nicole21

well a few weekends ago was a bank holiday, ive discovered australia has alot of bank holidays for things that they dont really need to, but hey its an extra day of so whatever! this occasion was labour day so we decided to head down south to margret river and yellingup and see what it had to offer! Margret river is known for its winerys and brewerys its literaly winnery after brewery after winery with a couple of chocolate and fudge factorys thrown in between,in other words every sweet toothed booze loving persons dream!! its also home to some beautiful beaches and countryside. We done a spot of caveing in yallinup in the Ngilgi caves which was lots of fun, got a little bit stuck in on a slide and on the way home stopped at ... read more

well i spent about 4 days in orange with Jes and Maddy , i had my first australia day at Harriets house where we lazed by the pool and ate and drank till we rolled out the door, i also had my first race day experience where you get to dress up in pretty dresses, drink champagne and have the odd bet if your feeling brave!, Jes and Maddy took me on a tour of orange and up to mount canobolis(sorry cant spell it) which has spectacular views of orange! and i found that i really quite like orange alot! so thanx to Jes and Maddy for showing me the best time! you girls are superstars! ... read more

Ive been meaning to post these pics for a few months, since i got home back in november but i forgot all about it anyway its just a few pics of my last few weeks in South America which we spent in Buenos Aires, Uruguay and Iguazu falls! ... read more

well this blog is at least 4 weeks overdue but i got there eventually!! After leaving mexico we arrived in Lima airport on the 26th september only to be mobbed by taxi trivers each one offering "good price!" after much debate and haggling we finally found a guy and his friend who agreed to take us to where we were staying for $10 dollars, however it didnt go quite to plan...first they tried to seperate us from our luggage,that was not happening, then when all 3 of us and our luggage were in the car began the task of gettin them to take us to our hostel,peruvian taxi drivers really dont like to take you where you want to go apparently everywere we wanted to go was closed but all the leaflets they gave us of ... read more

We left Puerto Escondido in the afternoon on the bus to San Christobel which took 12 hours and then a 5hour bus to palenque where we spent a night and went on a day trip to visit the mayan ruins and waterfalls that palenque is famous for. For $10 we had a private mini bus that took us to the mayan ruins where you can explore old palaces and tombs unfortunatly it was a misty morning so the pictures are kind of unclear, we were then taken to misol ha which is a huge waterfall where some of the film predator was shot, its a pretty impressive setting with a huge waterfall that falls into a large pool surrounded by rocks and some smaller caves but the Agua Azul waterfalls that we were taken to next ... read more