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The Girlies - Sarah Clarke, Kim Allison, Micky Peck and Ally Cocksedge

Kim, Micky and Sarah's Journal for their Trip of a Lifetime.......!!! Plus Ally who will joining us in Aussi.........!!!

This blog will enable us to easily stay in contact will all our lovely friends and family.....you'll be able to follow us on our trip and read about all the amazing things that we get up to. This site also allows you guys to leave us comments and to send us messages whenever you feel like it.

We are going to be away for 5 1/2 months in total and in that time we will have visited the following places: India... Australia... New Zealand... Fiji... Bali... Singapore... Malaysia... Thailand... and finally Hong Kong!!! Ally will be away for 5 weeks, discovering the East Coast of Australia with us.

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All four of us are on a gap year before going back to studying at uni next year. We have all been frantically working up to this point to pay for our trip....Micky with tea leaves, Kim as a sales assistant in O'neill, Sarah on Warfarin meters and Ally at Bedford College library. As you can see, all extremely riveting stuff!!!???... but at least it has paid well. In this time we have all met some awesome people and have had a great time but are now ready to start the next half of our gap year... the part we've all been waiting for!!!

Make sure you all keep in contact in which ever way you fancy and we can't wait to see you all on our return ..... xxx

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By The Girlies
June 30th 2007

Singapore and Malaysia Asia » Thailand » South-West Thailand » Phuket

Kuala Lumpur

And so we have come to the penultimate leg of our journey, Singapore overland to Bangkok. With only 3 weeks to do this we wasted no time in getting through Singapore and Malaysia (1 week) but in doing so we have once again managed to pack a lot in. Singapore was a great city for shopping and its reputation of being clean and running like clockwork certainly proved to be right. We spent 2 days exploring the city. With Little India being on our doorstep we had a quick look before making our way into the centre visiting; the famous [View Full Entry]

By The Girlies
June 5th 2007

The North Island Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Auckland

Tongariro National Park

Our time in the north island began in Wellington, the capital of New Zealand. It wasn't a city which grabbed out attention but we used it as an opportunity to plan Fiji - our next stop after here. Heading from Wellington to Tongariro National Park we went via Palmerston North to seek out the local information centre so we could plan our next couple of days. Tongariro National Park is an area made up of three active volcanoes, one of which is named Mount Ngauruhoe and is famous for featuring in The Lord Of The Rings movie as Mount Doom. [View Full Entry]

By The Girlies
May 20th 2007

End of the South Island Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Abel Tasman National Park

Before the Bungy!

Well, we are relieved to tell you all that Micky and Sarah went through with the bungy and are here to tell the tale. Both would say that it was one of the most nervewracking but at the same time exhilerating experiences that they have ever done.Unfortunately for kim she had to save her pennies but thoroughly enjoyed watching and will definatly participate in a bungy in a few years to come! That evening before making tracks to Milford Sound we treated ourselves to the first real burger of our travels, Queenstown's famous Fergburger! It even makes us hungry thinking [View Full Entry]

By The Girlies
May 13th 2007

New Zealand Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Queenstown

Queenstown

On the flight to NZ we couldn't quite believe that Australia was over. We all have so many unforgettable memories and have met some great people. We never anticipated covering as much of Aussi and doing as much as we have but it was all so worthwhile and such great fun. Early on Sunday morning we flew into Christchurch. The views from the plane over NZ were beautiful. The snowy peaked mountains led to flat lush green land and it was great to have a birds eye view of the landscape. It was a bit of a shock to arrive [View Full Entry]

By The Girlies
May 12th 2007

End of Australia Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Queenstown

Adelaide Coast

Hey guys..... we thought it wa about time that we updated you on the last leg of our Oz Experience - can't quite believe it's now all over! In Adelaide we were lucky enough to stay firstly with Hamish's (gappie) parents John and Sally and then the remainder if our time with the Noske's (anpther gappie). We were looked after extremely well and are very grateful to them for putting up with us travellers!!! During our time in this city we had a days excursion to the coast with Sally as a brilliant guide - we visted numerous pretty beaches [View Full Entry]

By The Girlies
April 24th 2007

From Mission Beach to the Outback Oceania » Australia » South Australia » Adelaide

Cairns

Tuesday 10th April - Wednesday 11th April From one small town to another……..today we caught our penultimate greyhound bus to Mission Beach, a small coastal town just south of Cairns. The plan was to stay here for two nights using the time to relax before hitting the busier city of Cairns and its party scene. Unfortunately for us the weather over these two days was not ideal, remaining pretty overcast and damp for the duration. What is more, the beach here was a little disappointing compared to others we had encountered along the coast but understandably so as this town [View Full Entry]

By The Girlies
April 11th 2007

Noosa to Magnetic Island Oceania » Australia

Eli Creek

Wednesday 28th March This morning we caught a Greyhound bus (an experience we are becoming well accustomed to) from Noosa to Hervey Bay. This is the place you had to head to in order to catch a ferry to Fraser Island. On arrival late afternoon at our hostel we headed straight to our group meeting to be preped for our Fraser Island camping experience. This gave us the chance to meet our fellow group members who we would be spending the next few days with. Our group was made up of nine people - Marc and Andreas (friends from Switzerland), [View Full Entry]

By The Girlies
March 27th 2007

The Backpacking begins... Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Noosa Heads

Since leaving Sydney, the last week has shown us what it is like to be a 'real' backpacker, staying in 4 different hostels over the past 6 days. We started off in Byron Bay, staying at The Main Beach backpackers Hostel (Wed 21st to Fri 23rd). We spent our first day on Main Beach in Byron. Altho the beach is a lot less well known, we rated it above Bondi. A much warmer, clearer sea situated in a prettier setting. We couldn't refuse joining in, in a $6 barbie at our hostel. This gave us the chance to meet our fellow [View Full Entry]

By The Girlies
March 19th 2007

Leaving Sydney Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney » Coogee

Walk from Coogee to Bondi

Hey guys.. thought it was time for another blog before we leave Sydney for Byron Bay tomorrow evening (Tuesday evening). Tuesday was a chill out day for us, so nothing exciting to report on there, apart from a quick shop in Bondi Junction; home to the surf shops. Wednesday was a bit more eventful. We woke up to beautiful blue skies and so decided it was perfect weather for a recommended coastal walk from Coogee beach to Bondi with many other beach stops on the way. Our first stop during the walk was at Clovelly Cove, which is renowned for snorkeling [View Full Entry]

By The Girlies
March 13th 2007

The arrival of the Poms in Oz!!! Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney

Pre-Drinks

Three became four on Thursday (8th March) when we met Ally at Sydney International Airport. Both our journeys had been long so we were pleased to all see each other and be met by our host Chuck, an old gap student from Bedford, who some of you might know. We arrived to a beautiful house in Mosman which was a lovely location with stunning views over the harbour. It was a relief to have a hot shower, fluffy towels and a flushing toilet after India. While we were getting showered and ready for our first night out in North Sydney, Chuck [View Full Entry]

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