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It was a nice once-off thing, although I don’t see it as something I’d do often, even if I was willing to spend or had the money to. The scultptures are beautiful and it’s a fun 30 minutes of hanging out in an usual, almost fairy-tale like, icy, flourescent-pink-lit fridge! Very worth it.

I just spent two great months in Australia visiting my sister. We generally stuck to Victoria but made our way up along the east coast all the way to Cairns on the Great Green Way.
Skydived onto the amazing Mission Beach, snorkeled the Great Barrier Reef, lazed on the powdery white silica sands of Whitehaven beach of the Whitsundays, walked the Sydney Harbour Bridge, dedicated a week to theme parks on the Gold Coast, drove the Great Ocean Road – some of the highlights.
It’s such a vast country with contrasting climate and landscapes from state to state. So much natural beauty. Very modern.
I enjoyed my time there and I’m looking forward to studying in Perth and seeing some of Western Australia.

My sister lives there. I’ve heard a lot of positive things about it and I can’t wait to visit! She’s very familiar with all the best places to visit, especially in Victoria, so I’m counting on an excellent guided tour =o)
I would have liked to visit over summer, but as far as I know, there’s still lots to see and do even in winter…and I’ll hopefully be studying at university there this time next year – fingers crossed!

Hope I get to see Pete Murray perform live at some point.

Nice, Grasse, Cannes & Monaco so far… I loved it and it was over all too soon! It was just the tip of the ice-berg..there’s so much more I’d love to see: Paris la ville lumiere first and foremost. I’d love to take a language course there for a couple of weeks in order to get a proper chance to see everything. I’ve heard that a week is definitely not sufficient time to fully explore all the sights of Paris…

It is a wonderful tourist destination, undeniably because of the breathtaking Mosi Oa Tunya – smoke that thunders, beautiful wildlife & lush landscape.
It is among the most peaceful of African countries today with a lot to offer travellers that seek an authentic southern African experience.
I was born and have lived in Zambia & I would recommend visiting to anyone – it’s an unforgettable experience in nature. Although tourism has increased recently, largely due to the situation in Zimbabwe (in whose shadow Zambia had remained for a long time) which has forced visitors to see the Falls from the Zambian side (just as lovely a view, if not more :), it is still not as ‘commercial’ as it could be & will probably be in years to come…Precisely because of this, Zambia is tops when it comes to safaris in particular. Compare the national game parks in Zambia to ones like Kruger in South Africa for example… a tarred road saturated with private vehicles creating dense traffic jams – animals that are completely desensitized to the sound of a dozen car engines roaring simultaneously with screaming kids poking their heads out of windows as cars follow the poor animals with bonnets practially touching their tails as they meander along lethargically in resignation. Mfuwe, Tongabezi or any of the other lodges in Zambia offer a peaceful environment where the natural surroundings & wildlife have been preserved as much as possible. You can see all you would want to see without overly encroaching on the animals and landscape in the process.
From your hosts, to the guides, to the local village people in the surrounding rural areas, you can expect to be met with hospitality and warm smiles. Often, with ecstatic screams & giggles & exaggerated enthusistic gestures of the young ones in the villages as you pass by. In all their poverty, so genuinely welcoming of & excited by the presence of others. It’s a simultaneously heartwarming & heartbreaking sight.

such a rich cultural heritage that has infiltrated many other cultures
have visited (all too briefly) Venezia, Verona, Padua & Trieste…

così bella…tornerò!