http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Boots/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Boots en-us Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:17:07 +0000 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:17:07 +0000 Wow almost 4 years have passed since I've last lived in Canada. I can't explain how amazing this experience has been. I loved every minute of it and would do it all over again exactly the same way maybe I would extend though.. o I've been back home now for almost 2 months. It is hard to be here to readapt and at times depressing but it's all worth it in the end when you get to see your fam http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Ontario/Ottawa/blog-195146.html 7 months after arriving in Perth I'm finally off to see new places. It's been one of the most memorable stays in one place for so long. I can't thank the people I've met here enough especially the staff here at The Old Fire Station Backpackers. It seriously is sad to be leaving this place as for me now I consider my home away from home. Rich Lynn Gavin I are leaving this Friday for a road tri http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Fremantle/blog-119505.html So sorry for the lack of entries for the past 2 months... Oops Yes I am still alive and kicking. I guess quite a few things have gone on since my last entry but I would'nt want to bore you with ramblings about them. I'll just give you the gist of it. I have done road trips since then. We Jan Rich Maurice Mel Adam Steph headed down to Esperance a few weeks ago. Rented a caravan and did a http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Fremantle/blog-106476.html So yup I'm still here in Freo. Still working at the pasta place still living at the hostel. Things are good as Roy here would say it's absolutely average. The itch to start moving again is coming back that's for sure. But still trying to save up some money to hit the road. I'm starting to look for other jobs now one that'll pay more nad have more hours. And also starting to look for a flat http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Fremantle/blog-90575.html Well after being in Freo Fremantle for 2 months and not seeing anything more than... Freo Perth I finally got outta here for a few days A few weeks ago I was talking to a friend here SteveKiwi and mentionned he wanted to head down to Margaret River for a weekend. Well it tweaked my interest as I really wanted to see it and I really needed to get out of here for a while. So I went along wi http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Margaret-River/blog-84912.html I'm sorry I know it's been a long time but just saving you from uneventful entries...So I'm still in Australia still in Fremantle near Perth getting pretty cozy. The life here is very laidback and the hostel life and guests are quite the family since the majority of us here are longterm tenants. Our days consist of waking up at some point and run for the front desk to see if there are any http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Fremantle/blog-76917.html Well another Canada celebration celebrated in another country.The past few days since I've arrived in Australia have been pretty laid back sorta. Still not working but getting on to it as of Monday. The hostel is a great place full of great people from around the globe. Many nights of World Cup watching and justifying our drinking...Today is Canada Day and we've so far had a great CND breaky wi http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Perth/blog-70938.html Well I finally made it to Australia. I arrived yesterday afternoon on a rough landing. The weather was very bad and the pilot was unable to land the plane... after a few tries we finally landed. Another whiteknuckle ride. When going through customs I was honest and marked that I had some traditional Chinese medicine on me so they brought me to quarantine which is no big deal but it turned out http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Perth/blog-70049.html So here I am killing time at the Singapore airport. Not hard to do really. 24 hour food World Cup coverage everywhere free Internet the list goes on. This place rocksSo yeah my flight leaves in about 7 hours for Australia. They kindly let me check in 9 hours before as they were closing their checkin desk. So now I'm wandering the airport to find the next coolest thing every 100 feet... oAl http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Singapore/Changi/blog-69528.html I know I've been here before but hadn't really spent much time here and was only on a day visa run from Taiwan but now that I had a bit more time and someone to show me around... It's amazing. It's really a city that I would have no problems living in. I arrived yesterday noon and came to Nuning's Shane's place here on Causeway Bay. They have a nice little place with a really nice view of Kowl http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Hong-Kong/Hong-Kong-Island/blog-69323.html So this will be a quick one...I'm off again Woohoo Finally on the move Something new again The adrenaline is starting to pump again... what a great feelingI bought my tickets to Australia. I leave tomorrow Sunday by ferry from Zhuhai to head to Hong Kong where I'll be staying with some old friends Taiwan Nuning Shane. It'll be great to catch up again it's been a while. It'll be a very http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Guangdong/blog-68961.html So finally after 1 month in China I got the news today that my Australian Working Holiday Visa has been approved and I am able to land in the Land Down under any day I wish within the next 12 months to be exact.After many calls and emails to the consulate in Guangzhou due to the fact that my application could not be found in cyberspace for some reason the kind lady at the consulate found it a http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Guangdong/blog-67919.html Well it's been a while since I wrote in my blog... Only because I felt they were no longer very interesting to read and not many people were reading them either... LOL That's ok I don't mind and don't blame you. This'll most likely be a short one anyway.So honestly not much has really changed here. But met a few people and have been keeping busy. Got a few job opportunities but I really don' t http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Guangdong/blog-65554.html Yup you guessed it...MORE rain. And it ain't getting any better. Why didn't anyone tell me it was rainy season in China o SO as it has been raining uncontrolably here wakes me up every morning..errr.. early afternoon... O WHAT I have nothing else to do LOL To continue what I was saying...I still haven't got to doing much. I sure have been keeping up to date on my emails and cha http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Guangdong/blog-63718.html I finally got out of Zhuhai for 3 nights It was great. I left with Charlene on Saturday afternoon to go meet up with Martin in his second home GuangZhou. Of course it was raining but the fact of being on a bus and heading somewhere new was oh so good How quickly you forget that feeling when sitting around not doing much in a small town. Anyway we then tried to find me a place to stay hotel http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Guangdong/Guangzhou/blog-62942.html I can't believe it The sun is actually somewhat there today I woke up to the sun shinning in face.. what great feeling So I guess I'll be out wandering the street of Zhuhai finally. Yesterday I spent the afternoon and evening with Charlene. She showed me around town some parts and we did some shopping.. nope still haven't found anything that fits..and here I thought I lost some weight... LOL http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Guangdong/blog-61647.html Yup so the weather is still really crappy here. It's the never ending rain. And they say it'll be raining for another week... yippie Yesterday I spent almost 24 hours not talking to anyone... very bad for ones mental state sometimes... LOL Too much time to think but I ended coming to the net cafe and got on MSN and had the opportunity to talk via microphone to Brandon and Estelle.. thanks for http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Guangdong/blog-61337.html Oh how I forgot how it is getting around with so little Chinese knowledge. It's rough sometimes. I'm having problems with the lonely factor here as you feel very alone at times here when you can't communicate properly. Mainland China is NOT as easy to get around as it was in the other country sorry seems as though everytime I write the name of the other country I live in for 2 years on the in http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Guangdong/blog-60862.html I finally made it to China yesterday evening. I met up with Tits yesterday at noon adn then he showed me around Macau which is great. We then went for a wonderful dinner at a nice Portugese restaurant... fanciest place I've been in so long felt kinda out of place. Too many forks knives and spoons cloth napkin Perrier LOL We then went to sock up on some good wine port there because there ar http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Guangdong/blog-60577.html So here I am. I made it to China well Macau so far. And guess what The street names are all in Portugese so I can read AND understand it It's great The only thing is when it comes to asking for directions well most people here speak Cantonese so it doesn't work for me. But with my tientien knowledge of Mandarin it helps a little bit well sorta. Macau is a beautiful place with really n http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Macau/blog-60153.html