On the Thursday we got a bus from Byron to Surfers’ and arrived at a beautiful seaside location but in torrential rain. After stopping at a fish and chip place for a very large portion of chips with cheese and gravy we decided to hail a cab to our hostel. The place itself was actually quite cool […]
Read the rest of Thursday 24th July to Wednesday 30th July – Surfers’ Paradise
On the Saturday we were relatively lazy and chilled out at Will’s house. In the evening we headed into the Kings’ Cross area of town where Will and Matt had tickets at a club to see Van Shee. When we got to the club I didn’t have I.D. on me and we had to get […]
Read the rest of Sunday 19th July to Wednesday 23rd July – Sydney and Byron Bay
With a horrendous hangover from the previous night’s frivolities I took to the city with Matt. We went to Bondi beach on the train and it was clear why it had a reputation for being a great place to surf and generally hang out. The beach was stunning and it just seemed awesome that you […]
Read the rest of Friday 18th July – Sydney
In the morning I sorted myself out and packed my things. Iris made me a lovely lunch before Carol arrived to drive me to the airport. The Goodbyes at the airport were really sad and I wanted to take everyone with me in my suitcase. I had not managed to get hold of the person […]
Read the rest of Wednesday 16th July to Thursday 17th July – Perth to Sydney and Sydney itself
In the morning I set out in my trusty red Hyundai and headed out into the countryside. My first stop was a lake where you could see Stromatolites, allegedly kind of living rock formations which lived in the lake. When I arrived there was an older couple I met who asked me what I thought […]
Read the rest of Monday 14th July, Tuesday 15th July – Cervantes, the Pinnacles and back to Mundijong
After my fry-up I drove back to Iris and Jim’s to pick up a few bits for my trip. The car I had hired was a red Hyundai something which felt amazingly underpowered in comparison to my MR2 but I wasn’t really overly surprised by this to be fair. Having collected a few bits […]
Read the rest of Sunday 13th July – Perth to Crevantes
On the Wednesday Carol and Iris drove me into Perth to have a look around the city. We went to Kings’ Park which is a huge park on a hill overlooking the city. The views were amazing down over the cityscape and the lakes/ rivers of the city. There was also some really interesting plants […]
Read the rest of Wednesday 9th July to Saturday 12th July – Perth and around
When I landed at Perth aiprort I got my bag then headed out to customs. As I put my hand luggage through the magic x-ray machine they asked what I had in my bag which looked like a tube. I started taking things out of it and suggested that the item in question might be […]
Read the rest of Tuesday 8th July – Arriving in Perth
1. Myself Seriously I had such an amazing time I would recommend anyone and everyone goes to the countries I visited. At the moment it’s so cheap and easy to do. There is also a huge amount of change happening and you get the impression, especially with countries like Laos, that they are not going […]
Read the rest of Things I’m glad to have taken to South East Asia
This title may actually be something of a misnomer as there may be other translations below which are not from Thailand. I thought I was really clever when I came up with the “Thinglish” description and rather less so when I later found out that Singlish (from Singapore) is practically a recognised language. The following are […]
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