SO when we arrived in Singapore I was told my bag hadn't 'made it' on the flight and it was coming on the next one so would arrive a few hours after me at my hostel and I was given 100 Singapore Dollars compensation, pretty sweet! However, I woke up in the morning and my bag hadn't arrived, so I phoned the office and they were very vague but basically I was told they didn't know where my bag was or when I would get it! This was a HORRIFIC thing to hear! There were tears!
We got up and went out all the same, with my extra 100SGD burning a hole in my pocket I bought some clothes from this Australian shop called cotton on, nice nice! We walked down Orchard Road, the main shopping area in Singapore until we reached the botanical gardens which were nice, as you'd expect! lol. All the while we kept ringing the office to find out about my bag and didn't get a straight answer until about 11pm (after having been for tapas and wine!) when I was told it was coming on a flight tonight! So the following morning I woke up and had my bag back and it was SWEET, especially since that was the day we needed to take more malaria tablets, all of which were locked in my bag!
We spent the rest of the day at Singapore zoo, which was equally as amazing as the Australia Zoo, the ethos was a little less cool but the massive variety of animals was amazing! We saw orang utans and spider monkeys and another kind of monkey with a MASSIVE nose, and many many more! After the zoo closed, we went to this thing called Night Safari where you ride on a tram through these enclosures and see loads of nocturnal animals there were lions, tigers, a tapir and loads of other stuff including the biggest species of rodent in the world!
The following day we ambled around more of Singapore and went to this place called the Mustafa Centre where you can get EVERYTHING!
Yesterday we got a luxury bus at 8.30 upto Kuala Lumpur, the seats were like business class plane seats and we had TVs and were served a meal! lol. We arrived in Kuala Lumpur and checked into a room, our first private room since Japan! Its about 5.50GBP each per night, not too shabby! However, the shower is just a showerhead in the wall of the bathroom! lol.
Tommorow evening we're on a flight to Langkawi, an island just south of the Thai border!
xxxxx
Sunday, 28 March 2010
Monday, 22 March 2010
Brisbeen!
I have seven minutes left of internet to write my blog! So here goes! lol
First evening in Brisbane, we went out!
First full day, we got up late (predictably) and ambled around the city, keeping ourselves hydrated! lol, that evening we planned a trip to the Australia Zoo, Steve Irwin's place!
The day we went to the zoo was amazing! Check out the facebook pictures for details!
We then returned to find our food bags stolen by these nasty lads so resorted to dominoes for dinner! Today we've been to the inland beach and used one of the built in BBQs! Had a salad tonight after buying the ingredients for the second time, now preparing to fly to Singapore tommorow.
This is TOO concise to do Brisbane justice! It's nice! lol
xxx
Thursday, 18 March 2010
Sydney!
We had a polava with being booked into a horrible hostel, and because we booked it through STA we couldn't get a refund because the woman was a BITCH! All I'll say about it is, we were having a reasonable conversation with her about it and she said to me 'End of discussion' - I was so angry!
Anyway, we moved to a much more friendly hostel after one night, and cheered ourselves up on our first evening in Sydney by going to see Alice In Wonderland at the IMAX, the biggest IMAX in the world apparently! Then we walked around Darling Harbour which was pretty happening!
The following day, after checking into our much nicer accommodation we basically ambled around, we walked through the botanical gardens where they had all these flying fox, bat type things nesting in all the trees, there was LOADS! Then we made our way down to the Opera House, I had a maxibon, amazing!
Hmmm, its hard to remember things we did, all the days seem to blend together! lol. One day we went for 'Pancakes at the Rocks' which were AMAZING, Imogen, you would have loved it!
We went out one night to this place called 'The Gaff' which was cool, but the drinks were expensive and pretty nasty! Australians (or Brits in Australia) seem to drink this stuff they refer to as 'Goon' which appears to be cheap cheap wine, it's not even that strong but everyone drinks looads because it's so cheap! I am sure we will have some in Brisbane (but not too much, Mum.) On our last evening in Sydney (before catching a night bus) we made some chilli and had wraps, which was tasty! Then this bunch of guys were so greatful for our leftovers that they washed up! I think it was because a few of them were stooooned! lol
After a nice few days in Sydney we caught a night bus (12 hours!) to Byron Bay, we all took some amazing sleeping pills which made the journey a doddle! lol.
