Ik ben Kelly
Ik ben een vrouw en woon in Antwerpen (België) en mijn beroep is Freelance HR Consultant.
Ik ben geboren op 22/06/1981 en ben nu dus 43 jaar jong.
Mijn hobby's zijn: Bootcamp Pilates, Spinning, Bodypump, Bikram Yoga, travelling, cooking, reading.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained
Follow us on our trip around the world!
25-02-2011
Klaar voor een nieuw avontuur!
Hallo trouwe volgelingen
Morgen vertrekken Bart en ik uit Perth en trekken we richting Zuiden. Op 100km van Perth, in het stadje Pinjarra, gaan we op een boerderij werken en we kijken er allebei enorm naar uit! Het zal ongetwijfeld zwaar werk zijn en we onderschatten het zeker niet, maar we zullen elke dag van 5u tot 13u werken dus ontsnappen we toch de heetste uren van de dag
Het is sinds een paar dagen weer zeer vochtig en minimum 34 graden en da's niet zo aangenaam omdat je niks kan doen zonder dat je begint te zweten Ik weet het, we mogen niet klagen want de meesten van jullie snakken waarschijnlijk naar de zon, maar binnen enkele weken begint in Europa de lente en begint hier de herfst (hoewel het dan nog steeds meer dan 20 graden zal zijn )
Als alles goed verloopt, zullen we tot begin juni op de boerderij werken en trekken we halverwege juni naar Azië: we hebben nog niet besloten waar we zullen starten, maar het zal waarschijnlijk Bali of Singapore zijn.
We houden jullie natuurlijk op de hoogte van al onze avonturen en ervaringen dus watch this space!
Ik ga jullie nu laten want ik heb net de nieuwste aflevering van "Grey's Anatomy" gedownload
I know that it has been a while since I posted an update but we have been busy sightseeing and spending time on the beach
We have arrived in Perth on the 6th of January and we are still here. Initially we planned on buying a campervan immediately but since it took us longer than expected to sell our car in Belgium, we decided to rent a house in Perth and look for work.
I have worked a few nights in an Italian restaurant but the atmosphere was bad and they didn't pay that well, so I didn't continue. Bart has been working in the local golfclub for the past 2,5 weeks and he really likes it there. When he is at work, I go to the beach, so that's a good compromis
We currently share a house with 3 other people in Northbridge, which is very close to the city centre. We have our own bedroom and we share the livingroom, kitchen, bathroom and garden. Our housemates work fulltime so we only see them at night which is a good thing because they are not very sociable! (I hope I didn't give them the address of this blog)
Since Bart and I wanted to do some farmwork, we decided to put an advert on Gumtree so that people could contact us. I received a call from a Danish guy last week who was looking for 2 people to work on his farm in Pinjarra (100km South of Perth) so we met him on Wednesday in Mandurah and had a good chat. He is looking for people to help him with construction work and to help with the pigs from time to time. Since he was interviewing more people, he told us that he would get back to us asap which he did on Thursday and he offered us the job!! We are both very happy because although we love being in Perth, we would like to see a bit more of Australia and I would like to work a bit (you can't go to the beach every day So, we will be leaving Perth next Saturday and we will start work on Monday the 28th. We will work 5 days a week from 5 am until 1 pm which is good because that means that we will not work during the hottest hours of the day (it's still between 33 and 38 degrees at the moment) but it will probably take us a while getting used to the alarm getting off at 3.30 am... Anyway, I am not complaining because although I know that it will be hard, it will also be an adventure and I'm sure that we'll learn a lot!
The past few weeks we have done some sightseeing and we went out a couple of times with our Perth based friends KV and Sara, which was great. We have also met some new people (mostly backpackers) which has also been nice.
We haven't taken a lot of pictures so far but I'll make sure that we'll take a few before leaving Perth
I'm not sure whether we'll have an internet connection whilst we're on the farm, but if not, I will go to an internet cafe to update this blog: that's a promise!
