese Gardens - part One

2007-08-31T00:12:00.003+01:00

Japanese Gardens

Hejka ludki i ludziki!!! Dzisiaj zapraszam was na serial pod tytulem swieta na wiosce :P czy jakos tak to sie tlumaczy ;) badz co badz przyblize wam troszke historii :)
Bowiem w miniona Wielkanoc wypozyczylismy sobie wozik i korzystajac z pieknej pogody (ehhh) ruszylismy w country side. Na poczatek odwiedzilismy wyzej wymienone Japanese Gardens, wiec zapraszam na wycieczke ;p Wstep jakies 5 euro;)

To pierwsza informacja na ktora trafilismy:) pomyslalem sobie ze moze byc hardocorowo wiecie adrenalina, wsciekle konie itp itd.

niestety rozczarowalismy sie troche. konie ani nie gryzly ani nie kopaly. Dziubaly sobie trawke i ignorowaly wszelkie zaczepki, chyba maja ciche dni bo tak jakos kazdy w swoja strone obrazony stoi ;p

No ale nie zwazajac na humory zwierzat ruszylismy w glab owych ogrodow. Madziasan i Olosan przy wodospadzie deptaja i niszcza trawe aby uzyskac pamiatkowe zdjecie :) oswiadczamy iz zaden krzew czy kwiat nie ucierpial.... za bardzo, a trawa...hmmm za rok bedzie nowa :P

po pamiatkowej fotce ruszylismy na wielka przygode (wszystkie przygody oznaczone tablicami wiec zadnej nie ominiecie ;p)

Spodkalismy po drodze Posagsan'a, kamiennego mnicha ktory tlumaczy wszystkim ze trawy nie nalezy deptac, trawe trzeba najpierw zasuszyc... yyy reszta przepisu jest owiana tajemnica khm...

Jak na ogrod przystalo nie zabraklo w nim kwiecia. Prawdziwy Kwiat wsrod kwiatow.

A tutaj malutke zblizenie na rzadki gatunek kwiatu z rodziny "tych nie podobnych do rozy"

Path of adventure wiodla wsrod roznych rodzajow kwiecia "rozo podobnych i rozo nie podobnych" wiodla w gore stromymi zboczami by po chwili spasc na dol niespodziewanie. To jedno z ujec gornolotnych :)

Drzewka Bonzai troszke wieksze od tych ktore mozna kupic na bazarach... ale tylko troszeczke

Japonska chatka - troszke powialo chlodem bo jak na chatke japonska przystalo bardzo przewiewna w rzeczy samej

A tak wlasnie wyglada ogrod, ze tak sie wyraze z wyjscia strony :)

tak oto opuscilismy japonskie ogrody by udac sie dalej w glab kraju w poszukiwaniu przygod...
:) czy jakos tak :)
tak wiec zapraszam jutro na odcinek drugi :)
Sajonara !!!!!

Last Christmas in Reykjavik

2007-07-14T09:41:00.004+01:00

Tak grzebiac ostatnio po dysku, natknalem sie na kilka ciekawych fotek :) no i kilka ciekawych wspomnien powrocilo:).... generalnie plan byl taki ze po umieszczeniu fotek z paryza wrzucimy reszte :) no i jak to z planami zawsze bywa :) nic z tego nie wyszlo :) ale powiedzmy ze ciagle sie planu trzymamy :) no i wrzucamy foteczki z Islandii :)

Ponizej kilka ujec z samego miasta :) urocze i klimatyczne :)

Zakradlismy sie do portu wojskowego by podziwiac sile zbrojna Islandczykow :)

Foczki chetnie pozowaly do zdjec :)

W calym miescie az sie roilo od goracych zrodel.

Ruszylismy tez troche w glab wyspy, by przypatrzec sie wulkanicznym cudom gejzery, wulkany, wodospady, gorace zrodla :)

To widok na Reykjavik z pobliskich gor.

to Jeep-ek ktorym podrozowalismy po wyspie :) nie wiem dlaczego nazwali go Super Jeep ;P

No i nareszcie glowna atrakcja :) Blue Lagoon :) fantastyczna kapiel w goracych zrodlach :) blotne maseczki itp itd :) super doswiadczenie kiedy temp powietrza nie przekracza 0'C ;)