We are finally touched down on November 9th Australian! Now the long distances do not frighten us and the 8-hour flight has passed in a flash. Thanks to the advice we were given earlier by Michael, who lives near neighbor, we immediately took the Sky Bus (probably the cheapest way to get to the city) and in half an hour we were in downtown Melbourne. Less than an hour and we were in the hostel (we thank and salute Ale Castelfidardo for the good advice) and now 
hospitality of this country not long in coming. The day was an escalation of surprises, in addition to receiving a lot of useful information we know a lot of people. As you can imagine hostels are a meeting point for people from all over the world and thus from the first night with new friends the festivities lasted until the morning! Among the many we can not forget Johnny (the one standing in the first picture), an Australian of 45 years as a time gubbana and that unfortunately was thrown from the hostel, why there is still clear! The next day touring Melbourne are Simon, a rasta Italian who was our guide for a few hours in the same night at the Pub of the hostel we also know Elina and Jenny, two Finnish girls and a Dutchman Arjan (Jenny Arian and the second photo). These last four are still people 
with which we spend most of the time because they are all interesting people with the right appetite for more serious things (which are however not without some holidays). Not being tourists, there are several practices to attend to the program and the first few days were to be dedicated to that. Fortunately, the socio supplementary Australian is definitely brisk and simplified to the point that in the space of a morning we had already 
bank account, new phone number, health insurance and since confirmed. This has resulted in the following days to a respectable funkazzismo! You can well imagine, the thrill of being at their destination and finally to have solved all the happiness in such a short time they have done nothing but leave a lot of space to meet new people and pass the evening with a lot of fun. Melbourne is nothing short of a beautiful city, featuring a 
wonderful lifestyle and a very human scale. With its 3.5 million inhabitants
therefore a city of considerable proportions, not has so dispersed and thanks to the tram
everything is easily accessible from the suburbs to downtown, to the beautiful area of \u200b\u200bSt. Kilda beach (in the next 3 photos), the nearest seaside town of Melbourne. The latter has no shortage of charm, with its many bars and palm trees scattered everywhere
to beautify the streets. Of course it must be said that the city look better and we now we have to walk to be cut. In several hours 
costs between the well-structured and broad
streets of Melbourne by the beautiful buildings we have seen in nineteenth-century style to modern skyscrapers of the South Bank (in the two photos below), the area bordered Yarra River and is without a doubt one of the most attractive, especially at night. Starting from Federation Square and its modern museums (Melbourne has plenty of space to art) a long row of bars and restaurants are situated on the banks of the river and goes to end with the huge Crown Casino, which also includes several nightclubs and boutiques as well as quite a multiplex. Along this pleasant walk during the day the banks of the Yarra 
are characterized by their modern fountains and water games to music, while at night the windows of the rooms are illuminated by the flames that emerge from the rock pillars.
Back to us, our main goal is to visit the country and so we temporarily set aside his life as a tourist and it was time for the legendary: Hi, I'm looking for a job! In all honesty it was not even that hard! In just two days we find ourselves working in two popular local 
as a barman / waiter for now and that is proving to be a work of a commitment to and respect as well as useful for our English. In addition there is to say that with several hours of work in less than we earn more money than we did in Italy.
Between one thing and another the first week is gone and listened to the advice of the good old Johnny (do you remember) we moved to the International Backpakers 450 Elizabeth st. the brand new (just a few months) to 196 Nomads Industry of A'Beckett st. (pictured with Michele Pasutto), ie a few hundred meters from the previous year. This addition to 
be very clean on the ground floor offers a nice pub and a back garden with a lot of barbecue for common use, in addition there is a 24-hour video room and a rooftop terrace with views of the city.
We are the long-awaited Nov. 17 and the birthday of Michael, the feast began as early as the night before with several Jugs of beer at the pub but it was just the beginning. The party started with a barbecue under the close watch Alessandro (see picture), a glass of wine in hand and continued to the sound of cheers, alive, kippis and songs. Around midnight, the Night is no longer young and "tired" Michael, guitar in hand half hostel moved on the terrace in the roof and waited 
dawn to take pictures. ... ... Is not true we did casino for a few hours and then big problems with the elevator! Bombeaicanguri guys!
Just enough time to recover and here comes the birthday of Ali, which fortunately is celebrating along with Arjan (otherwise the party became too many) who are celebrating the 23 years that a day earlier. This time dinner was done Mexican restaurant, Tequila and ju (last picture)! Then we moved into a long bar very nice and hard in order to Crown Casino ... the evening ended with a classic touch our Cordovadese: thrown out for blocking the escalator (this beautiful, but Tio)! 
Oh well they were not so angry!
The days are passing quickly now and the weekend is mixed with the rest of the week because all the girls who attend are Backpakers, there are the fast pace of Italian companies, but only shifts that allow even a fun evening from Monday to Friday. We are pleased to share with you the life of Johnny telling you right now have also driven from here, this time we know why. We apologize for the days of waiting but it 's a job that takes a long time. We take this opportunity to send a special greeting to the company of ... never Cordovado wheel '!
