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Only in Australia …

Končno spet doma!

17.000 km, 37 ur. Groza. 1400 fotografij – pričakujte še objav.

17.000 km, 37 hours. Terrible. 1400 photos – expect more posts in next days.

Pot domov

Pa je prišel čas za povratek. Po treh dneh potepanja po Melbourni in okolici, dveh predavanjih v dveh mestih in še dveh dneh Sydneya sem pozno zvečer vkrcal na ogromni Airbus A380-800. 19:00 Prispem na vrata 57 in začem brati Lord of Lights (Zelazny). 21:15 Vkrcavanje. 22:30 Koooončno vzletimo. Matr se je vleklo. Še pred vzletom se pilot opraviči, ker bomo zaradi poznega leta dobili le eno večerjo in ne dveh, kot je napisano na jedilnem listu. Ubogi mi. (Na fotografiji spodaj se prve večerje ne vidi.)  Tokrat se odločim da bom gledal filme. Začnem s TRON: Legacy (srednja žalost). 23:40 Večerja. Konec filma, nadaljujem s Harry Potter 7a. Kmalu po začetku stisnem pavzo in zaspim. 05:37 Zbudijo me za nočni prigrizek – piščančjo ali vegetarijansko tortico. Ali pa obe. Pa še jabolko. Pogledam Harryja do konca (ni slab, lepo sledi knjigi), prestavim na The Expendables (shoot ‘em up, brez vsake vsebine), pa spet kmalu stisnem pavzo in zaspim. 11:30 Zajtrk. Zunaj totalna tema. Vrti se The King’s Speech. 12:10 Pristanek v Dubaiu. Zunaj še vedno totalna tema. Po lokalni uri je 05:10.

After three days in Melbourne, two days on conferences in two cities and additional two days in Sydney, my Australian adventure is coming to an end. On Sunday evening I have boarded enormous Airbus A380-800 starting the long trip home. 19:00 Arrived on gate 57. Reading Lord of Lights (Zelazny). 21:15 Boarding. 22:30 Finally! we’re in the air. Even before the take-off the pilot has apologized over the PA system because we will only receive one dinner instead of two because of the late start. Poor us. (The photo below only shows the second dinner.) This time I’ll watch movies. First is TRON: Legacy (not very good). 23:40 Dinner. End of movie, switching to Harry Potter 7a. Soon the movie is paused and me fast asleep. 05:37 Cabin crew wakes me up for a midnight snack. Chicken or veggie tart – or both. And an apple. I’m awake now so I watch Harry to the end (not a bad movie, follows the book nicely). Then I switch to The Expendables (standard shoot ‘em up, no content at all), but again only for few minutes when I doze off again. 11:30 Breakfast. Outside is black pitch dark. Watching The King’s Speech. 12:10 Landing in Dubai. Still completely dark outside. Local time is 05:10.

Po pristanku sem naredil nekaj posnetkov letala. Ogromna zverina! Dve nadstropji ima – zgornje za prvi in poslovni razred, spodnje za navadne smrtnike. Pa tudi v spodnjem nadstropju se čisto udobno pelješ. Spodaj so trije veliki razdelki (prva slika spodaj) in en manjši v repu, kjer je postavljena tudi kabina za posadko (velik kvader za stevardeso). Sedel sem za pregrado (prvi oranžni stol desno od prehoda), kar je mojim kolenom zelo ugajalo.

After the landing I’ve snatched few photos of the airplane. It is unbelievably enormous! Two floors – top for first and business class and bottom for economy. Even the economy passengers travel comfortably. Bottom floor consists of three big sections (first picture below) and one smaller in the tail where a cabin crew sleep quarters are also stationed (the big white block behind the lady on the second picture). I was seating after the barrier (first orange chair right to the aisle) which did lots of good to my knees.

Tokrat imam malce več časa do naslednjega leta (4 ure :( ), zato sem si ogledal celo letališče in celo našel eno! trgovino s hrano in pijačo. Pol litra vode + pol litra izotoničnega napitka + Pringles = 2,10 €. Đabe! Pripravim se na dolgo čakanje na naslednji let … 09:55 [dubaiski čas, po avstralskem bi bilo to 16:55] Vkrcavanje. Spet Boeing 777-300. Spotoma ujamem še en pogled na A380. (Belina je mimo, sem imel fotoaparat narobe nastavljen; bom popravil doma.)

This time I had more time to explore the Dubai airport (4 hours :( ) and I managed to find one! food store. Half a litter of natural water + half a little energy drink + Pringles = 2,10 €. Unbelievably cheap! Getting ready for a long wait … 09:55 [Dubai time, in Australia it is 16:55] Boarding. Boeing 777-300. I can see another A380 nearby and I snatch few photos. (White balance was misconfigured; will fix this at home.)

Nadaljujem z ogledom The King’s Speech. Še dobro, da imajo Emirati na vseh letih enake filme. Odličen film! (Colin Firth kot kralj George VI s tekstom fuck fuck bugger buggrity fuck arse – neprecenljivo!) 11:25 Konec filma, kosilo. Po kosilu Despicable Me (risanka o neuspešnem superzločincu, ki posvoji tri punčke – odlična). 13:22 Še dobri dve uri do Dunaja, ravno še dovolj za en film. Knight and Day, čeprav sem ga že gledal, je ravno pravi za ne-da-se-mi-mislit fazo. Pa Cameronko je vedno fajn videt. 15:50 Pristanek. (Lokalni čas 13:50, avstralski čas 22:50.)

