During our Australian tour we heard
those words very often. We started to think that Aussies easily get
exited about something. Whenever they were enthousiastic about
something they exclaimed: “Isn't that amazing?” and “Awesome!”.
In the beginning we thought that we had to go and see or do what was
said to be so amazing and awesome. Very often we found it interesting
maybe, nice, but amazing, or awesome.....? We then looked at each
other and wondered where all this enthousiasm originated from.
But what happened to us this Christmas
really does deserve the terms amazing and awesome. When we were in
Melbourne this January (2013) we stayed with the Warmshowers hosts
Jude and Astrid. We spent 4 or 5 days in their cosy home while we
made our Melbourne city discovery excursions. And we enjoyed the
company of this lovely couple, who only had joined Warmshowers
shortly before, as they were planning their dream trip : cycling from
Melbourne to Scotland. In April they set off and, to make a long
story short, our paths crossed exactly with Christmas in Khao Sok, in
the lovely garden guesthouse called Nung house. Can you imagine the
excitement when we actually met, and the shouts and screams that
sounded through Nung house garden?
We then spent some lovely evenings and
made a hike in the National park together. On Boxing day we left and
said goodbye. The ladies promised to see us again some time in 2015,
when they will have reached Breda!
Well, isn't that amazing? And awesome?
I think it's even more, it's brutal!
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