Ten days after departure, we meet again in Kuala Lumpur, our "base camp" where we spent two days waiting for the above (which in the blog and 'below) in the forest tour Taman Negara. The holiday in Thailand decided scored on budget but fortunately it is not new to the city we managed to 
better manage costs. Just to give an example the first time from the airport cost us well 60RM per head, the second 35RM, 25RM the third and fourth RM 11.70. Adapting a bit 'to their style and their restaurants, we could not eat well and plenty more' of € 3 per head. ... You rat on the size disturbing passes included in price!
Our hostel was a short walk from bustling China Town and an evening around the many stalls there we are certainly not lost (in the picture, Michael is among the Chinese). This area offers a wide range of products ranging from clothing and any accessories to fruits and vegetables at bargain prices 
. It must be said that for many products the price is equal to the supply and quality as well, shoes and jerseys of the best brands even copied to the rules of course are not comparable to the originals. We managed to buy six DVDs and only three are working! We
to November 5, the date of our departure for the excursion, and as has happened previously with the tour to Phi Phi Island we arrived half an hour late! Blame the woodpecker who warned us of the time change. ... Well, we know that Malaysia does not change!
Three hours by bus north-east inland to get to the town of Jerantut and from there another three hours of motor launches (see picture) along the river Tambeling, not at all boring through the beautiful landscape that the forest offers its visitors. The destination is a small village on the banks of the river, 
reached by car from the north. Despite the environmental conditions, the organization of the various services was excellent and people were more awake and happily participate in that city. As of now we have sent the lovely Tahan Guest House (pictured), a lodging house in its simplicity it offered all the comforts of a primary as well as warm hospitality. The only negative was the small mosque a few meters from our room ... every day at five forty We were woken by megaphone that disappeared at 1000 Watt morning prayer!
excursions were included in the package, so after the excellent dinner in a floating restaurant, torch in hand, we sent in the forest 
accompanied by a guide (and his fantastic mustache) who followed us for all three days . Two hours of walking in the forest, of course, to a location just given, we assure you that the emotions can not give every day. On the way, have not been many sightings but we still were able to observe various types of insects, including a tarantula big and angry, the nice "stick insect" of owls, some macaques (which are not only the residents of Kuala Lumpur) and at the end of fluorescent mushrooms :-). How could we expect him to, a rainforest we came back dripping wet. Downpour came in an instant and then it lasted all night and surprised us in the middle of the excursion. For each 
way, as can be annoying to walk on a street that turned into a river, this has also been a great experience.
Another detail to consider when you forward in some places is that you lose those unwanted noises that people are replaced by verses and shouts of some kind of animal! In photos: We in Jungle session! Early in the morning after breakfast, backpackers have reached the "Canopy Walkway, the longest rope bridge the world, well-550mt and suspended at a height of up to 45 mt (pictured).
crossing the bridge, the trail continued up to a beautiful view of the park that extends as far as the eye with its 4343 square meters. In the afternoon we visited with the group to an aboriginal village reachable within minutes by boat (last photo). The place clearly reflect their origins and customs, just unfortunate that the consumerism that has affected the landscape has meant that encompassed a lot of garbage scattered here and there. This nomadic people called the "Orang Asli" living divided into tribes of about fifty people and you argue for more hunting and fishing. It must be said that a few hours after one of them was in the queue with us in a food. The village chief has briefly shown how to light the fire, did not prove their blowguns and there has been no attempt to sell one. 
finally had time to fast and the spear that he had scarrozzato for those two days he has spared us yet another wash (very funny)! On November 7 when we left to KL after spending the last evening with the group of boys with whom we have shared these experiences and that fortunately proved to be very interesting as well as knit. See you in Australia ... PS Thank you for comments you leave, but 'at least the first time remember to sign, if you will,' cause we can not find the name!
As many will know the ns. journey has begun. On October 25 we arrived in Kuala Lumpur airport after a flight of less than 12 hours from Rome ... a ball crazy, but fortunately the Malaysia airline has proved a highly respected company offering a good range of films, video games and a good menu for a discrete space between the seats. Kuala
is a beautiful city and clean if only in popular tourist areas, see the Golden Triangle, 
an area full of shopping centers, offices and ending with the beautiful scenery of the Petronas Towers. With a rich and well-maintained vegetation growing in close contact with skyscrapers and wide streets, the city takes a touch that differentiates it clearly from ns. capital. Thanks to Lonely Planet we quickly found a hostel not too bad, too bad that we have given the room most unlucky of the building. The air conditioning is always on the max and not adjustable to the point that we had to arrange, see picture (we know it is useless but we are proud of)!
Then we will explain what the hell they have to work with flex up at 5 am, there was already the Jat lag not let us sleep and letting us walk like two rimbecilliti throughout the day, the result, we spent most of the night to think about and comment on our decisions.
more or less early in the morning (... ... 2 pm) we started to seriously explore the city, a little 'slowed by the fact that Ali had a serious knee 
blocked on the day of departure.
We visited the largest mall in Asia complete with a roller coaster ride that were inside, the Petronas (photo) up to 42 °
plan and then we stopped to eat at one of the many canopies in Part of the road.