Not alot has happened in Byron Bay, its quite a nice town built for surfers! lol Off to Brisbane tommorow, exciting, we've heard it's really cool!
xxxx
Anyway, we moved to a much more friendly hostel after one night, and cheered ourselves up on our first evening in Sydney by going to see Alice In Wonderland at the IMAX, the biggest IMAX in the world apparently! Then we walked around Darling Harbour which was pretty happening!
The following day, after checking into our much nicer accommodation we basically ambled around, we walked through the botanical gardens where they had all these flying fox, bat type things nesting in all the trees, there was LOADS! Then we made our way down to the Opera House, I had a maxibon, amazing!
Hmmm, its hard to remember things we did, all the days seem to blend together! lol. One day we went for 'Pancakes at the Rocks' which were AMAZING, Imogen, you would have loved it!
We went out one night to this place called 'The Gaff' which was cool, but the drinks were expensive and pretty nasty! Australians (or Brits in Australia) seem to drink this stuff they refer to as 'Goon' which appears to be cheap cheap wine, it's not even that strong but everyone drinks looads because it's so cheap! I am sure we will have some in Brisbane (but not too much, Mum.) On our last evening in Sydney (before catching a night bus) we made some chilli and had wraps, which was tasty! Then this bunch of guys were so greatful for our leftovers that they washed up! I think it was because a few of them were stooooned! lol
After a nice few days in Sydney we caught a night bus (12 hours!) to Byron Bay, we all took some amazing sleeping pills which made the journey a doddle! lol.
Not alot has happened in Byron Bay, its quite a nice town built for surfers! lol Off to Brisbane tommorow, exciting, we've heard it's really cool!
xxxx
Sunday, 14 March 2010
Ohhh,
One last thing, the women that worked there (especially this woman called mere) loved us so much and told us how they liked our towels so we gave them to Mere when we left! She squealed with delight, it was amazing, then she sat with us while we waited for the ferry. Also, she called us first for allll the meals and when we didn't get up for breakfast she saved us a plate and brought it out to us when we went down to buy a drink! it was such a pleasant surprise! lol
xxx
One last thing, the women that worked there (especially this woman called mere) loved us so much and told us how they liked our towels so we gave them to Mere when we left! She squealed with delight, it was amazing, then she sat with us while we waited for the ferry. Also, she called us first for allll the meals and when we didn't get up for breakfast she saved us a plate and brought it out to us when we went down to buy a drink! it was such a pleasant surprise! lol
xxx
Fiji Time!
So we got our flight from Auckland sucessfully, and stayed for a night in a hostel in Nadi, on the mainland. The following morning we got on a ferry which goes to all the 'Yasawa' Island, which are off the west coast of Fiji. Once we arrived our bags and us were ushered onto these tiny speedboats which went to the shore and then we were shown to our dorm! The beach was amazing white sand and the sea was as warm as bathwater! Pretty perfect!
We had mosquito nets on our beds but the bugs were certainly interesting, I saw the biggest moth I have ever seen, the wingspan was about 3 inches!! Also, there was a cockroach in the toilet once, Ahhhh! Apart from that it was awwwwesome! There hammocks all over the place to lie in and sleep, read or sunbathe!
Over the 5 nights we were there we didn't really get upto very much! BUT we did manage to drag ourselves out of bed at 4.30am to walk upto the summit of the island to see the sunrise and stand on the 'wobbling rock' our guide was called Nepote and was knackered himself because they had had loads of Kava the night before! LOLs. The hike was pretty knackering in the heat, even at 5 in the morning it was boiling! It was all pretty worth it for the view at the top though! (see facebook pictures!)
Another day we went snorkelling on the reef, the guide grabbed the head of a reef shark (they're super timid!) and let everyone touch it! There was loads of cool corally stuff! :)
This Blog is in NO sort of order because it was impossible to keep track of time in Fiji! lol.
We're now in Sydney but I can't be bothered to into that this evening, maybe tommorow!
xxxxx
xxxx
We had mosquito nets on our beds but the bugs were certainly interesting, I saw the biggest moth I have ever seen, the wingspan was about 3 inches!! Also, there was a cockroach in the toilet once, Ahhhh! Apart from that it was awwwwesome! There hammocks all over the place to lie in and sleep, read or sunbathe!
