http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/McNicol/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from McNicol en-us Wed, 30 Dec 2009 23:46:35 +0000 Wed, 30 Dec 2009 23:46:35 +0000 Brisbane I apologise if these are much shorter than previous blogs im just trying to catch up I arrived in Brisbane to yet more glorious sunshine and i had book 3nights at the Chill backpackers which was more of a flashpackers for those of you who dont know what a flashpackers is it is more of a hotel resort than a backpackers much more cleaner and you share with less people upon arriving i http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Brisbane/blog-404863.html Surfers ParadiseArrived in Surfers Paradise and was recommended to stay at the Sleeping Inn by quite a few people i had met along the way so i stayed there wasnt the nicest of places but it had a pool was clean and small so it was pretty easy to meet people the smaller the hostel ive found the easier it is to meet people . I got into my room put my stuff down and there was a couple of German http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Surfers-Paradise/blog-403461.html Hey I left Sydney alone leaving Chris and Ally behind catching a flight to the Gold Coast and then a bus back down to Byron Bay it was cheaper than the bus so it was a no brainer . Everyone ive met that had been to Byron said how good it was so it wasnt to missed i had originally planned to stay for 3 nights and then head away . I stayed at Aquarius backpackers and when i went into my room got http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Byron-Bay/blog-403460.html Arrived in Sydney again this time with Chris and Ally Ally who i met im Miami was in Melbourne and we all travelled up together and first headed to the Bondi area of Sydney where the famous Bondi Beach was the weather was pretty poor and for the 3 days we were in Bondi it rained i wasnt overly impressed with Bondi beach it wasnt as big as i had expected and it just looked like any other beac http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Sydney/blog-396040.html Gday How you going I left a rainy Christchurch and and flew into a sunny Sydney expecting to be grilled at immigration just as i was when i flew into Auckland in NZ but to my suprise they stamped my passport and in i went no proof of visa no proof of funds as you had to have at least 5000 no dramas i was very suprised so off i went to catch my connecting flight i had booked to Adelaide L http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/blog-385942.html Hey all sorry for the delay finally got the chance to get time and sit down to update its been a busy but fantastic 2 months .i arrived in NZ on the 4th Jan so im couple of months behind in my blogs but i will try keep them coming a little quicker than 2 months i shall do my first OZ one in a few weeks time. Make sure you are sitting comfortably with a cuppa as this is my longest blog yet KIA http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/blog-384813.html Hey all or BULA as they say in Fiji sorry its been so long since my last update but ive been having a ball and hardly had time to sit down and write .Anyways so i left LA on the Air Pacific jumbo jet on a 13 hour flight which was one of the worst flights i have ever experienced from the start of the flight to the end there was turbulance and im not just talking about a small bit the plane was http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Fiji/blog-365547.html We left Vegas to yet another delay 4 hours this time and for the 4th time on this trip i was pulled aside for a seperate search asnd as Lisa was with me she also just pulled aside im begining to think they are picking on me either that or they just want a feel hehe.Arrived at the Beverly Hills Hotel we had booked online at around 7pm feeling very grumpy due to the delay and a bumpy air ride to f http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Los-Angeles/blog-356276.html So we left San Diego to a rain storm 24 hours of torrential rain and i got soaked to the skin we had got to the airport and the flight was delayed to we just pondered around in the airport for a few hours.We arrived in Vegas and it was below freezing but we had expected that as we checked the weather before hand and it was also forecast for snow snow in Vegas the desert exactly what i was t http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Nevada/Las-Vegas/blog-355501.html Ladies and Gentleman can i please have you attention ive just been handed an urgent and horrifing new story and i need all of you to stop what your doing and listen CANNONBALLSorry just had to get the Anchorman quote in there hehe .So off i left the wonderful Miami at 8am and headed to the airpoprt which was a 2 12 hour drive away and in a thunder storm i had 2 flights to get to San D http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/San-Diego/blog-354281.html Hey all Landed in Florida to glorious sunshine at last its been a while since ive seen it . I had planned on spending around 2 nights in Fort Lauderdale 3 night in Fort Myers and then head over to California i picked up my hire car from the airport and was shafted for 700 but i should have looked more into it than being just plain stupid so i set off for my hostel and as i arrived i in http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Florida/Miami-Beach/blog-353142.html Hey everyone My mobile hasnt been working over here so i have a new US number if you need it mail me So off i left on my travels on 29th Nov 2008 a momentous day i had said my goodbyes at the airport and just manage to hold myself together i had flew to London to spend the night at the Travellodge at Terminal 5 and fly out to New York in the morning when i checked in at glasgow for the Ne http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-York/blog-351012.html Well the time had come to leave work behind me for hopefully quite a while and start preparing myself to leave although everyone moans about their work and nobody more so than me it was a hard place to leave as the people that i have worked with over the past 5 years are some of the best and nicest people i have ever met in my life and some will remain friends for a very long time .Then came t http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Scotland/Glasgow/blog-347821.html