LegallyBlonde

Leaving Adelaide Our pickup time for our van was at the early hour of 9am. So after packing up the remainder of our stuff, we left that dingy hostel and set out across Adelaide in the taxi to our destination: the Apollo headquarters. It took a while, but we eventually found it and entered the office to pay all our remaining bills. After lots of money issues, and several bank cards being used, we were shown around our van (in literally a pit stop manner) and then he was all ours. We decided to shove our stuff in the back and sort it all out when we reached the supermarket. So nervously, I stepped into the drivers seat and away we went. I think I did alright seeming I have not driven in over a year, ... read more

After Cairns The flight back to Sydney was a strange event being alone but I soon arrived back to my beloved Coogee and met up with Lizz, who had kindly offered her room for me to stay in. Straight away we got dressed and headed out for our Tuesday night at the Gaff!! It felt even stranger when we saw all the OzIntro staff out but we had a good night with our dancing and drinking lots of jagerbombs! Over the next few days, Lizz and I just chilled out and I got to meet her new housemates: Sian, Lindsay, Niki, Justin, Mark, Carly and Steve. A new housemate was welcomed whilst I was there also, an Aussie girl called Gen. Come that Friday however, the parentals arrived in Sydney and it was time for me ... read more

Arriving in Sydney I was still feeling pretty down about having left my life in Perth when my plane landed in Sydney and it was time for my next adventure. I collected my bag quickly and walked around the domestic arrivals area for several minutes looking for the OzIntro person collecting me. After my disaster in Perth with Travellers forgetting to collect me, I was not too optimistic. And sure enough there was no one there. So I sat down with my backpack and waited but luckily not for two long as a guy soon walked in and flashed me his OzIntro card. His name was Michael, who I was soon to find out was the owner of OzIntro. We jumped into the OzIntro-mobile and headed off towards my future home: Coogee. We soon arrived at ... read more

First stop on Geckos: the highlands of Dalat The bus ended up arriving in Dalat pretty late due to the 8 hour bus journey and I was very suprised to step off the bus and feel cold, a feeling I have not felt in a while! We checked in and got settled into our rooms and I was a bit miffied to find I was one of the few people that did not have a balcony in my room (because I was on my own in a single I would always be due to get the worst rooms!) That evening we went out for dinner and had a wander around town to see all the night markets and the hustle and bustle of the city. However, it was an early night as the following day was ... read more

The journey to Siem Reap After finally convincing Lucy and Dave to come with me, we arose one fine morning at the reasonably hour of 9am to grab a taxi to the northern bus terminal in Bangkok, where we were able to quickly grab a bus to take us to the border town of Araya Prathet. After briefly (and firmly) pushing off a Thai guy who was sitting next to me and being too friendly (he soon sat elsewhere), we had a reasonably quiet journey. Five hours later, we arrived at the bus station and manage to haggle a tuk-tuk to take us to the Cambodian consulate where we got our visas quickly sorted though to a chorus of: "where are you from? England. Ooo Lovely Jublee." We then proceed to the border where two Thai ... read more