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Guido's Down Under Experiences: November 2004

FlyingDutchman
2006-03-19 20:13:01

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Tue 16 November 2004
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Reuver, NL

Since I completed my 11,5-month journey through South-East Asia, Australia and New Zealand, this website no longer serves the purpose of online travel diary. Thus I have decided that oz.claessen.ca: Guido's Down Under Experiences will no longer be updated. However, I plan to keep this website available for as long as possible. In the not-so-near future it should be merged with claessen.ca: Guido's Website. This is also the place for contact information and my latest news and photos.

I would like to thank you for visiting my site, and hope you enjoyed your time here.

Site of the Week!
Reuver, NL

site v/d weekMy site has been selected as Australian Backpackers site of the week! Feeling very honoured, I took up the opportunity to write down some tips for future backpackers in Australia. I hope someone can use them to his/hers advantage.

* Do not miss out on New Zealand, in natural beauty it far surpasses Australia, it is just as easy to travel in, has lots of things to do and see, and you will not have to spend full days on the road in order to get from one interesting place to the next, like in Australia. New Zealand was definitely one of the highlights of my trip. But do go there in the summer (it is freezing cold in winter), and expect bad weather even then. Unfortunately the weather gods do not like New Zealand very much. But you will be stunned by the beautiful scenery, even when the weather is bad. 6 weeks is the minimum recommended time to get a good impression of both islands.

* If you have the chance, make stopovers in Asia on the way to Australia. It breaks up the long journey (22 hours of flight time between Amsterdam and Sydney), and it is great to experience Asian culture and hectic cities for a few days. It does ...