Perth
20 Jul 2013 | Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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After a long, but cheap, five-hours flight, I finally arrive 'down-under', in Perth, Australia. Out of the heat, I can finally enjoy some freshness!
But then it's not long time for me to feel a bit like I don't belong there too much, even if it has the reputation to be one of the most relaxed big city of Australia, Perth is a busy city, too busy for me. In the center there are big buildings, you see white people wearing suits busy on their phone or whatever electronic device, being in a hurry and looking stressed. In the outskirts it's mostly little houses which all look like each other, and for tens of kilometers non stop, the American way. Culturally Australian people are strongly westerners, a mix between Europeans and Americans, well nothing for me to discover or enjoy there.
But still, I allow myself to settle down a little, I rent a room in one of these outskirt houses, sharing with three very nice girls. I start to create connections, trying to build a network among altervative people around, the FERN (Fremantle Environmental Resource Network) in Fremantle and the City Farm in Perth, both community places, are good starting points. Meantime, I find a freelance job developing a smartphone application, I enjoy having an home fitted with a kitchen and oven by cooking a lot, I make my own yeast and bread which is quite successful I have to say, well I enjoy a good rest from traveling, not even taking the time for visiting around and take pictures, I'll do that later, I'm gonna spend a little while around... I wait for fate to happen.