Headed to Airlie Beach tonight, a nice little 10hour overnight bus ride. I think the place going to quite similar to Cairns, everyone seems to say its awesome so looking forward to it!
We are also going to do the Whitsunday Islands, see the amazing Great Barrier Reef and all that hype. Again...I hear good things about it so it's probably worth the insane prices that tourist offices charge! Very hard to get use to such differences after coming from Asia!
Will update you on my next location when I arrive :)
Saturday, 23 April 2011
Wednesday, 20 April 2011
21/04/2011 - Cairns, Australia
I am now in Cairns, Australia - where the famous great barrier reef is, but I'm yet to see it, and well Australia is insanely expensive so I have been living off supermarket homebranded peanut butter and bread! I greatly miss Asia! but hopefully I will be able to go back there in not too long! We are going down the East Coast of Australia, starting in Cairns and ending in Melbourne. The weather is apparently bad and cold down south, and we will be going to beach place after beach place! We might do Skydiving or Bunjee jumping in Australia but they also offer it in New Zealand so it's kind of hard to choose between the two, but apparently it's slightly cheaper in New Zealand!
I'm not sure what our next stop on the East Coast is, so I'll update this blog when I arrive wherever it is!
I'm not sure what our next stop on the East Coast is, so I'll update this blog when I arrive wherever it is!
Sunday, 10 April 2011
10/04/2011- Bangkok, Thailand
Good to be back in Thailand, I am now in Bangkok until the 16th of April when I fly out to Australia. Which means I will be here for the water festival and will have a seriously awesome time once again in Bangkok!
Thursday, 7 April 2011
07/04/2011 - Siem Reap, Cambodia
Had a great time in Siem Reap, preferred it to Phomn Pehn. The temples were amazingly awesome..I must of taken about 300 photos that day haha. The city/town also has a good vibe and a big backpacker vibe, and draft beers at only $0.50!!!!!!!! Had many amazing pizzas too, and finally got to have an asian pancake again.
April 9th I'm headed back to Bangkok and then I fly to Australia on the 16th!
April 9th I'm headed back to Bangkok and then I fly to Australia on the 16th!
Sunday, 3 April 2011
03/04/2011 - Phomn Pehn, Cambodia.
I am now in Cambodia, after a bus which was supposed to be a sleeper bus but wasn't and was like 2 hours late! so I am very tired!
Phomn Pehn seems nice, its very hot and you can tell that Cambodia is a poor country even though this is their capital city you can see much poverty. I will soon go see the killing fields, and maybe some museums, shooting range etc. And then I will decide where I am headed to next in Cambodia. Depending on time I may not jump straight to Siem Reap!
Phomn Pehn seems nice, its very hot and you can tell that Cambodia is a poor country even though this is their capital city you can see much poverty. I will soon go see the killing fields, and maybe some museums, shooting range etc. And then I will decide where I am headed to next in Cambodia. Depending on time I may not jump straight to Siem Reap!
Sunday, 27 March 2011
27/03/2011 - Dallat, Mui Ne and Ho Chi Minh (Saigon) (Vietnam)
So Dallat was a little bit of a disappointment after looking at google images, but nonetheless it was worth seeing! After we did the general package tour in Dallat, we headed to Mui Ne, which is a beach resort with Red, White and Yellow Sand dunes, we again did this in a package tour and saw the fairy river and had a ride on a ostrich! I then got an overnight bus to Saigon at 1am, arrived at 5am and luckily managed to find a open hotel with a room for $10. I will do the general sites at Saigon and then head to Cambodia!
Tuesday, 22 March 2011
22/03/2011 - Hoi An, Vietnam. (aswell as Vien Tien (Laos) and Hanoi, Sapa, Halong Bay and Hue (Vietnam)
OK...so I may of forgot to update this blog for a bit! we have been very busy in Vietnam so far, we haven't been on the internet much apart from free wifi and Vietnam blocks facebook!!! However I finally remembered to update this blog!
Tubing didn't quite go to plan; I ended up having diahorrea the morning/day we were going to go tubing, so the girls went together and apparently got dropped off at the wrong start points and there was a total of 3 other people tubing! So the girls were not happy with the lack of a social vibe and a very shallow river. At first I didn't believe them but then they showed me the photo's. So after hearing that we agreed to book our bus to Vien Tien the next day. There we didn't do so much just chilled out for 1 or 2 days before taking a 26 hour bus ride (the cheapest one!) to Hanoi, Vietnam. It was at the Vietnam border we met some travellers we bumped into before who had done tubing and apparently the girls got dropped off at the wrong starting point and the real party was a 20minute walk upwards from where the girls got dropped.
Once arriving in Hanoi we booked our plans for the next few days which included 3 consequtive overnight transport. In Hanoi we walked around the city, did a tour and saw some touristy buildings and areas, i.e.Ho Chi Minh temple,.his dead body has been preserved for viewing! We then went to sapa for a day, where there amazing views of some extraordinary paddy fields. We were shown around by local village people instead of a tour guide and it was great fun to see how the villagers lived and to meet their family and eat with them. We then saw Halong Bay the next day, which is a famous attraction of Vietnam, it was very nice.
After Hanoi we got an overnight train to Hue where we spent one night, and again we walked around did a bit of touristy stuff before leaving to Hoi An, which is where I am now! In Hoi An we have walked around, been to the beach and had a night out. Tomorrow I'm headed to Dallat which is apparently amazingly beautiful!!
Tubing didn't quite go to plan; I ended up having diahorrea the morning/day we were going to go tubing, so the girls went together and apparently got dropped off at the wrong start points and there was a total of 3 other people tubing! So the girls were not happy with the lack of a social vibe and a very shallow river. At first I didn't believe them but then they showed me the photo's. So after hearing that we agreed to book our bus to Vien Tien the next day. There we didn't do so much just chilled out for 1 or 2 days before taking a 26 hour bus ride (the cheapest one!) to Hanoi, Vietnam. It was at the Vietnam border we met some travellers we bumped into before who had done tubing and apparently the girls got dropped off at the wrong starting point and the real party was a 20minute walk upwards from where the girls got dropped.
Once arriving in Hanoi we booked our plans for the next few days which included 3 consequtive overnight transport. In Hanoi we walked around the city, did a tour and saw some touristy buildings and areas, i.e.Ho Chi Minh temple,.his dead body has been preserved for viewing! We then went to sapa for a day, where there amazing views of some extraordinary paddy fields. We were shown around by local village people instead of a tour guide and it was great fun to see how the villagers lived and to meet their family and eat with them. We then saw Halong Bay the next day, which is a famous attraction of Vietnam, it was very nice.
After Hanoi we got an overnight train to Hue where we spent one night, and again we walked around did a bit of touristy stuff before leaving to Hoi An, which is where I am now! In Hoi An we have walked around, been to the beach and had a night out. Tomorrow I'm headed to Dallat which is apparently amazingly beautiful!!
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