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Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Cairns » Cairns City September 28th 2008

Hi people! how ist? hope alls good. im brilliant! still in Cairns and will be till the 4th November now as iv got me a job! wohhoow! its only for a couple of weeks, and dont start while middle of october. but its Dental nursing. so i couldnt really turn it down.Iv got myself a share house and move in on the 7th October so that should be good. i like staying in hostels but not when working as its noisy and dont get the best sleep. i cant wait to be able to unpack my bag properly! I went diving on thursday, did 3 dives on the barrier reef. was awsome! went off on my own(well with a buddy) and got lost. had to come to the surface and look for the boat! i shat ... read more
diving linz!
me
wohoow!

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Cairns » Cairns City September 21st 2008

Hello people! sorry its been a couple of weeks. how are you all? been upto anything good? let me know!!! Im back in Carirns now after a massive greyhound bus journey (pound that hound so lisa would say! ha!) i set off on thursday morning and got here sunday, crazy! but im here now so its alright. iv been in Darwin for ages, but i really liked it there, met some awsome people. after the night of the market went to play tennis the next day with adam lisa alex and steve who id met from the hostel, was funny you should have seen me swetting, nice! ha. was all good fun thow. i said i was going to look for work so i did just that! was signing up for fruit picking then ended up ... read more
me and lisa
crazy hair
back of the van

Oceania » Australia » Northern Territory » Darwin » City of Darwin September 1st 2008

hello hello! sorry its been a while people! been a busy bee! but im still alive Ingrid! dont worry! :-) im in Australia now. got here fine. Flew to Brisbane 1st. was there for 3 days. met some cool guys, most from Ireland, theres loads of them! didnt do much in Brisbane. went to the park and had a few beers. it was well cold compared to Asia so i went to charity shop and got me a jumper! the Hostel i was in was ok, abit dirty but not much different from my room at home! haha. i had a flight booked from bisbane to Cairns on the 13th August so did that. I liked Cairns better than Brisbane was warmer! haha. First night in Cairns i just stayd around the hostel ended up playing ... read more
woow!
it was heavy! haha
outback

Asia » Singapore August 9th 2008

I got to Bangkok airport and evrythnig was fine, checked in and went to go threw passport controll and they said i was 2 days over my visa. i was like, oh ok as i didnt realise. They made me pay 1000bah wich is like 15squid. i wasnt impressed as i was sure i had a longer visa, but nevermind, just glad i didnt get arrested!! so on i went to singapore. the fligth was fine, appart from i was freezing and asked for a blanket about 3 times and they didnt bring me one untill we wer landing. ha! so had MR gibbon wrapped round my legs! bless him. i arrived in singapore got the underground to where i needed to catch a taxi. i got off the train and couldnt for the life of ... read more

Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand » Bangkok August 6th 2008

well hello! this is my last post from Thailand. How sad?!?! i havent done much at all, appart from drink and shop! whoops! but its all good! i will miss Thailand lots and lots. ill miss the 'you want wedding dress miss' when you look like shit and have no wedding ring. ill miss the 'you want tuk tuk, wer u go' when im clearly not going anywer. ill miss the corn on the cobs from the cute little women on the side stalls for 20bah. Ill miss 'du du du that ton' :-( ill miss overnight trains, ill miss shit rooms with no aircon and cracked walls. ill miss 'sawadekaaaaa'. ill miss lots of things. :-( but i cant wait for my next adventure! iv had an ace time here. done some amazing things and ... read more

Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand » Bangkok August 3rd 2008

so, we checked back in as wed missed the early bus and if we took the later one, we would miss the border crossing. so we stayd in chiang mai another night. i bought my bus ticket to laos, then relised i probably wouldnt have enough time to get there, do what i want and get back to bangkok intime for my flight to singapoure. so i didnt go in the end. the others left early in the morning and i hung about till 6pm for my lovely night bus back to Bangkok. i didnt have a room all day as you have to check out at10 am or you pay another day. so i was abit bored! didnt do much at all really!. 6pm came, and so did the songtaew(taxi/van/truck) to take me to the ... read more

Asia » Thailand » North-West Thailand » Chiang Mai July 29th 2008

We got the night bus to Chang Mai. was uncomfy, but Mr Gibbon is one heck of a pillow! my chair was the squeekiest one on the bus, good job i got my ear plugs! i slept quite well supprisingly. laura sprawled out on the floor, lol. it was a 12 hour journey and we arrived in Chang Mai about 6.30am. we got a taxi to a cheap guest house in the centre. went straight to bed when i got in. woke up about 2.00. with no energy and feeling crapper than i did the day b4, so went for a full body massage, was lovely! think im addicted to them, been getting laods recently! we met some girls on the bus so went to the night market with them then had a few beers by ... read more
view from temple
temple bells
monks

Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand » Bangkok July 25th 2008

hi all. sorry for late update, been a busy wasp. so the full moon party, well, it was good untill i couldnt feel my arms or legs and was been sick all over and went abit funny in the head. i dont know what happend, i think i got my drink spiked because i didnt drink that much, and i have never ever been like that b4. it was awful. luckily carly and andy saved me and put me to bed. i was really gutted cos i was well up for a good boogie! but nevermind, atleast im alive and well! so the next day i felt awful. just chilled abit by the pool but couldnt move much. went out for aabit on the nigh to cactus bar but was on the water! hardcore linz! the ... read more
carly und moi
rainy
diver

Asia » Thailand » South-West Thailand » Ko Pha-Ngan July 19th 2008

hi all wall ball small. im in ko phangan now ready for the full moon party(a big party on the beach). i did a night dive after the last time i posted in Ko Tao, it was amazing saw some stingrays and some massive fishies. was really kool, not as scary as i thought. then in the morning did a deep dive, that was deffo the ebst one so far, it was amazing, just fish evrywer wen u looked up, it was like a dream. then i did a controll one to get your breathign right under watrer that was good but not as fun. so now im half way to been an advanced diver. am going back to Ko Tao on the 21st to finish is, only 2 more dives away! i really love it. ... read more

Asia » Thailand » South-West Thailand » Ko Tao July 16th 2008

hey all. we never stayd in Krabi in the end, we got there and decided to get an overnight boat straight to ko tao to save time and money on accomodation. the boat was the hottest thing ever and the bed wer so small but i slept like a baby! haha. we arrived in Ko Tao early like 7am and went to our free accomodation (its free ebcasue we wer diving) the rooms alright but no aircon so as you can imagine its abit sweatty! we didnt do much the first day, went to the beach and chilled, but its not the nicest beach ever so we gatecrashed andys pool! yeahh. we went out on the night for abit but jenna and carly stayd out till 6am to wach the sunrise then realised they wer on ... read more




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