Page 3 of SusieLewis Travel Blog Posts


Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Auckland March 1st 2010

Welcome to my world of hell. My plane is at 8.50am and I have to be there 3 hours before which means waking up at 5bastardoclock in the morning. Not only that but I didn't end up going to bed until about 1ish and I couldn't even sleep anyway because I was silently crying in bed in Dave's arms. He doesn't know that though. I hate knowing I'm never gonna get this again.. HATE it! So at 5am my alarm goes off and I'm pretty much already packed up and ready to go. So Zoe and Orla wake up, Dave is passed out because he took a sleeping pill so I shake him to wake him up. So he didn't come downstairs to wave me off or anything.. this was our goodbyes.. quick hug, cya later ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney March 1st 2010

I hate life right now. No really I do.. I've had the worst day of my life, but I'll get onto that on my next blog. So after coming back from Byron (which was the longest trip EVER btw.. 13 hour coach journey, as if!!!), the minute I arrived home I saw Dave. He was drunk. Dave + Drunk = Inevitable outcome. After having our chat before Byron of calling it all off, the minute I got back it was pretty much straight back on. I realised how much I had missed him and it was really good to see him again. We decided to just keep going on as we were going.. what harm can it do! hmmmm.. So the next couple of weeks breezed by pretty quickly. Jason our landlord was being an absolute ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Byron Bay February 11th 2010

Woke up relatively early! Feeling fresh as a daisy.. whereas Becky is hungover to the max! It was gorgeous weather so we all swiftly head to the beach, not gonna waste aaaaany time! It was about midday when we arrived and absolutely baking. After 5 mins of sunbathing I had to jump in the sea due to overheating. After our sun session we all realise we're pretty hungry and go find a place to get some scram. Discover quite a nice restaurant with a balcony overlooking the town. So I got a deliiiiicious chicken burger and then finished off Bec's pasta as well. I'm an absolute pig at times. I also tried a prawn for the first time, didn't really taste of much tbh! So as I've been hanging out with the others I kind of ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Byron Bay February 10th 2010

Woke up still in my cocoon. I automatically panicked again about the spider issue and leaped out of bed and checked the bed, luckily the bed was safe.. as was I! I am alive and well..! The others are all up and alive too. First thing we decide to do first is head into town and get some food supplies for the lodge. Okay so the rainforest looked beautiful this morning. I judged it because it was dark last night, but in the light it was a lot more cheery and pleasant and I felt a lot better. Plus I was super excited.. I was in byron bay dude! I had heard awesome things about this place and really hoped it lived up to it all. It was literally a 5 minute drive to town and ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales February 9th 2010

Woken up by everyone hustling and bustling. I was the last up.. naturally, I always am! Sooo I jumped in the shower and ate my brekkie, the remains from last night which was just as delicious as it was the night before. Soon enough we were all packed up and fueled with chicken and beef sausages ready to continue our journey. It's Jo's turn to drive and then I'm next.. woohoo! So I sit in the front with her this time. We first make a pit stop into town to get some bottles of water and stuff. Nelson Bay seems pretty cute! Then we were on our wayyyyyyyyy. So we were all getting pretty bored with the radio, in fact super bored of it.. the same songs on repeat over and bloody over! So we stopped ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales February 8th 2010

Soooo part of Jo coming here was that I will then travel up to Byron Bay with her and her friends for a few days and then come back to Sydney. They awesomely planned it so that they will be renting a car and roadtripping upwards, and luckily had put me on the insurance which means I can drive too.. yay!! I haven't driven in SO long so I was super excited. Soooo we got up early about 8am to catch the bus at half past and meet the others at Wake Up. I stupidly packed my backpack up way more than it needed to be but I always get paranoid that I haven't packed enough and then end up with 10x more than I actually intended. So me, Jo and Dave are all squished on ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Melbourne February 7th 2010

Okay so I'm a total hypocrite. I laugh at Dave and Vivian but the last week or 2 I've been kind of having a thing with Dave. Since the Vivian episode she is avoiding him like the plague and me and him have got closer and closer and now we're actually even acting like a goddamn couple around the house. Mad times.. definitely not going to get attached to this one seeing as we're all leaving in a few weeks! So.. time to fly to Melbourne to meet JoJo! Taxi booked for 5am and the flight is at 7am. I got there waaaaaaay too early, I was waiting around for ages, but the flight was pretty swift and efficient and I was there in no time at all. There are 2 airports in Melbourne, the main ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney January 23rd 2010

So me and Zoebird had heard about this awesome festival called Big Day Out that was coming to Sydney, but we didn't even bother trying to get tickets because we thought it would have been sold out weeks ago.. turns out it wasn't! We thought fuckit and got our tickets, which gave us something to look forward to! It was a wicked line up.. Muse, Kasabian, Lily Allen, Temper Trap, Dizzee Rascal to name a few! Wake up on the Saturday morning and I'm totally in music festival spirit! The weather however is the hottest it's been in days, like 40 degrees.. not really ideal to be headbanging at a festival, holy dehydrated alert. But this didn't put us on a downer.. we were gonna have a motherfucking big day out even if I end up ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney January 21st 2010

(In the style of The Hills) Zoebirds come to realise that Nomad the hot but now not so hot Israeli is definitely not gonna call again and that the fire has officially burnt out. Of course there are always plenty of other fish in the sea.. and being io n Australia there is plenty of fishy oceans to go round! Marc is getting seriously tired from work but he totally doesn't care because he's top of the board and completely in his manager's good books. He's been none stop selling since last week and if he had any doubts of being fired I'm pretty sure he now has nothing to worry about! And as for me? Well.. I had to prepare myself mentally for what was about to happen... Just kidding, nothing really has happened much. ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney » Newtown January 7th 2010

Okay so seeing as I have neglected this a bit due to not really being on the interwebz, I'll update you on what's actually happening in my life. Y'know the minor details that you don't really give a shit about but I'm going to tell you anyway because that's the way I roll, mmkay. So I still haven't found a job, I've literally given up COMPLETELY.. I've lost the will to live, running out of money and probably going to have to transfer more from my savings which I really didn't want to do! On the plus side my sister is coming over in 3 weeks and I'm going to go meet her in Melbourne! Excitinggggggggggg. Which means because of this I really don't want a job now as I don't want my plans interrupted. We're ... read more




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