I’m still watching The King’s Speech. Luckily, all big Emirates flights have the same movie database loaded. An excellent movie! (Colin Firth as King George VI going fuck fuck bugger buggrity fuck arse – priceless!) 11:25 Movie ends, lunch. After the lunch Despicable Me (unsuccessful super villain adopts three little girls – excellent). 13:22 Two more hours to Vienna, just enough to watch one more movie. Although I’ve seen it already I’ve chosen Knight and Day, because it suits very well my don’t-let-me-think mentality at that moment. (Plus one can never see too much of Cameron Diaz.) 15:50 Touchdown. (Local time 13:50, australian time 22:50).

Ker nimam vstopnega kartona za zadnji let (Emirati v Sydneyu nimajo pojma o tem, kaj je Slovenija), se oglasim na informacijah in presenečeno izvem, da leta za Ljubljano ob petih ni. So ga odpovedali že 9. marca, pa me ni noben obvestil. Čaka pa me stol na letu ob devetih :( Ura je 15:22 (00:22 po avstralsko, se pravi da sem že 30 ur na poti), jaz pa čakam letalo, ki se bo začelo natovarjati ob 20:15, odletelo ob 21:00, pristalo pa okoli 22:00. Ojoj. Še dobro, da imajo na Dunaju zastonj wireless, da si lahko vsaj z računalnikom krajšam čas ..

I don’t yet have boarding pass (Emirates in Sydney have never heard about Slovenia) so I have to visit the information desk where I found bad news – my five o clock flight was cancelled (three weeks ago but nobody bothered to notify me) and I will have to wait for the nine o clock flight :( It’s 15:22 (00:22 by Australian time) which means I’m traveling for 30 hours and I’m waiting for the flight that should be boarding at 20:15, take off at 21:00 and land somewhere around 22:00. Damn! My only luck is that the airport has free wireless so I can at least chat to K and publish this sad post …

Manly

Nedelja. Ponoči je deževalo, zjutraj je bilo oblačno, jaz pa sem se vseeno odpravil s trajketom v Manly. Mestece ni nič posebnega, plaža je pa lepa, oceanska. Seveda je začelo krepko deževati, ravno ko sem prišel do plaže. Kaj sem hotel - zavihal sem hlače, stlačil nogavice v čevlje in se šel sprehajat po vodi. Deževati je kmalu nehalo, pa sem se podal v hrib - po "razgledni" poti na North Head, kjer je bilo včasih središče topničarjev, zdaj pa se tam ukvarjajo s pogozdovanjem in obnavljanjem avstralske pokrajine. Naredil sem dvokilometrski krog po vrhu, si ogledal vse možne razglede, potem pa sem se vrnil v dolino. Zdaj sedim v hotelu in čakam na prevoz na letališče. Potem pa skoraj 15-urni let do Dubaia. Se že veselim - ne! (Bo pa lepo spet priti domov.)

Sunday. During the night it was raining, in the morning the weather was cloudy but still I decided to go to Manly. Good choice! The main attraction in Manly is the beach. Of course it was raining so there was only one thing to do - went for a walk through the waves. The weather soon cleared and I took the "scenic" path up the hill to the North Head, some day a center for artillery training and now a sanctuary working on reforestation. I walked the “gunnery walk” – about 2 km path with many scenic views and then returned to the sea level. Now I’m sitting in hotel waiting on the airport shuttle bus. 15 hours to Dubai, six to Vienna and 1 to Ljubljana and then I’ll be home!

Potep po Sydneyu

Sobota. Slabo vreme – oblačno z občasnim dežjem – zato sem se odločil, da bom izlet s trajektom na Manley (kar mi je priporočilo vsaj 20 domačinov) preložil na jutri. Raje sem se odpravil na ogled botaničnega vrta.

Saturday. The weather was quite bad – cloudy with occasional rain – and so I decided to skip the Manly ferry trip which at least 20 Australians have recommended and instead visit Royal Botanic Garden.

Nato sem se odpravil do opere. Saj jo vsi poznamo, a pofotkat jo je le treba.

Next stop was the famous Sydney Opera.

Vreme se je medtem malo popravilo, a akumulator v fotoaparatu je bil že skoraj prazen, pa sem se odpravil nazaj v hotel (in spotoma kupil rezervni akumulator). Po par urah počitka in malici v bližnjem Burger Kingu (zanič, v Evropi imamo boljše) sem šel še do kitajskega vrta. Krasna zadeva.

During this time the weather slowly got better but I couldn’t go to Manly because the battery in my camera was almost empty. And so I returned to the hotel buying a spare battery along the way. After couple hours of rest and a lunch in the nearest Burger King (bad food, European BKs are much better) I went to Chinese garden. Really nice place.

Sydney

Petek. Mislil sem, da bom cel dan prebil na simpoziju, pa sem raje po kosilu šel na en krog po Sydneyu (moje predavanje je bilo na vrsti pred kosilom) in sem malo fotografiral. Ker pa sem K obljubil prost dan za objavo art dnevnika, bom s tem zapisom malo počakal in ga objavil šele v (avstralsko) soboto zjutraj. (Vrsta na drugi sliki je za iPad2. Kakih 300 m dolga. Je folk nor …)

Friday. I thought I would spend whole day on the symposium but then I changed my mind and took the afternoon off (my session was scheduled just before lunch). Because I have promised that K will have Friday free to post her art journal, I’m posting this only on (Australian) Saturday morning. (The line on the second picture? People are waiting for iPad2. About 300 m line. People are crazy.)