Is there anyone left in Germany?
AUSTRALIA | Monday, 3 December 2007 | Views [1090]
Whitsundays
Arlie Beach.
Sailing the Whitsundays…oh what a feeling!
Whitehaven Beach…The most beautiful beach I ever saw in my entire life. So unbelievable breathtaking. I couldn’t even describe this sight to behold in German. Unreal. I’ll not try to describe the stunning sunset and the colors I saw while snorkeling the great barrier reef. I guess that’s something anyone who has the opportunity should discover on her or his own. This trip was an absolute highlight and I’m so thankful that I was able to experience that.
The whole trip was a great experience though. I never was on a sailing boat before and living so close together with 24 other people wasn’t as stressful I thought it would be. It wasn’t a big deal. Of course it gets smelly down there in the bedrooms and yes it was hot all the time, but who cares?! We all smelled together:)
It was a pity somehow that 12 of the 28 passengers (incl. 4 crew members) were Germans. I know, I don’t wanted to talk about that theme again, but it was a bit of an issue for me and for the others as well. I think it’s in a way unavoidable that if there’s one big group of a certain country this group starts to talk in their mother tongue after a while (after some beers in particular). Especially when they are a bit younger, they’re not felling really comfortable in talking English. At the end of day one we had some sort of grouping like in high school in the recess. I was able to jump from one group to another and back like I wanted to, but I would have loved to see everyone is acting like one team celebrating all this together. But anyway…I loved every single minute on that boat…
I left my beloved running shirt in the hostel. I’m a bloody idiot…
Tags: ambassador van, on the road
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