9 days in the land of dreams... San Diego, CA We landed in LAX..tired and stressed out! Customs was a breeze for Oscar...Stu looked shifty and got the 3rd degree from the LAPD! We headed straight for the union train station and caught the 4.10pm to San Diego. When we arrived at San Diego Santa Fe depot, it was dark and we were dazed and confused..we hadn't slept in 48hrs :( We called the first hostel we saw advertised..Ocean Beach International Hostel (No Americans allowed..bonus! :p). The hostel had a really nice atmosphere and everyone was friendly. We chatted to [View Full Entry]

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Nadi... We arrived at Nadi airport...it was warm and humid! Customs took an age..we had nowhere to stay and it was dark outside. We called a freephone number for a resort called Travellers Beach..on the beach hoping it would be a nice place. After chatting to our first friendly Fijian man, a minibus picked us up! Travellers was nice, we were staying in an 18 bed dorm by ourselves..AWESOME!! However..the pool had no water and the showers dribbled! :s We booked a trip to the Yasawa group of islands to the North West of Viti Levu..$1429 for a 12 day trip, [View Full Entry]

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Having a Whale of a time... We set sail for the whale watching expedition on a glorious day with whales in our sights! The catamaran took 2hrs to get to the whale migration and spawning area and 2 painful hours to return. However..while we were there we saw brilliantly marvelous humpback whales and dolphins! NICE! On the road again...we stopped at a rest site near Gladstone, and headed for Rockhampton 'Rocky' the next day. The place looked nice..we were hopeful that this would be a good place to go out and party...we were sadly mistaken! The town had one bar/nightclub 'Strutters [View Full Entry]

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Brisbane...we fall in love with a Hippie!! We flew Bangkok to Sydney, after a 9hr flight and NO sleep! We were both in shorts and 'thongs'..we noticed the cold straight away (14 degrees when we landed)!! After getting our bags, we missed our domestic flight to Brisbane..not a great start! But the amazing Quantas put us on the next flight for free :D Oscar had a spot of bother with a rude chinese man on the flight who insisted on putting his headphones into Oscars jack! We felt that Brisbane lacked a bit of character, however...on a Friday night we found [View Full Entry]

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Our last few days... :( So we end our journey in Thailand :( Its been an amazing stay, and we've loved pretty much every second of it! Our last few days continue from Koh Phi Phi. We visited the islands viewpoint with Maisie, one of the English girls who kept 'stalking' us! After a mammoth climb, we waited with other tourists for the sunset which finally happened at around 6.30pm. It was amazing, the view of the bay with the palm trees and the small town was beautiful (see pics). That night we went out with Maisie because her friend Claire [View Full Entry]

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Tropical Paradise (mostly)... Ko Samui After one of our longest journeys ever..by train, bus and boat, we finally arrived at our first island destination..Ko Samui! Our lovely accomodation was situated on Silver Beach, just between Chaweng and Lamai beaches. It was probably one of the most beautiful beaches either of us had ever been to. However, this island was also deadly...stu in particular got injured, firstly by slipping on a leaf while we were rock climbing in flip flops (and getting his leg, foot and hand 'lacerated'), then by the razor sharp coral! Oscar also lost a [View Full Entry]

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The Chiang Mai Jungle Massive We caught the sleeper train from Haulampong train station, Bangkok. The train reminded us of the Russian Cold War...we expected to meet James Bond when we boarded! Even the guards looked like russian soldiers, except they had hilariously high squeaky voices! :s We met a lovely old Thai lady who studied in Scotland for a few years in her youth. We have her address and have promised to send her a CD of the Scottish and English national anthems... The nights sleep was strange to say the least..rickety and noisey, but comfortable, clean and air condition [View Full Entry]

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Let the journey BEGIN..... Bangkok!! Yo Guys! Welcome to our page of utter nonsense.... We love you all (Most of our friends and family anyway!) We arrived on time with no problems... well except this austrian kid on the plane who gave us some grief!! anyway. We've been staying in the HI-Far East Inn Co., Ltd..only 7.50 a night each. Pretty basic, but has aircon etc.. We have seen many sights already.. and met many nice people :) This morning we visited temples in west Bangkok... they were pretty amazing! We have also visited the sunday market in Mo Chit, very [View Full Entry]

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