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Here we go

Published: February 15th 2010Asia » Singapore » Little India
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February 15th 2010

Alright! Here we go, we are flying over to Singapore on weds, the 17th. Im pretty excited, little bit nervous. Me and Jason decided that we were going to try our hardest not to plan and focus on the next step, but to just go day to day see what we feel like doing. It seemed like in Australia we had everything planned out, be here by this date, leave, do this and that. So in Asia we really dont want to do that it doesnt feel like your actually experiencing and taking in whats going on if your so focused on whats going to happen next in your trip. Soo we have a general outline of where we are probably going to go. Ill show you on the map. We just want to make it ... read more



Great Ocean Road

Published: February 15th 2010Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Great Ocean Road
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February 15th 2010

So Jason and I have just finished driving the great ocean road, between Melbourne and Adalaide. It takes you along the windy roads, near the extremely high cliffs. We rented a wicked camper, which is essentially a renovated white work van. So, that in the back there is a little sink area and shelves and a coolers. Then in the middle there is a bed that turns into a table, also where we store all our stuff. All whicked campers are spray panted and say something on the back. Ours is definitly not the best one we've seen. Ours says I love booze on the side, and honk if your horny on the back. Which actually got really confusing because we could never tell if people were horny or angry lol There are some really cool ... read more



Toowoomba

Published: February 15th 2010Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Toowoomba
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February 15th 2010

Toowoomba, is said exactily like it sounds, it is the first or second largest inland city and it is also where Jasons friends Tom and Carla live. We have spent about 5 days there, in their lovely house in a comfy queen size bed. Which is a nice change when sleeping in twin bunks all the time lol They have a amazingly adorable baby named Jayda who is 7 months and is one of the happiest babies Ive seen. She even fell asleep while riding on a quad while chasing kangaroos. So what did we do in there 5 days, well we hung around and relaxed with Tom and Carla which was really enjoyable. They took us to the bowls club where we lawn bowled which I can say is not my favorite sport lol Not ... read more



Fraser Island and Noosa

Published: January 25th 2010Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Fraser Island
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January 25th 2010

Hello, Im currently waiting for my Bus and thought I would update this lovely blog. We have been in Noose the last 3 days, and Rainbow beach/fraser island the 5 before that. Fraser island like a said before is the largest sand island in the world. We spent the 3 days 2 nights 4x4ing around the island in a group of 10. Jason (driver) me, Leonie, Tilman, Dario, Ramond, Sarah, Caroline (all german, spoke german 95% of the time) then Fionna and Sammone (english). We had to drive on the beaches, while watching out for washouts, and salt water also any bumps because there seemed to be a fine for any damage done to the crap 4x4. Any time we hit a bump or just missed salt water everyone in the back (8 of us) would ... read more



We're off!

Published: January 13th 2010Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Brisbane
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January 13th 2010

HEY everyone! So Jasieonese and I are leaving our wonderful home in Brisbane in 5 days to continue our adventure in other interesting places. I am proud to say that in three months I have made a second home half way across the world, and im going to be sad to leave the friends I have met here. BUT thats part of it all. I do really miss home, I feel like I should come home for a week to recharge before carrying on to the next adventure. That is not exactly an option though. We have a master plan, of everything we are doing. We had to plan everything out exactly cause we are running out of money and time! So frist off: 1) we are going to rainbow beach and Fraser island for 5 ... read more



Good story

Published: December 23rd 2009Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Brisbane
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December 23rd 2009

So, I have a funny story that you all will probably appreciate, although at the time it was not so funny to me. At work today I was fixing up someones table with cutlery when I hit over a ladies glass of wine with my elbow. Red wine everywhere! Evvvvvveeeeerrryyyywhherreee! And yes that does suck a lot, but.... oh wait..... it spilt all over the lady. Who was wearing WHITE PANTS! Of course this is something only Emma Hoskins can do. Who even wears white pants anymore?... So shes covered in red wine Im terrified all the people at the table are staring at me soooo I go get some club soda. BUT oh yes.. when I come back to the table....... the little boy is crying ... because of me. So, just to recap here ... read more



Night out in the valley

Published: December 22nd 2009Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Brisbane » Fortitude Valley
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December 22nd 2009

Hey! So I finally got to go out into the Valley in Brisbane. It is the downtown hot spot that is packed with young adults on weeks and pretty much most of the time. It is crazy, bars are open till 5 in the morning. They have this rule called lock out, which is there answer to over drinking and bad behavior caused be drinking. The rule is that at 3 am no more bars let anyone else in, you cant switch bars, once you leave you cant get back in. I guess it just prevents people from wondering around drunk, but still doesnt seem to solve the matter of binge drinking lol So, I went out with my friends from work, Hannah, Ian, James and Gaute (the norweigen friend) who is leaving soon. We got ... read more



Byron Bay

Published: December 10th 2009Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Byron Bay
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December 9th 2009

Byron Bay is an amazing place, it is so beautiful, the beaches are crazy and white. Jason, Travis and I went with a bunch of people from my work and met some people from his work down there. There was a total of 14 of us. 10 of us had one whole dorm room rented out for just us. Where me and Jason got stuck sharing a twin size bed, lets just say that it was a horrible sleep haha. We went for one night, spent the first day on the beach, where.... the ocean ate my second camera... The currents were soo strong that it broke the camera off the rope strap and sucked it out to sea to be someone else's treasure lol Then later we went out at night to a bar called ... read more



zoo

Published: November 28th 2009Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Brisbane
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November 26th 2009

So, since my last blog post when I was in a fowl mood. Work has improved a great deal no ones really on my back anymore. Which is nice, I dont come home needing a large mug of wine lol A few weeks ago we re created an aussie/canadian thanksgiving, we couldnt find a turkey so we had two chickens. I made stuffing, carrots and mash potatoes. The meal turned out really good, I think we should do chicken all the time, its not soo dry. I had to hang all the bread in the air, because I couldnt leave it on the table where the ants could get. Those damn ants, that now matter how many I kill keep marching on lol We also went to the zoo. Where I fed an elephant for a ... read more



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November 11th 2009

Updates from the last two weeks: Ive been working for about 2 weeks now, I like it, the people at my work are really nice. But the restaraunt is fancy so i have these stricked giuldlines to follow and it seems like I keep messing them up, but im slowly learning. Me and jason were lucky enough to get invited to go out to the christmas party, which was all inclusive...including drinks, which then leads to me drinking to much wine haha We ended up leaving without saying bye to anyone lol i dont think anyone really noticed. We went to the realllllly good indian resteraunt and im not sure if it was so good because it was good or because i was drunk lol BUT i really enjoyed myself. Then for a day we went ... read more






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