Btw: for those of you who don't know this: you can reply to my posts (so that I know that people actually read them Just click on 'reageer' and leave us a message: it would be nice to hear from you!!
Op 5 januari zijn we dus vertrokken in Chiang Mai en vlogen we naar Kuala Lumpur waar we 1 nacht zouden blijven. We arriveerden in Kuala Lumpur rond 12u s'middags en omdat we honger hadden, zijn we eerst gaan lunchen bij McDonalds (geen goed idee) en daarna hebben we een taxi genomen naar ons hotel. We hadden een superior kamer geboekt maar bij aankomst vertelden ze ons dat we een upgrade kregen naar een Deluxe Suite dus dat was leuk nieuws De kamer was enorm groot, had een hele mooie badkamer en een leuk terras met een prachtig zicht op Kuala Lumpur. We zijn een paar uur op de kamer gebleven en om 18u besloten we naar de bar te gaan waar we wijn aangeboden kregen. Nadien hebben we gegeten in 1 van de restaurants in het hotel en we zijn vroeg gaan slapen omdat we om 5u30 moesten opstaan. Toen de wekker afliep, hebben we vlug een douche genomen en zijn daarna gaan uitchecken. Onze taxi arriveerde 5 minuten later en bracht ons naar de luchthaven. Toen we daar aankwamen was het nog maar 6u45 maar het was al erg druk. Toen het onze beurt was om in te checken, vertelde de onvriendelijke check-in agent ons dat ze ons ging upgraden naar Business Class! Dit was geweldig nieuws dus we waren hier heel gelukkig mee!
Onze vlucht vertrok pas om 9u40 dus hebben we een tijdje rondgewandeld in de luchthaven en ben ik mijn laatste Starbucks gaan halen (in Perth hebben ze geen Starbucks dus moest ik ervan profiteren Toen we dan eindelijk op het vliegtuig zaten, konden we relaxen en genieten van de Business Class service: lekker eten en veel ruimte. We konden onze stoel veranderen in een bed en dat heb ik dan ook gedaan toen we gegeten hadden
Om 15u arriveerden we in Perth en hebben we onze huurwagen opgepikt en nadien zijn we boodschappen gaan doen in het dichtsbijzijnde shoppingcenter. Nadien zijn we naar Cloverdale gereden waar we 3 nachten zouden logeren bij broers die we via Couchsurfing gevonden hadden.
So we left Chiang Mai on the 5th of January and flew to Kuala Lumpur. It was a short flight (less than 2 hours) and we arrived at the airport around 12 o'clock. We decided to take a taxi because the hotel we booked was a 40 minute drive from the airport and the only other option was to take the train but that would take a lot longer + it would not get us all the way to the hotel and we'd still had to take a taxi for the last 10 km. Since we were hungry, we decided to go to McDonalds first (which we regretted as soon as we finished our meal!) We then took a taxi which was very expensive (compared to Thailand) and 40 minutes later, we arrived at the gorgeous Shangri-La Putrajaya hotel. We had booked a superior room but upon arrival, they upgraded us to a Deluxe Suite, which was very nice The room was gorgeous: very spacious, it had a terrace and a gorgeous bathroom + the bed was brilliant (I have never slept so good!) The views from the terrace were magnificent and it was a shame that we would only stay for 1 night (but we will definitely go back)!
We stayed in our room for a while, enjoying the great views and at 6pm we went to the hotel bar where we offered a few glasses of wine. We then went for dinner in 1 of the hotels' restaurants and had a great meal + a great bottle of wine
We decided to go to bed early because we had to get up at 5.30 am
The next day, we got up, took a shower and went downstairs to check out. 5 minutes later the taxi arrived to take us to the airport. When we arrived there, it was only 6.45 am but already very busy. We went to stand in line to check in and when it was our turn, the unfriendly ticketing agent told us that she was going to upgrade us to Business Class We couldn't belive it because she hadn't even said 'hello' but nevertheless, we were very happy with our upgrade!
