I arrived in Sumatra in Indonesia and soon I crossed Equator. Unfortunately it is a wet season in February and it rained every day. As a result of this, the flora was amazing, everything was green with a lot of water in rivers and waterfalls. In the south part of the island I've seen a huge smoking Kerinci volcano from the bus. Local people told me that climbing is possible. Decision was quickly made - I had to be on the top of this 3805m mountain. I met 4 Sumatran students and I joined them. They had more experience and they suggested to climb by night (temperature 5°C!).
It was not an easy walk through jungle with torches but at dusk I've seen one of the most beautiful views of this trip. Carpet of clouds and above them some other volcano's peaks with a lake inside the crater and sunrise as a background. We continued climbing and when we were close to the top, the wind started suddenly blowing and directed the poisoning smog towards us. We had to escape down. I do not have enough experience with climbing volcanoes and I was suggested not to climb by 
myself. Locals knows much more about that. During the walk down I met group of firemen with a guide and I joined them. We went up again and we tried to reach the top in four attempts. Up and down again and over again, but the last try was a successful one. I glimpsed into the crater. When we returned back to the camp, four students were waiting for me, I prayed together with my Muslim friends thanking God for the safe expedition.
In Java, close to Yogyakarta, I saw great temples - Buddhist Borobodur and Hindi Prambanan. I visited the local factory of "batik", special Indonesian fibre. I did get to see one of the most active volcanos in the world, Merapi 2911m. I followed the guide to a good and safe lookout. The lava was still flowing (the speed of 90km/h) when I was there, and strong eruptions from time to time spit out the lava into the air in hundreds pieces but unfortunately that night was a bit foggy and I couldn't see it very well.
In the East part of the island I visited Tangger volcano with 10km diameter crater. Inside there are three another little volcanoes. One of them was smoking all the time (Mt. Bromo 2329m). I walked around the top edge and went down a little bit into the smoking crater.
In Bali I spent most of my time looking for sea transport to Australia. I visited a lot of harbours, agencies, information offices, embassies etc, but I did not have positive results. I took a ferry to Timor instead.
In Timor it was still very fresh after the war. The hostels that were in Lonely Planet Book Guide did not exist anymore. The locals were very friendly and helpful, so hopefully tourist will slowly start travelling there. I went to East Timor, now a new independent country. United Nation was still working there. Accommodation in the capital was starting from AUD64 for a single, it was extremely expensive!!! Political situation was very complicated, demonstrations and rages were happening all the time.
There I found my target, the cargo ship to Darwin. Unfortunately the insurance company said to me that I could be a potential terrorist and they were not allowed to take me on board. I found a yacht instead and the owner told me that he will take me to Australia, but only when the wet season is over, which was in about 6 weeks. My visa expired soon, money almost finish and school starts shortly in Australia so I was forced to fly to Darwin.
I got off the plane and took off from Darwin straight away. Comparing costs between Asia and Australia proved extremely different to me, so I decided to hitchhike. Hitchhiking was an easy, nice and fast way to get around (Northern Territory has no speed limit, and route from Darwin via Ayers Rock and Great Ocean Road to Sydney took me just 8 days, 5000km). Drivers were very helpful and told me a lot about living in Antipode, tried to share as much they could. As well they invited me for dinners, beers, went onto longer but more interesting roads extra just for me. People from the outback are nice, friendly, entertaining and relaxed, all the time "no worries". Sometimes, I caught a car for over 1000 km, I slept in outback on my hammock, seen wildlife like kangaroos, dingoes, hooks, eagles and emus.
It was a wet season, so I didn't go to Kakadu National Park in northern Australia, but I visited the Uluru National Park where famous monolith Ayers rock. It was amazing! Few days after Great Ocean Road impressed me too. These are the major Australian tourist attractions, however, I prefer desert, empty roads, no civilization around.
On the 6th of March 2002 I saw the Sydney Opera House for the first time in my life, which was after 111 days on the road from Poland!