Cairns to Melbourne in 3 weeks - Go!
Had a few days in Cairns with some diving on the great barrier reef, and managed to find some sharks and a turtle, which was awesome - they're much easier to find here than in thailand, and the reef is amazing :)
After that I had the first of my 4 overnight coaches that take me remarkably quickly down a remarkably long coastline over the next few weeks. I'm in a place called Airlie beach, from where you can get a sailing boat out to the Whitsunday islands - I head off in a few hours. Because I didn't book very far in advance, the really cheap boats were all booked up, so I've got the slightly more expensive (but far more fun) reconditioned 85' racing yacht. Oh yes.
Back on shore in a few days, when I'll be hot-footing down to Fraser island, for a few more days of driving about on a 4x4 down a highway that happens to also be a beach, dodging dingoes.
Oz seems well expensive after Asia, but I'm not here all that long so I'm trying not to worry about it too much :) There's plenty of distractions...
Will.
(Airlie beach, Oz)
Wednesday, 30 May 2007
Wednesday, 23 May 2007
aaaand relax
Hi all,
I've been in bali for a week or so, and it's ace - spent some time in a quiet beach in the north called lovina, and the rest of the time in Kuta, which is the craziest bali gets (most other places are almost asleep). The big draw of Kuta is the excellent surf - had a few lessons here and might have one or two more in australia when I get there. It's pretty difficult (and seriously hard work on the arms), but I'm getting there :)
Speaking of australia, I head there tomorrow night, arriving in cairns on friday morning, hopefully in ideal time to meet up with Ed, who should also have just arrived - that should be ace.
Also, I've sorted all my flight dates for the wedding - I have 4 weeks in australia, just over 4 weeks in new zealand, then a week in fiji before about 20 hours in san francisco then flying back to london. In london between the 1st to the 7th august, if anyone's about (though I'll be busy for most of the weekend).
I've also booked myself on a return flight from Mexico to get back just before christmas. I'll maybe push it past new year if the money's looking ok by then, but I might be too skint and have to come home...
I'm off surfing today because I hurt my back a bit yesterday (rubbish bed in a cheap hostel), but I should be ok to do some more tomorrow before the flight :) Meanwhile a bit of shopping for cheap board-shorts is in order, then off down the beach to catch the end of Diane's surf lesson.
Hope everyone's well,
Will.
(Kuta beach, Bali)
I've been in bali for a week or so, and it's ace - spent some time in a quiet beach in the north called lovina, and the rest of the time in Kuta, which is the craziest bali gets (most other places are almost asleep). The big draw of Kuta is the excellent surf - had a few lessons here and might have one or two more in australia when I get there. It's pretty difficult (and seriously hard work on the arms), but I'm getting there :)
Speaking of australia, I head there tomorrow night, arriving in cairns on friday morning, hopefully in ideal time to meet up with Ed, who should also have just arrived - that should be ace.
Also, I've sorted all my flight dates for the wedding - I have 4 weeks in australia, just over 4 weeks in new zealand, then a week in fiji before about 20 hours in san francisco then flying back to london. In london between the 1st to the 7th august, if anyone's about (though I'll be busy for most of the weekend).
I've also booked myself on a return flight from Mexico to get back just before christmas. I'll maybe push it past new year if the money's looking ok by then, but I might be too skint and have to come home...
I'm off surfing today because I hurt my back a bit yesterday (rubbish bed in a cheap hostel), but I should be ok to do some more tomorrow before the flight :) Meanwhile a bit of shopping for cheap board-shorts is in order, then off down the beach to catch the end of Diane's surf lesson.
Hope everyone's well,
Will.
(Kuta beach, Bali)
Sunday, 13 May 2007
Malaysia to Singapore
Hey folks,
only 2 minutes of internet, so godda be quick...
Been to The Best Beach In The World (Perhentian islands, Malaysia), then to the Cameron highlands, also Malaysia, for tea and scones, and have now hit Singapore! Which is well civilised, and accordingly expensive. Maybe a sling will help.
