Australia/NZ

Thai Heaven Oh my God, this was one of the best Pad Thais I have ever had…that includes being in Thailand. I think I have moved to food lovers heaven..

I have finally escaped the hostelling world, and have moved to the extremely funky area of Newtown in Sydney! Feels great to sleep in your own room again, without people shuffling about all over the shop…and finally I can stop supporting the local internet cafes in town with my frequent visits 🙂 Also, there are…

Yeah, they tell me to stay away but here I am again!! Byron Bay was awesome, altho I can tell all of you that the weather was half sunny half crappy rain!! Not sure whats up with that?! I’ll post a few photos soon, including some from my surfing camp! Yeh so my days went…

Yeah, I’m now officially heading towards being a surfer dude…5 days of surf camp, ridin some nice waves in, pretty stoked…shhheeeyhaaah. Will post some pics later of me riding them in. Surf camp was pretty awesome, met some really cool people (big group of Danes), and now I’m in Byron Bay watching all the cool…

Okay, so I’ve managed to get my hands on my laptop again – therefore y’all get to see new photos and read my proper account of the journey so far. Got some pictures uploaded, story follows. So I arrived at Sydney airport, very tired around 6am on October 20th. So tired, in fact, that I…

Just spent a really cool week up the coast from Sydney, a lovely place called North Arm Cove near Port Stephen. Lived in a two story beachhouse with a really nice australian couple, and took part in the wwoof program. I’ll write more later and post pics, but basically I did all kinds of manual…

Ok, have arrived in Sydney, spent first day in similiar dazed state to when I first arrived in KL, except this time I was on my own! It’s still a bit rainy here, but I’m told summer is just around the corner…took a walk down to Sydney Harbour bridge today after doing all the boring…

Kuala Lumpur It’s been a blast, but alas, it is time to go! Luckily I am going on to Sydney 🙂 I’m gonna have good memories of this place, everything from the gorgeous island of Redang to the madness of Chinatown, the random Oktoberfesting, the local ex pat squad, even the Gurkhas that guard Melrose…

Oktoberfest Yes, I never would have imagined that my first Oktoberfest experience would have been in South East Asia, but what the heck! There was German beer, sausages, authentic musical entertainment complete with Leiderhosen-sporting musicians, and even the chicken dance. Don’t ask. Just have a look at the pictures.

Yep, forgot to mention that, it’s really quite uncanny when you see it.

Da beach Went to Puland Redang for a few days, which is on the east coast of Malaysia near Kuala Terengganu, to find some sunshine! Awesome snorkelling and diving to be found there, pretty cheap too (less than 10 quid for a scuba dive!). And the beach…well… 🙂

KL from the appt