Hanban

Ho Chi Minh City...still known as Saigon to some locals, what a crazy place to arrive! luckily i had been told about the motorbikes and traffic but i did face a huge dilema when trying to cross the road on my own with a huge rucksack on my back! There are more than 3 million motorbikes! Literally bikes coming from every direction.. i had been instructed that you just have to walk out onto the road, to make no sudden movements and the bikes go around you! Easier said than done!! Anyway i just had to more or less close my eyes and go for it! Sure enough they did all go around me! Luckily i spotted the shrimps ( nick name for jackie and wayne and all of us when we get together although i ... read more

The kimberley..North Western Australia, going to work in a very remote rugged area full of cows and bulls cowboys and cowgirls! The nearest town an hour away....not completely sure how we were gonna cope! It is Bunuba land in the southern part of the Kimberley region where we are which stretches from the town Fitzroy Crossing to the King Leopold Ranges. Bunuba lands include the Napier and Oscar Ranges. Ned McCord , the manager of the cattlestation,picked us up in Broome airport and filled us in on the 4 hour drive to King Leopold Downs. Its an aboriginal owned station of a million acas on aboriginal land where the Bunaba communities and other tibes live. He gave us a brief insight on life on and around the cattlestation and the rest was left for us ... read more

More like sailing the WETsundays! Again we were not lucky with the weather but we still had a fantastic time! Quite a lot of the goups who did Fraser Island continued up to Airlie beach to do the sailing trip. It wasnt really a sailing trip, more like a boat party! Had loads of fun, i know that sailers like their alcohol so there were loads of drinks on board, the irish turned up in funny hats and the the entire trip was very entertaining! Had to borrow the host jacket nearly blinding a few people! The first day we sailed over to the Island where we would be staying, form a distance it just looked like rainforrest but as we neared it became like a resort. We were showed to our rooms then met ... read more

Had an amazing send off with flowers and loats of tears... Me and Llanan were setting off to meet the others in Byron Bay ( Carl , Kelly , Laura, Ned, Andy and Mim ) We had a few beers in the pub before being walked to the bus stop with the whole of the remaining hostel , after a long goodbye we set off in a taxi ( missed the bus) only to be pulled over by two of the boys dressed as traffic controler! more tears we finaly set off to the city to catch the coach but missed it again! had to set off at 6 in the morning with a long 12 hours during the day on the bus arriving Byron Bay shattered! We set up camp in the Arts Factory ... read more

Australia turned out to be better than expected, i had got over the shock that everything is more expensive and nothing is backwards like it is in South America so was quite looking forward to the next couple of months. Our first stop was Melbourne, we stayed in a little suburb called St. Kilda which looked a bit like blackpool beach but we settled in nicely here. We spent the next month looking around the city and exploring the trendy suburbs with loads of art galleries, vintage shops, food and wine festivals, music festivals and all sorts. The city itself is rather artistic with loads of cultural events and of course the Grand Prix! Second time in one year! We were luck although we were made use of this time! Handing out magazines but we ... read more