Yer its still bloody cold in London & I’m still bustin the boardies n pluggers (you’d be proud dad!) First night stayed with the b.g’s & went round sampling some of Hammersmiths finest pubs. The next day was a nice sunny 1, athoungh still chilly. So I checked out London bridge, a walk along the thames river to big ben & Parliament house. That nite I was havin a beer with ned & rich & catchin up with amy in a local pub & we noticed that it was starting to get rammed. So I inquired what was goin on & [View Full Entry]

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Leavin Brissy a bit under the weather from post B’day celebrations, in my usual Q.L.D attire (boardies n thongs!) “Is it cold in Korea?” I ask the chick at the airport. “yer well it is winter!” So I grab a jumper out the pack and head on my merry way! (since my pack was goin straight to London) Got into Seoul & its 3 deg C !, froze my tootsies off! I got a nites stay in the hyatt hotel , fancy as (with dinner & breakky inc.) inc with the flight. Had a quick look around in the morn then [View Full Entry]

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Bugga! Where did everyone go? A quick scan around & a little way off I see those lovely red petals bobbing along above the masses! Gertie saves the day again. Gertrude the flower's 1st big day out was an awesome experience! She had the best view up high of all the bands & she loved the pommy gals (mafromantics & Lilly Allen), was spun out by that 1 guy's weird instrument, bounced around to TZU, was catapulted into the air by the sling shot ride, got low with the streets, enjoyed muses energetic set then danced her petals off with [View Full Entry]

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Hostel dorms, long uncomfy bus/train/plane journeys, living out of my pack, wearing clothes numerous times before washing, walking around a city (pack on back) for hrs to save a few bucks to get the cheapest hostel & then going out that night & spending up big getting boozed!, converting other currencies to aussie dollars to see if your gettin ripped off, trying to get people to understand what u want in a country that u can barely say hello in there language, meeting & hanging out with top people from all around the world & pretty much enjoying every moment of [View Full Entry]

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Thailand: Jungle, great beachs, beer chang, chilli, snorklin, 3rd class train trips (V uncomfy), monsoon rains, humid heat, good reef, buckets, "U want tuk tuk? Where U go?", Fresh fruit & pad thai carts, "cheap, cheap!, friendly thai's & great sunsets! Thailand is awesome & i plan to go back some day, top spot! Me n john bused it to bangkok for a nite & a tone of shopping! we had a few beers for the last nite in thailand & john got a tat! then he went back to china (later m8) then later the next nite i flew back [View Full Entry]

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Bucket in hand we walked down a small street to the beach, to the left hard core techno booms out & to the right some load hip hop blasts from another club (these clubs steps go directly onto the beach where there are mats to sit on) Looking either way along the beach is packed with 1000's of people, fire dancing shows & little stalls selling buckets, what a full moon party! After the usual 3rd class train & a ferry trip we arrived in Ko Pang Nag & we where met by our guesthouse (haad Salad Villa, the other side [View Full Entry]

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Do wanna go to Indonesia to do some surfin?! I really do but $$ & time is a problem! Oh why not! The german lads had been carryin there surfbaurds around for a few weeks & where v keen to find some waves. So we left Koh Phi Phi rough as, a ferry then a pain full minivan ride to Penang. (a 12 seata with us 4 & 8 other Asians + 2 surfboards inside, no roof racks!) We eventually got there and got a cheap guest house & did a bit of research on getting to indo. It was gunna [View Full Entry]

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A day out at Ko Phi Phi: We hired a long tail boat (+ driver=1200 baht) & headed for Ko Phi Phi Lea (national park) and Maya bay (the circular bay that the movie the beach" was filmed at). We snorkeled around & explored "the beach" then we cruised round the other side of the Is to another nice little bay for some more snorkeling & exploring. " Then back to Ko Phi Phi don (where we stayed) for some cliff jumping (climbing up jagged rocks, sharing a pair of flip flops between 3 to a overhanging tree then jumpin seaward, [View Full Entry]

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"How far do ya think it is?" "500m? nar at least a km!" Oh well lets find out! So we dive of the rocks and start swimming for the Island! "do ya think were half way?" "Yer nearly!" We finally make to the little Is of the coast & go exploring." It was late Arvie, we had a big swim back & Alex cut his leg on some rocks. So we started the journey back & hoped we didn't run into any big toothy fish! On the bus to Phuket i chatted to 2 German lads (Alex & c.v) how had [View Full Entry]

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Chiang Mai -> Bangkok (16hrs 3rd class train) Bangkok -> Chompong (9hrs 3.c.t) Chompong -> Koh Toa (6hr ferry) We finally arrived at the main beach area @ 5am but none of the guest houses where open! We met 2 Swedish gals & a Irish lad getting beers at the 7/11 (they had been partyin all nite) & they asked us to come & have beers @ there bungalow? 5 in the morn, not a bad time to start drinkin! Koh Toa is a very chilled place, nice beaches, good snorkeling, a few good bars & some crazy roads! I stayed [View Full Entry]

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