Something I have really enjoyed during my stay in Asia were the markets. So colorful, busy people, funny smell, interesting creations and good prices. In Singaraja I have visit a market mostly with offers for the Hindu temples. So beautiful. Flowers and food. Take a look…

That was a nice experience. From Cairns we (a group of really nice people) took a divers boat which brought us to the divers cruise ‘Ocean’s Quest’. Four days of diving; three daytime and one nighttime divings. It was really good. Unfortunately the corals are damaged because of the tourism and cyclons. Nevertheless, I saw many colorful fishes. Is the Great Barrier Reef better than the Caribbean?, definitely not.

As a huge Steve Irwin fan (Animal Planet’s Crocodile Hunter) I had to make a stop in Brisbane, as the zoo is just a 60 min drive away. It’s really amazing how Terri, Bindi and Robert are taking care of Steve’s legacy. Steve’s dream to extend the zoo and having an Africa area and a bigger and better wildlife hospital has come true. You can cuddle with koalas and kangooruhs, learn a lot about crocodiles and having a lot of fun. That was an incredible experience.

The Uluru Kata-Tjuta National Park has been definitely one of the WOW highlights during my sabbatical year. Here some facts:
Uluru is Australia’s most recognizable natural icon and has become a focal point for Australia and the world’s acknowledgement of Australian Indigenous culture. The sandstone monolith stands 348 metres high with most of its bulk below the ground. To Anangu (Local Indigenous People), Uluru is a place name and this “Rock” has a number of different landmarks where many Ancestral beings have interacted with the landscape and/or each other, some even believed to still reside here.
Kata Tjuta, meaning ‘many heads’, is a sacred place relating to knowledge that is considered very powerful and dangerous, only suitable for initiated men. It is made up of a group of 36 conglomerate rock domes that date back 500 million years.