Australia is really starting to wear me out. The expense of everything and the moving constantly to different places is gettig hard. It was work in Asia of course, but when there were tuk tuks everywhere wanting to drive you places for cheap it was easier. Oh well, on a positive note...I loved Sydney!
I met James and Nicole at their hostel which turned out to be fantastic. It had free wifi and breakfast and my dorm room was nice and quiet! We did some exploring and saw the harbor bridge, opera house, and bondi beach. We had an amazing sunny day so we got a much needed beach day. We also did a tour of the blue mountains which are called that because of the haze that the eucalyptus trees gives them. It's what I picture the grand canyon looking like thousands of years later. It's very beautiful. J&N left for Melbourne and I spent another nice day in manly- a town a ferry ride away.
Then off to Melbourne! I didn't plan that so well because I had about 5 days I'm Sydney and 10 in Melbourne, should have split it up better. I like Melbourne, it's more artsy here and a little more grunge than Sydney. Tonight I'm headed to Adelaide for two days then I'm off on a three day tour of the great ocean road. Then to new Zealand I go!!
I'm missing home more lately. Sad I'm not getting to see any of pregnant Sarah and have been thinking about being back more and more. I miss everyone and look forward to seeing you all again soon!
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Thursday, April 7, 2011
The land of OZ
Wow, I didnt realize it had been so long since I posted. Its been almost three weeks! A lot has happened since then. The Gili's were amazing, so beautiful and small. There are no cars there so it's just bicycles and horse and carriage which was really cool. It takes two hours to walk around the biggest island, where I was which is Gili Trawangan. I rented a bike one day and walked around the island another day and had some nice beach days in between. No swimming which sucked because it was so hot there. After the Gili's I came back to Bali and spent two miserable nights in Kuta. That town is crazy. Its so crowded and everyone is just trying to sell you something, like most places in Asia, it just seems way worse there. Because of all the tourism, the beach is pretty dirty and trash just washes up which is so sad. I paid way more than i should have to stay in a pretty crappy room. Lets just say i was ready to get out of there.
I flew to Perth in Western Australia next and really liked the city. Its about the size of Indianapolis, and its clean and right on the water. I stayed there for two nights and then headed to a small town about 20 minutes away called Freemantle. I loved it there, it is quaint and has really nice beaches. I stayed there for two more nights and then pack to Perth to fly out of the airport to Brisbane.
I met Nicole and James in Brisbane and we explored the city on the first day. We were all three exhausted so we crashed early. The second day was amazing! We went to the Koala sanctuary where we fed Kangaroos, petted Koalas and even got to hold one. We loved it there, we were planning to head on the bus to Byron Bay that night but as most of you know, my backpack was stolen from the luggage room at the hotel. So of course we stayed the night to try to sort that out. It's really too bad because I really liked Brisbane as a city and now my main memory of that will be the stolen backpack. I know i'll look back on this and it won't be a big deal, but right now it feels really hard.
Next we took the bus down to Byron Bay which is a cute little beach town about three hours south of Brisbane. I really liked the town, except its been raining on the east coast so there's not as much to do when its raining. We got one good beach day though! Now i'm in a small town called Port Macquarie and tonight i'm headed off to Sydney to meet back up with Nic and James. I'm excited to see Sydney. Should be fun! Its nice to be in a country that speaks english and you can easily get around, but the cost of Australia is outrageous. Cooking on your own and staying in dorms is necessary to not spend a rediculous amount of money.
off to sydney now! talk to you all soon
I flew to Perth in Western Australia next and really liked the city. Its about the size of Indianapolis, and its clean and right on the water. I stayed there for two nights and then headed to a small town about 20 minutes away called Freemantle. I loved it there, it is quaint and has really nice beaches. I stayed there for two more nights and then pack to Perth to fly out of the airport to Brisbane.
I met Nicole and James in Brisbane and we explored the city on the first day. We were all three exhausted so we crashed early. The second day was amazing! We went to the Koala sanctuary where we fed Kangaroos, petted Koalas and even got to hold one. We loved it there, we were planning to head on the bus to Byron Bay that night but as most of you know, my backpack was stolen from the luggage room at the hotel. So of course we stayed the night to try to sort that out. It's really too bad because I really liked Brisbane as a city and now my main memory of that will be the stolen backpack. I know i'll look back on this and it won't be a big deal, but right now it feels really hard.
Next we took the bus down to Byron Bay which is a cute little beach town about three hours south of Brisbane. I really liked the town, except its been raining on the east coast so there's not as much to do when its raining. We got one good beach day though! Now i'm in a small town called Port Macquarie and tonight i'm headed off to Sydney to meet back up with Nic and James. I'm excited to see Sydney. Should be fun! Its nice to be in a country that speaks english and you can easily get around, but the cost of Australia is outrageous. Cooking on your own and staying in dorms is necessary to not spend a rediculous amount of money.
off to sydney now! talk to you all soon
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