Said, the city beautiful, functional transportation, good prices if you adapt and try, but they do not understand Babbuzzi a bat, so as not to know, map in hand and our knowledge. alphabet, the name of the street where they work!
We had already planned to make us a few days at sea, the problem is that we just caught the period of Ramadan which prevented us from having to take a domestic flight dstinazioni all 'fully booked'. Thus we have found and decided to buy a flight to the island of Phuket in Thailand. Excellent decision, even if slightly more expensive than expected. Upon arrival we 
immediately found centr water and the evening began with two cocktails at a beach bar, then we have granted a lobster restaurant in the beautiful hotel and then off in the center. ... let alone the sequel! In the following days we rented a scooter 125 in gear (drive on the left) that allowed us to see beautiful places on the coast as well as giving us two idiotissimi overcoat, uncle gymkhana! The first was led by the mighty Michael who underestimated the climb that we had to carry over to Paradise beach (photo below). Ale is obviously a cut foot, which is ideal in Thailand. In the second one was driving Valentino Vidoni who decided to stop with the asphalt wet, it was spectacular ... two boys running barefoot at 5 am and end with her ass in a pool at a good speed you do not happen to see it every day! This time the bruises were kissed especially Michele. 
Apart ns. bullshit so it must be said that places worth visiting. Among the places we could see that we can not forget certain Phi Phi Island, where it was filmed "The Beach". Snorkeling we admired the myriad of tropical fish and beautiful coral color to the bottom of this heavenly place. Unlike Phuket, already well set-up again, here you see still a lot of the tsunami. Just being there they can understand what they have passed these wonderful people, always smiling and helpful. 
Another inevitable there will always be space for local Windsulf (we do not know if the word is ironic or if they ordered the wrong sign, probably the latter), a popular restaurant on the beach just as long far from the center and a unique beauty, with fine cuisine and strange but true, good background music (see picture). To complete the work we have left an inscription on a column of local Cordovado From Italy, Alex and Michael, waiting for Australia ... Enjoythesilvan. Among other things, there was also a discreet attempt to learn to surf, the waves were perfect for pens and do not let the weather was beautiful, we like! Now we are back to Kuala Lumpur departing with a 3-day tour to Taman Negara, the rainforest more 'old on the planet. We will tell you ...
We are finally touched down on November 9th Australian! Now the long distances do not frighten us and the 8-hour flight has passed in a flash. Thanks to the advice we were given earlier by Michael, who lives near neighbor, we immediately took the Sky Bus (probably the cheapest way to get to the city) and in half an hour we were in downtown Melbourne. Less than an hour and we were in the hostel (we thank and salute Ale Castelfidardo for the good advice) and now 
hospitality of this country not long in coming. The day was an escalation of surprises, in addition to receiving a lot of useful information we know a lot of people. As you can imagine hostels are a meeting point for people from all over the world and thus from the first night with new friends the festivities lasted until the morning! Among the many we can not forget Johnny (the one standing in the first picture), an Australian of 45 years as a time gubbana and that unfortunately was thrown from the hostel, why there is still clear! The next day touring Melbourne are Simon, a rasta Italian who was our guide for a few hours in the same night at the Pub of the hostel we also know Elina and Jenny, two Finnish girls and a Dutchman Arjan (Jenny Arian and the second photo). These last four are still people 
with which we spend most of the time because they are all interesting people with the right appetite for more serious things (which are however not without some holidays). Not being tourists, there are several practices to attend to the program and the first few days were to be dedicated to that. Fortunately, the socio supplementary Australian is definitely brisk and simplified to the point that in the space of a morning we had already 
bank account, new phone number, health insurance and since confirmed. This has resulted in the following days to a respectable funkazzismo! You can well imagine, the thrill of being at their destination and finally to have solved all the happiness in such a short time they have done nothing but leave a lot of space to meet new people and pass the evening with a lot of fun. Melbourne is nothing short of a beautiful city, featuring a 
wonderful lifestyle and a very human scale. With its 3.5 million inhabitants 
costs between the well-structured and broad 
are characterized by their modern fountains and water games to music, while at night the windows of the rooms are illuminated by the flames that emerge from the rock pillars. 
as a barman / waiter for now and that is proving to be a work of a commitment to and respect as well as useful for our English. In addition there is to say that with several hours of work in less than we earn more money than we did in Italy. 
be very clean on the ground floor offers a nice pub and a back garden with a lot of barbecue for common use, in addition there is a 24-hour video room and a rooftop terrace with views of the city. 
dawn to take pictures. ... ... Is not true we did casino for a few hours and then big problems with the elevator! Bombeaicanguri guys! 
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an area full of shopping centers, offices and ending with the beautiful scenery of the Petronas Towers. With a rich and well-maintained vegetation growing in close contact with skyscrapers and wide streets, the city takes a touch that differentiates it clearly from ns. capital. Thanks to Lonely Planet we quickly found a hostel not too bad, too bad that we have given the room most unlucky of the building. The air conditioning is always on the max and not adjustable to the point that we had to arrange, see picture (we know it is useless but we are proud of)! 
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