Monday, June 8, 2009

Sauleta Airija / Shamrock in a sun





Australija man primena Airija. Panasus barai, isgerimai, mesa ir bulves. Didziausias skirtumas - saule. Cia prasidejo ziema, Cairns, kur praleidau savaite, tai sezono pradzia. Miestas knibzda jaunimeliu is viso pasaulio, naktimis lakanciu iki zemes graibymo, besokdami pagal sudmuzikes ritmus, diena svilinanciu oda prie vienintelio baseino centre (kaip ir Darvine, centre nera papludimiu, juos pasieksi tik autobusu).




Vieni dirba, kiti, gyvendami pusbadziu, iesko darbo. Australija - brangi salis, mano planuotas biudzetas jau guli patvory perreztu pilvu, tad taupydamas sveikatos ir korteles kreditus nepasidaviau tokiam gyvenimo budui. Gal siek tiek:) Negeriant alaus, Cairns nelabai yra ka veikti, taciau apylinkese vaizdas keiciasi.



Australia reminds me of Ireland. Ok the main difference - the sun is shining all the time I'm here but pubs, drinking, meat and potatos diet are all the same. The winter started here, in Cairns it's star of the season. The town is full of young backpackers from all over the planet who drink every night dancing to crap music, at daytime sunbathing near the only one pool in centre. Some of them got job, some looking for it spending last cents. It's quite expensive in here so I need to save. Nothing much to do in town but drinking, outside Cairns the story is different.



Kiekviena diena gali pasirinkti skirtinga uzsiemima - nardyti, skraidyti, plaukti, sokti ir t.t. Atvaziavau i Cairns zvilgteleti i Didyji barjerini koralu rifa. vau! Vanduo Tailande skaidresnis, bet koralu miestas nusluosto nosi Koh Tao povandeniniam pasauliui. Nirtelejau pora kartu, noreciau dar koki simta. Koralu mieste isirezia statiniu ryskios elektrines ir zydros spalvos, vaivorykste blizgantys gyventoju zvynai. Nuotrauku nebus, nes mano fotoaparatas atsisako maudytis, parduodamos nuotraukos ne mano kisenei. Isivaizduokit:)






Vakar gulejima prie baseino iskeiciau i eskursija atograzu miskuose. Krokodilai nepuole, jiems dabar taikos sezonas. Gresmingiausias - storulis Albertas, 4,5 metro, 600 kilogramu sveriantis vyrukas ramiai kaip turistas deginosi sauleje. Beje, krokodilai daugiausia suvalgo vokieciu, turbut negali pamirsti antro pasaulinio. Pavojingiausias zudikas - kokoso bombos, suskaldancios daugiau galvu per metus, nei visi sliauziantys, plaukiantys ar slenkantys gyvunai sudejus. Gyvate maciau tik viena, gyva ir viena negyva vora.



So many things to do outside Cairns you have to take a loan. I did two dives, I wish I could do a hundred more but nobody wanted to buy my kidney and I had no money for more. Visibility in Thailand is better but Great barrier reef diving is way better. The coral city underwater is amazing - bright colours, underpasses, millions of different fish. One day went to rain forest and met fat Albert - 600 kg, 4,5 metres long beast lazing on the sun.



Crocodiles are relaxed now, kind of not a fighting and eating tourists season now. Anyways they prefer Germans who love to camp in remote areas. The worst killer here is falling coconut breaking skull in half.


Jei koralu miesto gyventojai turetu mage, garantuoju, kad kiekviena ryta pradetu sia melodija.

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Dvidesimt milijonu medziu / Shopping and...eating

Vos 700 kvadratiniu kilometru Singapuro zemes talpina penkis milijonus zmoniu. Miestas-valstybe tarsi sterili operacine, nei vienos siuksleles gatveje, viskas suplanuota brolio milimetro ir seses sekundes tikslumu. Servisas - auksciausio lygio, info anglu kalba, nemokamas autobusas i miesto centra ir atgal, paslaugiausiai paslaugiausi singapurieciai. Gatves, apsuptos zalumos, pustustes, cia kiekvienam gyventojui tenka po keturis medzius. Keista vieta, atrodo, kad tai surezisuotas sou su milijonais pasleptu kameru ir bet kuria akimirka rezisieriui surikus: stop, gyventojai-aktoriai nusimes kaukes, kazkuris sprigteles nuoruka ant saligatvio, gatves prisipildys zmoniu. Singapurieciai, jei nedirba, ''slepiasi'' prekybos centruose, kuriuos galima aplankyti net neiseinant i gatves - parduotuves jungia pozemines perejos, okupuotos sokanciu breika paaugliu. Pusdienio pasivaikscioti uzteko, aktoriams reikia pailseti.












According to bus driver that's what people in Singapore love to do. 5 million people live in city-country of only 700 sq kilometres but the streets are empty cause they all at work or in shopping centres. Everything is so spotless, on time, service just amazing it looks like Truman show with hidden cameras and it seems that it can stop anytime. Even no incets around whatsoever, I guess little bollix were deported. I had a half day there and I that was enough, I prefer more chaotic places.










Beje, labas perduoda kenguros. Siryt nepavyko pasiekti numatytos stoteles, lektuvas is Singapuro velavo plus lietuviskas pasas, kaip visada, ''kelia pasitikejima'', todel strigau Darvine - kurortiniame mieste Australijos siaureje. Jei Darvinas butu sumustinis, viena sluoksni tepciau 'be namu negerai' dzemu, kita - 'tvinpykso' sviestu, nes tokios ramios ir idealios vietos visada pritraukia keistus zmones:) Atrodo nuobodokai, vieninteliai idomesni personazai - nudriske aborigenai, siunciantys ugninio vandens pusle ratu. Papludimys kaip baseinas, nes pakrante valdo meduzos ir krokodilai, kuriu reikia saugotis.













My flight from Singapore was late and I didn't make to Cairns this morning, stayed for a day in Darwin - seaside town in Australia's north. Looks boring, nice but boring.
Music for Truman show