http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Crance/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Crance en-us Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:43:26 +0000 Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:43:26 +0000 Bondi Beach My flight to Sydney was at 715am and so the night before i decided to have an early night however a few people in the room were drinking so i had a few which led to some more and then some drinking games which led to a night out in St. Kilda with some Irish girls.. I got back to http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Sydney/Bondi-Beach/blog-372103.html 29th December 09 JanuaryFirst couple of days i just wandered around the city it's not very big you can walk from north to south in around half an hour.. They have their very own big wheel docklands chinatown and dome Managed to register with the job agency but then found out they had nothing for 2 weeks so it looked like i'd be walking the streets looking for a job which i didn't fancy so pu http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/CBD/blog-361069.html Hervey BayThe drive from 1770 was rubbish it was absolutely pelting it down the roads were a bit more interesting though as we werenrsquot on the main highway it took a bit longer though and we arrived in Hervey Bay at around 3ish.. Managed to book into a nice hostel own bathroom and TVDVD .. Went to the cinema in the evening to see lsquoFour Holidaysrsquo which is really good called l http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Narooma/blog-357569.html CairnsWe finally arrived in Cairns after a long flight to Brisbane then a connecting flight which totalled around 12 hours wasn't too bad though the plane was pretty snazzy had our own tv's and supper and breakfast which i didn't expect.. When we got off the plane it was fucking hot the only way i can explain it is it's like when you go in the bathroom after someone's had a really hot shower and http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/1770/blog-350767.html Days 81 86Woke up this morning with the full intention of going shopping but on walking round i quickly realised it was more like dartford market than bluewater and all the shops did a thing called free size which is stupid nothing fits everyone They still tried to get me to buy their size 6 clothes and said they'd stretch to fit ha ha most likely cutting off circulation to the rest of my body http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Singapore/Little-India/blog-348409.html Ko Phangan Ko Samui and Hat YaiDays 72 80Woke up this morning to blue skies and the sun funcking sweet After breakfast hit the beach yay being stupid though i forgot to put suncream on and fell asleep on the beach.. Out for around 3 hours and woke up not being able to move one side of my face and having a bright pink glow coming off my left side ha ha great first bit of sun in a few weeks a http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/South-West-Thailand/Ko-Samui/blog-346816.html Days 64 65Our bus left at 8am so had to be at the ticket office at 730am bit too early for my liking think the earliest one yet.. Also not a sleeper bus tht 've gotten used to so no slipping back to sleep easily.. As we sat and waited a minibus pulled up with our trip written on the side of it we all looked at each other and laughed thinking this was our bus for the whole journey and as we bu http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Cambodia/South/Phnom-Penh/blog-344681.html Bangkok and Koh TaoDays 66 71Got up lateish couldn't really be arsed to move Pete went to do some sightseeing but it's all just more temples so i passed and went shopping instead .. All the clothes are just one size managed to find a few tops and nearly got tricked into thinking a dress could fit me.. Napped for a bit then went out for dinner and drinks.. The main street was full of bars so http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/South-West-Thailand/Ko-Tao/blog-344684.html Days 57 63Got into Nha Trang about 6am and went into the first hotel there were alot around but they are pretty samey or same same but different as they would say.. Didn't fancy sharing a room needed to be in control of the tv remote ha ha no just needed a bit of space.. When we arrived it was quite nice out sunny not too many clouds and the beach looked really nice but it was now raining again http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Vietnam/Southeast/Mui-Ne/blog-340880.html Days 52 56Arrived in Hue at around 0830 but was woken at 0530 by dancing with the stars vietnam style slightly annoying but at least it wasn't Vietnam Idol which i've seen aadverts for The bus was pretty cramped but i'm alright the blokes looked funny though all bunched up and everytime the bus jerked or breaked sunddenly you'd shoot forward in bed and smack your feet at the bottom ha ha.. http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Vietnam/South-Central-Coast/Hoi-An/blog-338493.html Days 49 51Adelle left todat think she'd just had enough had been a bit quiet for last week so prob for the best Went out to try and find some clothes today as it's got so hot but the sizes are all soooo small i ended up with two pairs of mens shorts the girls only go up to a 29 waist if your lucky About 1500 went up to the roof top bar where they were giving out free beer a bit flat and http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Vietnam/Red-River-Delta/Hanoi/blog-337883.html Days 4648Woke up freezing this morning cos of the air con and headed out of the room where the heat hit me like getting off a plane.. Went out for a stroll to see what was about and had to go back to the hostel as it was soo hot Sat for a while to cool down and then went food shopping picked up what i thought was rice veg and sweets sugar coated skittles mmm but when i got nack and opened http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Guangxi/Nanning/blog-336015.html Days 42 45Woke up this morning and climbed down from bed not feeling so great after consuming all those beverages last night had to get a cab to the hostel as it was quite far but it was really nice and out of the way of the city which was nice.. Also on the river so a nice view on a clear day of the city.. So humid so i made my way down one of the side roads and stopped for a coke and a beer a http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Guangdong/Guangzhou/blog-336003.html Days 39 41Got into Shanghai around 7am ad could see the fog as we approached on the train.. Managed to get a cab quite easily as we had a card for the hostel and we went straight there and checked in.. We then tried to find a Mc Donalds with no luck so headed back to the hostel and ate in their cafe which is pretty nice sofa tv pool table and a bar.. Doesn't seem to ba alot to do here more ju http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Shanghai/blog-334078.html Just thought i'd add these pictures found them on my camera quite funny me thinks.. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Kent/blog-332864.html Days 34 38Arrived in Beijing around 1430ish said goodbye to everyone and attempted to get a cab to a hostel only to find the cab driver hadn't understood a word we'd said and kept stopping to ask people if they spoke english and help translate ended up getting out the cab and walking back to the station.. We phoned someone we'd met on the trans siberian rail and they met us and took us to thei http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/Forbidden-City/blog-332154.html Days 30 33At last finally arrrived in Ulaanbaatar and we met our tour guide and the rest of the group before heading to a hotel for a shower YAY All of us really happy to arrive at the showers until we saw thesign bathhouse.. Turned out we just had a room with about 5 showers in ha ha ha.. After everyone had had the most awkward shower EVER we headed to breakfast it wasone sausage and half http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Mongolia/Gobi-Desert/blog-330950.html Days 25 30We arrived at the train station for our 2130 train and were sightly dssapointed to see that the train was exactly the same as all the rest.. Just four beds in a cabin no bigger the same horrible toilets and no fresh airWe had another person in our cabin as well who spoke no English... She was a nice woman though and gave a chocolate ech before we went to bed score.. In the morning http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Mongolia/Ulaanbaatar/blog-329959.html Days 23 25After our trip from St Petersburg we arrived at our hotel abut 0630 and were looking forward to going back to bed.. However after about 10 mins we realised this wasn't going to be as easy as checking in should be as they didn't seem to have our reservation.. We just kinda took it and so for the next hour and half went to the other surrounding hotels to try and find out where we suppo http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Russia/Northwest/Moscow/blog-329955.html Day 19 2nd time attempting this as the first the computer crashedArrived early at around 0430 not as cold as i thought it would be but not raining YAYAs we weren't booked into the hotel til 20th we stayed at a hostel the first night.. It looked closed or shut down when we arrived but realised we had to go round the back bit scary to find it.. Quickly realised there weren't many bars around http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Russia/Northwest/Saint-Petersburg/blog-327082.html