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Roaming Malaysia

Monday, April 28th, 2008

So I made it safely to Malysia! Was a little worried when I read about Asia’s budget airlines and lots of people who knew things about airplanes said people generally shouldn’t get in them. But ask any budget traveller if safety or money is more important and the majority will give you the same answer. Being part of that majority I happily jumped on the plane. Even bought some of their budget peanuts and a budget watch.

Getting off the plane in Malaysia, I was nervous for the first time since the start of my trip. I was worried about not knowing the language and being the only one with no head scarf. But luckily these people seem to take their studies seriously and speak very good English. And with the large Indian and Chinese population here my hair blowing in the humid breeze didn’t stick out either.
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Everybody needs good Neighbours…..

Sunday, April 27th, 2008

Laptop hasn’t been working for the last two weeks. It came back to life so I will get up to date soon….

After bidding farewell to South America I flew to Australia to see what was happening down under. When I first landed I stayed with my friend Sue. Her buddies were saying how a few of them flew home to see their folks during their year away. Luckily I had mine come to me. Mummy and Daddy Canning made the 24 hour trip to the land down under to see how their little bundle of joy was doing. Main priority in Australia for any true Neighbours fanatic is to get to Melbourne and try and see some of the actors. So off to Melbourne we went.

We didn’t get to go on the Neighbours tour because while lots of people told me how good or bad it was, no one mentioned booking ahead. We did however manage to get to the ‘Neighbours Night’, where the stars come out to play with the regular folk and we all go crazy taking photos. That night we got to meet Alan Fletcher (Dr. Karl), Stuart (Blair McDonagh) and new people who play Declan and Steve. There was a table quiz to keep us busy, while they went around meeting people. We seemed to be the only gang taking the thing seriously, and managed a respectable 2nd place. Although there was $500 for first place, and nothing for second.
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Adios South America

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
Photos on this entry don't seem to be coming up. I'll fix them when I get a moment... After 262 days, 12 flights, 15 nights spent on buses, 11 countries, and 1 baptism it was finally time to say goodbye ... [Continue reading this entry]

Some days aren’t so great on the road…

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008
Long story, but it was a long day. Most days I have on the road are fun. I get up, figure out where I am and what time it is, and then it’s 12 hours of thinking of things to do, ... [Continue reading this entry]

A picture-story for the lazy reader.

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008
Here are some of the photos from the tour. A few were taken by Flo, the French guy. If you think any photo is cool - it was more than likely taken by him. Remember when you were young, and you ... [Continue reading this entry]

Moonwalking

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008
Ok so not exactly the Moon itself, but the photos look like we could have been there! I’ve wanted to go to the south-west of Bolivia ever since seeing this web-site. In fact, their blog is so well written ... [Continue reading this entry]