Back in Bangkok again. Just got the last of our money cahsed so it's penny watching time until we get home. Had a great time in Kanchanauri. Sarah and I managed to end up in a Brothel - completely by accident you understand. didn't realise until the staff kept walking past in towels and offering us "Marhi Joahna" - Whatever that is! :-)
In Kanchanaburi. It's beautiful here. Had a great time in Chaing Mai. Rained a lot so no trekking (this time!). Kanchanaburi is on the river Kwai (as in Bridge over). Went to Erewan falls today. 7 tiers of cascading waterfalls that you take your pick of and lounge about under for a swim. I managed to fall arse over tit and land in one. Only bruised my pride though - oh and my legs and head!!!
Going to the bridge (as in the Bridge over) tomorrow. Then it's back to the 'kok and down to KoPha-ngan for a wee bit. Can't wait.
Going to the bridge (as in the Bridge over) tomorrow. Then it's back to the 'kok and down to KoPha-ngan for a wee bit. Can't wait.
Where do I start? It's only been a week but we've done shit-loads!
Had a great couple of days in Singapore. Had brilliant - if not a bit humid - weather. Went out to Sentosa island for the day and did the Night Safari which was excellent. Just a nice couple of days chilling before.....
...landing in Bangkok! This place is unreal! We were staying just off KohSahn Road - think the beginning of "The Beach" cos it was set here. Pretty full on but really good fun. Just about everyone tries to rip you off. We were told in the Airport that if we left our bags in the lockers then they couldn't gurantee the ll our valuables wouldn't get nicked - this is in the airport! Then the Taxi tried to rip us off and we continued on from there! It's good fun tho. Had a couple of nights in Auttayha, full of temples. Hired a 100cc bike to take me and Saz around. I haven't been on a bike for years and this isn't the best place to learn. Traffic on the wrong side of the road/pavement, everyone undertaking, chickens, dogs, etc. Between my closing my eyes and Sarahs screraming we managed to get through it and saw some amazing places - another 2 rolls of film!
Caught the night sleeper to Chaing Mai last night and thats where we are now. Going for a look about this arvo.
Catcha.
Chaing Mai
Had a great couple of days in Singapore. Had brilliant - if not a bit humid - weather. Went out to Sentosa island for the day and did the Night Safari which was excellent. Just a nice couple of days chilling before.....
...landing in Bangkok! This place is unreal! We were staying just off KohSahn Road - think the beginning of "The Beach" cos it was set here. Pretty full on but really good fun. Just about everyone tries to rip you off. We were told in the Airport that if we left our bags in the lockers then they couldn't gurantee the ll our valuables wouldn't get nicked - this is in the airport! Then the Taxi tried to rip us off and we continued on from there! It's good fun tho. Had a couple of nights in Auttayha, full of temples. Hired a 100cc bike to take me and Saz around. I haven't been on a bike for years and this isn't the best place to learn. Traffic on the wrong side of the road/pavement, everyone undertaking, chickens, dogs, etc. Between my closing my eyes and Sarahs screraming we managed to get through it and saw some amazing places - another 2 rolls of film!
Caught the night sleeper to Chaing Mai last night and thats where we are now. Going for a look about this arvo.
Catcha.
Leaving this afternoon. Went to the North Bondi RSL club (retired servicemans league) last night with Libby, Oli and flatmates so a little bit hungover today. Just finished re-repacking - there is still heaps of shit to carry :-) We should have left it in NZ. Hopefully I can get over the sweats enough to make it to the airport - I'll be sleeping right through the flight tho!
Singapore
Back in Sydney again. Have had a great few days in Wollongong with my rellies and up to the Blue mountains with my Uncle. It's amazing up there. It was really cold - which made a change. Did a lot of walking - Sarah managed to pull her calf muscles on the "Giant Staircase", 879 steps down! Caught the steepest railway in the world back to the top which was well wierd....you start off horizontal sitting on a seat looking at the sky! Cant believe our Oz time is over already - it's been really cool. Me and Saz are gonna coming back though - save more money next time. We're flying to Singapore tomorrow. Got a few days there before we fly onto Bangkok. Cant wait.