Over the 5 nights we were there we didn't really get upto very much! BUT we did manage to drag ourselves out of bed at 4.30am to walk upto the summit of the island to see the sunrise and stand on the 'wobbling rock' our guide was called Nepote and was knackered himself because they had had loads of Kava the night before! LOLs. The hike was pretty knackering in the heat, even at 5 in the morning it was boiling! It was all pretty worth it for the view at the top though! (see facebook pictures!)
Another day we went snorkelling on the reef, the guide grabbed the head of a reef shark (they're super timid!) and let everyone touch it! There was loads of cool corally stuff! :)
This Blog is in NO sort of order because it was impossible to keep track of time in Fiji! lol.
We're now in Sydney but I can't be bothered to into that this evening, maybe tommorow!
xxxxx
xxxx
Wednesday, 3 March 2010
Milford Sound, Queenstown, Auckland!
Oh Dear, I've left it so long since my last blog it would be a mountain to climb to go into any sort of detail about what has happened, so here's a few highlights!
We had an amazing drive to Milford Sound, loads of amazing scenery, LOADS of rain! We drove through a tunnel that went through a mountain and had no sort of lining, you could just see the rock outside the coach window, it was spoooky! Once we arrived in Milford sound the convenience store in the hostel had NO milk, not very convenient for girls who've brought tea bags! The rain condmened us to staying inside, drinking black tea (which I grew to enjoy!) and playing monopoly, cluedo and scrabble! Abi won Scrabble, Emma won monopoly and we each won a game of scrabble! lol. I was a bit of a soar loser in Monopoly I must admit, Emma was not very sisterly in her finanacial dealings! lol
The day after we went on a cruise around milford sound! Even though the low low rain clouds prevented us from seeing the amazing views that Milford Sound is famous for, the rain had caused literally hundreds of waterfalls to come crashing down the rocks because there was nowhere for it be absorbed into, which was pretttty amazing! Furthermore (reminds me of sixth form essays, bad times!) the water got so choppy that when we went outside to take photos we were all unceremoniously flung from side to side of the deck, holding onto railings chairs for dear life (well, maybe I'm exaggerating just a little bit! lol) Once we were home and dry, literally! There was the making of dinner to be undertaken, so we went to our food bags and found...OUR PASTA WAS GONE, only to find that there were a couples eating dry spirals (our pasta of choice) in the dining room, it was pretty unbelievable! lol.
We made our way back to Queenstown the next day, and have come upto Auckland today. Found beach towels we're going to need for Fiji after quite alot of asking around, got one for $10, it has turtles on! lol. Auckland is nice, tempting shops and a nice waterfront, plus a little bit of sun was much appreciated after constant rain down south!
Looking forward to alot more sun in Fiji, not so much the bugs!
lol
xxxx
We had an amazing drive to Milford Sound, loads of amazing scenery, LOADS of rain! We drove through a tunnel that went through a mountain and had no sort of lining, you could just see the rock outside the coach window, it was spoooky! Once we arrived in Milford sound the convenience store in the hostel had NO milk, not very convenient for girls who've brought tea bags! The rain condmened us to staying inside, drinking black tea (which I grew to enjoy!) and playing monopoly, cluedo and scrabble! Abi won Scrabble, Emma won monopoly and we each won a game of scrabble! lol. I was a bit of a soar loser in Monopoly I must admit, Emma was not very sisterly in her finanacial dealings! lol
The day after we went on a cruise around milford sound! Even though the low low rain clouds prevented us from seeing the amazing views that Milford Sound is famous for, the rain had caused literally hundreds of waterfalls to come crashing down the rocks because there was nowhere for it be absorbed into, which was pretttty amazing! Furthermore (reminds me of sixth form essays, bad times!) the water got so choppy that when we went outside to take photos we were all unceremoniously flung from side to side of the deck, holding onto railings chairs for dear life (well, maybe I'm exaggerating just a little bit! lol) Once we were home and dry, literally! There was the making of dinner to be undertaken, so we went to our food bags and found...OUR PASTA WAS GONE, only to find that there were a couples eating dry spirals (our pasta of choice) in the dining room, it was pretty unbelievable! lol.
We made our way back to Queenstown the next day, and have come upto Auckland today. Found beach towels we're going to need for Fiji after quite alot of asking around, got one for $10, it has turtles on! lol. Auckland is nice, tempting shops and a nice waterfront, plus a little bit of sun was much appreciated after constant rain down south!
Looking forward to alot more sun in Fiji, not so much the bugs!
lol
xxxx
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