Wotae: 22.10.2019
What can go wrong when traveling?
Scene One:
1. E-Visa does not go through, you are at the airport and not allowed to board. It goes 30 minutes after the plane leaves.
2. You have to sleep at the airport (sleeping bag-style in the waiting area) because the Frankfurt Book Fair is going on = everything is full/extremely expensive.
3. You book a new flight for a lot of money with a 13-hour layover in China (where we didn't want to go, Surveillance State 2.0?!)
4. You are not allowed to board the plane again because you booked the E-Visa a second time out of nervousness. With a typo. *Pati is about to faint*
so the friendly (!!) man from the airport in Australia has to call and clarify everything.
5.1. You don't get any public Wi-Fi in Shanghai because, in a surveillance state kind of way, you need a Chinese number to get a PIN for it. No city map, no information about sightseeing, no tourist information.
*great, we're in nowhere, without Wi-Fi, super*
5.2. Of course, there are cameras everywhere, no, you can't just pee in the park.
6. You don't sleep on either of the two flights, you arrive in Sydney in the morning after 38 hours and have to stay awake because of the jet lag
*sleepwalking in the sun*
Conclusion: Only when things go wrong does the real adventure begin!! :)
Shanghai was still really great and we didn't have to pay for the hostel in Melbourne. In Sydney, they gave us an upgrade in the hostel = the price of a 14-bed room, sleeping in a 6-bed room. Sleep *.*
And the sun is shining. Wonderful here!!