Sydney
In Byron Bay. V nice but the weather has turned to shite - it feels just like Scotland today!
Apart from that it's really nice here. Went to Dreamworld - was ceeewlll. Have now been on the Tallest, Fastest freefall ride in the world. Of course me & Saz had to go on every bloody roller coaster - twice. We both had roller coaster neck the following day :-)
Catching the bus back to Sydney tonight - a mere 12 hour jaunt. Getting the bus hasn't been as bad as you might think - I'm totally glad that we won't be doing it again tho - flying everywhere next time.
Apart from that it's really nice here. Went to Dreamworld - was ceeewlll. Have now been on the Tallest, Fastest freefall ride in the world. Of course me & Saz had to go on every bloody roller coaster - twice. We both had roller coaster neck the following day :-)
Catching the bus back to Sydney tonight - a mere 12 hour jaunt. Getting the bus hasn't been as bad as you might think - I'm totally glad that we won't be doing it again tho - flying everywhere next time.
Having a great time here in Brizzy. Job prospects look pretty bleak but don't care amy more! We've decided to leave Oz a bity early and head onto Singapore in a week or 2. As soon as we planned it, Sarah started jumping around singing the lyrics to the Game of Life and swinging round lamp posts! (I think she was happy :-)
Went to the Castlemaine XXXX brewery tour this morning. Really interesting. Did you know....ahemm...there are 12 fermentation tanks and if you drank 6 beers a day it would take over 500 years to drink the contents of one of 'em. 2 million litres of beer a day - 4600 stubbies of beer every minute - and best of all - 4 free beers when you're finished!
Maybe going to Dreamworld on Friday - on our way back to Sydney - can't wait.
Went to the Castlemaine XXXX brewery tour this morning. Really interesting. Did you know....ahemm...there are 12 fermentation tanks and if you drank 6 beers a day it would take over 500 years to drink the contents of one of 'em. 2 million litres of beer a day - 4600 stubbies of beer every minute - and best of all - 4 free beers when you're finished!
Maybe going to Dreamworld on Friday - on our way back to Sydney - can't wait.
In Hervey Bay @ the mo. Heading to Brisbane today - got a flat sorted out for the week to save a bit of cash. Hopefully gonna find work for a bit and pay back the Visa!!! If not - see you soon Mum :-)
In Carins for the week. Had a brilliant time - the wine is V cheap! Met up with folk from Alice/Uluru, I think we're all doing the same route. Went to the woolshed the first night we got here, won the pub quiz and the $100 bar tab - which we drank away in about an hour! Also went to a place called Crystal Cascades and jumped of a 40ft high ledge into the water below (ok - maybe it was 30ft). Just the thing to fix a hangover. Went to the Great Barrier Reef yeterday with these guys... Tried Scuba for the first time. Brilliant fun. It's a really wierd feeling breathing under water. Doesn't take long to get used to tho. There was huge (I mean MASSIVE) giant clams. The dive instructor tries to get you to put your hand in it as he makes it slam shut - apparently it doesn't hurt - I couldn't do it tho. Anyway - well impressive. I think were staying here again tonight then off down south for the last leg of Oz. Catchas.
We're in Alice at the moment. Had the last week or so in the Ozzy Outback so no email access. The phone didn't even get a signal for 4 days! Have had a brilliand time in Adelaide, Coober Pedy, Alice, Kings Canyon and Uluru. Coober is an old time mining place - really remote (and hot). Ayres rock was V cool. It's huge! Nothing like I was expecting. I'll drop in some photos when I can get cheaper internet access. Off to Cairns today - 30 hours on the bus! We're going to meet up with my Cousin, Hakan, in Port Douglas - so it's worth it. Spending a fortune but having fun at the same time.