Our flight wouldn't leave untl 9.40 so we decided to walk around a bit. I bought a Caramel Macchiato at Starbucks which was going to be the last for a long time because I knew that they don't have Starbucks in Perth
When it was time to go through security we got a bit excited because we'd never flown Business Class
It was absolutely brilliant! We just sat for a couple of minutes when they came around with drinks. Our seat could be transformed into a bed (something I tested a couple of hours later the food was great! We had a 3 course menu and everything was delicious! I decided to watch 1 movie and afterwards I turned my chair into a bed and slept for almost 3 hours
When we arrived in Perth at 3pm, we picked up our rental car and drove to the nearest shopping centre where we bought some stuff for the first few days. We then drove to Cloverdale where we would stay for the first 3 nights.
As mentioned in the previous update, we left Bangkok on the 28th of December and flew to Chiang Mai. We would stay there for 8 nights but had only booked the first 3 nights in a hotel just outside the city centre. When we arrived in Chiang Mai at 5 pm, we decided to take a taxi to the hotel. The hotel was even nicer than expected and the room was very big (45m²), had a seperate livingroom area and a big terrace. We decided to have dinner in the hotel restaurant (on the roof) which offered great views (and the food was good too ) The next day we woke up early, had breakfast and went for a walk. There was a big street close to the hotel where there were loads of restaurants and also a shopping centre (and more importantly: a Starbucks ) After walking around for a while, we went back to the hotel and decided to relax beside one of the 2 pools. At night, we went for dinner at Pizza Hut, which was yummy! The next day, we woke up early and decided to go to the zoo. We took a taxi there and ended up spending the whole day at the zoo because it was very big. At 6pm we took a taxi to the night market and arrived there after 1,5 hours!! (luckily the taxi's are very cheap and we only payed 6 euro). We walked around at the night market, which was bigger than we'd expected. We then went for dinner in a Thai restaurant and afterwards we took a taxi back to the hotel. The next day we decided to stay at the hotel and relax beside the rooftop pool: it was brilliant Since we had only booked 3 nights at this hotel, we had to decide what we were going to do. Initially we wanted to do a 3 day trek but we decided to do this another time (we will go back to Chiang Mai in a few months). We went to reception to ask if we could stay for the next 5 nights but since the hotel was fullybooked on the 4th night, we had to leave for 1 night and then we could return. We thought that this would be too much of a hassle and decided to book a hotel near the night market for the next 5 nights. We found a hotel which had a good review and decided to book it online. Since it was New Year's Eve, we went out for dinner and found a great Japanese restaurant where we had a couple of sushi rolls, sashimi, 2 glasses of wine and a bottle of water for just under 16 euro! We walked back to the hotel after dinner, bought 2 bottles of champagne at the 7eleven and went back to our room to watch the fireworks on our terrace. It was a great night! The next day we left our hotel just after breakfast. A taxi brought us to the next hotel, which turned out to be a big dissapointment! The room was small, dirty and didn't have airconditioning. The sheets on the bed were dirty and the mattress was very thin. The towels in the bathroom were dirty and the walls were very thin so you could hear everything. We decided to only stay for 1 night and to go back to the first hotel the next day. We didn't want to stay in this hotel so we walked around for a couple of hours and decided to go for a nice massage We then went for dinner in an Italian restaurant and then back to the hotel. We didn't sleep a lot that night but luckily, we left the next morning and arrived back at the first hotel, less than 24 hours after we'd left We decided to spend the next 4 days beside the pool and only took a break in the afternoon to go for a walk. We wanted to visit a couple of temples and do some more sightseeing but we were just too tired (and a little bit lazy )
We left Chiang Mai on the 4th of January and flew to Kuala Lumpur. More about this in the next update!
Ik weet het, we mogen niet klagen want de meesten van jullie snakken waarschijnlijk naar de zon, maar binnen enkele weken begint in Europa de lente en begint hier de herfst (hoewel het dan nog steeds meer dan 20 graden zal zijn
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