D'oh. Didn't manage to finish in my 2 minutes. Another dollar down the pan. Anyhow, Malaysia was ace, if a little whistle-stop, and we've now got 3 days in a very posh, though slightly over budget hostel. Godda fill up on the free breakfast to make it worth while. We're meeting up with Dave's brother Daniel this afternoon, who's gonna tell us what we should do for the next few days.
Oh, and I've splashed out on a new iPod. Pleeeeease don't let me lose this one...
All's well & much fun,
Will.
(Singapore)
only 2 minutes of internet, so godda be quick...
Been to The Best Beach In The World (Perhentian islands, Malaysia), then to the Cameron highlands, also Malaysia, for tea and scones, and have now hit Singapore! Which is well civilised, and accordingly expensive. Maybe a sling will help.
D'oh. Didn't manage to finish in my 2 minutes. Another dollar down the pan. Anyhow, Malaysia was ace, if a little whistle-stop, and we've now got 3 days in a very posh, though slightly over budget hostel. Godda fill up on the free breakfast to make it worth while. We're meeting up with Dave's brother Daniel this afternoon, who's gonna tell us what we should do for the next few days.
Oh, and I've splashed out on a new iPod. Pleeeeease don't let me lose this one...
All's well & much fun,
Will.
(Singapore)
Saturday, 5 May 2007
Clowning around
Howdy all,
Quick update, cos I've got a boat to catch.
I did my diving and got my padi open water qualification, then went to koh phangan, where they have a big party every full moon (actually, they have pretty big parties pretty much every day, but the full moon is particularly silly).
Unfortunately a 4 day tropical storm decided to hit the island just as we got there, but luckily dancing about in the rain is the new black, so no one minded. Unfortunately, I don't seem to remember too many details. Something about getting lost for 4 hours in the middle of the night on the way back to my bungalow and meeting all kinds of cool people, none of which were any help in finding my way home rings a vague bell, but for some reason my memory is a bit hazy.
Anyhow, back to more sensible pursuits (hi, mum). I decided the diving was ace, so did some more of it. I went back to koh tao and did my advanced open water, which lets you go much deeper, do a whole bunch of different kinds of dives (phosphorescence on night dives is awesome), and a bunch more navigation.
Including navigating my way across a dive site to where a family of clown fish live.
Yes, I really did find Nemo.
Anyhow, as I say, I've got a boat to catch. We get to the mainland this afternoon, then catch a night train south, that gets us to the Malaysian border tomorrow morning. From there we head to some islands off the east coast for a few days. Probably just lounge about for a bit, but there is supposed to be some great diving there as well, so you never know...
Hope all's well,
Will.
(about to leave Thailand)
Quick update, cos I've got a boat to catch.
I did my diving and got my padi open water qualification, then went to koh phangan, where they have a big party every full moon (actually, they have pretty big parties pretty much every day, but the full moon is particularly silly).
Unfortunately a 4 day tropical storm decided to hit the island just as we got there, but luckily dancing about in the rain is the new black, so no one minded. Unfortunately, I don't seem to remember too many details. Something about getting lost for 4 hours in the middle of the night on the way back to my bungalow and meeting all kinds of cool people, none of which were any help in finding my way home rings a vague bell, but for some reason my memory is a bit hazy.
Anyhow, back to more sensible pursuits (hi, mum). I decided the diving was ace, so did some more of it. I went back to koh tao and did my advanced open water, which lets you go much deeper, do a whole bunch of different kinds of dives (phosphorescence on night dives is awesome), and a bunch more navigation.
Including navigating my way across a dive site to where a family of clown fish live.
Yes, I really did find Nemo.
Anyhow, as I say, I've got a boat to catch. We get to the mainland this afternoon, then catch a night train south, that gets us to the Malaysian border tomorrow morning. From there we head to some islands off the east coast for a few days. Probably just lounge about for a bit, but there is supposed to be some great diving there as well, so you never know...
Hope all's well,
Will.
(about to leave Thailand)
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