Yo - In Adelaide. Bus only took 8 hours this time so it was quite painless. Saw a bit of the comedy festival in Melbourne before we left. Still kinda wish we could have stayed but at the same time we're dead happy to be on the road again. Adelaide is another really nice city. Not much happening right now cos everything (I mean EVERYTHING - even McDonalds!) shuts for the Easter weekend until Tuesday. We're moving on quite quickly to get up to Uluru. Can't wait to see it. Really confused about the time right now. We gained half an hour when we crossed over into South Australia yesterday. The clocks also went back last night so I have no idea what time it is back home now... Off for a swim now. C ya.
 | Had a great time at the Casino. We spent at least 2 hours just walking around it. theres an amazing lazer show and the fountains catch fire every hour (see pik). v Cool. Went to the Melbourne Museum and the IMAX last night - we've been before but were still well impressed. Nothing to report on the job front and we can't really affoard to spend another week here without earning so it's on the road again - hopefully to Adelaide next... |
Very lazy - and hung over day today. Somehow we managed to score tickets to the Comedy channel short film festival after show doo...can't remember much about it. Free drink and canapes all night. It's a total blurr now. I burnt my mouth on a piece of fried tofu - that's all I can remember! I'm sure you'll be glad to hear, it's totally pissing it down here today aswell. Going to the casino tonight - don't worry Mum, it's just to look!
Hows it going? We'll, the 17 hour bus journey to Melbourne wasn't too bad. They show films and stuff so the time passes quick enough. Melbourne is a Beaut of a city. We spent a couple of days here looking around the city. Caught a tram down to the beach at St Kilda and walked round the Botanical gardens. We came across a group of trees with hundreds of what we thought were huge birds. When we got closer though we saw that they were bats - the size of a large dog! Needless to saw Sarah was most freaked out. She's hates all the new beasties here - and theres a lot of 'em. We went to Phillip island for the weekend. Really nice place. They've got a park on the island where you can go and feed Kangaroos and Koalas - pretty cool. Caught the train back last night and currently looking for jobs :-( Really hot at the mo - 33 degrees yesterday. If work here doesn't happen soon we'll probably head of west and do some friut picking. Hard work but it's pretty much guranateed at this time of year and we need the cash. C ya.
Last day in Wollongong today. Catching the bus to Melbourne (17 hours!!!). Repacked our ruck sacks and left about 30 kilos of underwear and jumpers behind at my uncles house. Really looking forward to being on the road again...
Tried Boogey boarding today @ Bondi. After drinking a lot of sea water and nearly snapping my back in half, I think you could say that I'm not a natural - It's really good fun tho so gotta stick at it...
 | Cable Skiing was ace. It's like a lake with a ski-lift type tow running all the way round. Just sit in the water and hang on - We're all totally paying for it today tho! In the pikkie is Libby (in the water), Oli, Miles and Sarah (obviously not wanting her photo taken... |
| Hi. Back with Libby now in Bondi. Had a good look round "the gong". We've been looking around the city (Opera House from the Sydney Harbour bridge - right). It's really wierd seeing the Opera house - it's a lot smaller than I thought it was going to be - v cool tho. Weather is really nice - not too hot and the humidity is heaps lower than NZ. Me and Saz are trying to plan our route around Oz right now. Think we're gonna bus/train it. You can get a car quite cheap but I know pretty much bugger all about cars and you don't want to break down in the middle of nowhere...off cable skiing tomorrow - can't wait... |  |
G'Day. Well finally in Oz! spent the first few days with my cuz Libby in Bondi, Sydney. Really nice place. Just arrived at my uncles place in wollongong last night. We're still kinda finding our feet. Not sure what the long term plan (i.e. next week) involves but it's gonna be fun. Turned up in Sydney just in time for the Gay Mardi Gras. It was a good laff. Half a million people so it was rather bizee. We left just after Harry Potters Queerdich match! Not much else to report so far. Sarah is the big 2 - 7 tomorrow. I think she's going to have a reverse birthday this year so that I can catch her up. C ya l8r.