I wasn't going to write a blog about this trip. After all, it was just five days. But travelling with Daniel makes it so funny all the time, so I decided to write a little something. Daniel bought his surfboard around six months ago. He's had about three attempts at surfing with it. The main reason he hasn't done it more, though, is because he works six days a week and good surf is at least an hour away. Fair enough. Plus, he did surf in Thailand in between. So...

Our trip to Thailand started off with a four hour plane delay on Christmas Eve (thanks Jetstar) followed by the worst plane trip either of us have ever had. It wasn't the weather conditions, but the people. So many children, and so little parenting. Plus, every second person was sneezing every two minutes and although I'd made us take Echinacea tablets before we left, there's been another outbreak of bird flu and I was feeling covered in germs. Daniel, saying tha...

I'd highly recommend any Aussie go to Bali. It is not at all what we thought it would be like. It's like another state of Australia, as in everything is so easy. We paid $200 a night in Seminyak (beach, not horribly cheap and busy like Kuta though) at Bali Rich Villas for our pool villa (you can get much cheaper even with private pools but we did have a great service) but you get a fantastic breakfast included and all waters, toothbrushes etc and the villa was hu...

27 December 2009 - AucklandAfter a 3.30 wakeup, made it to my red eye flight to Auckland. By the time I got to Nomads Hostel in the city it was after 2, so I spent a few hours just checking out the city. It was very nice, but I realise that I really am not into cities so I was bored before long. A very hung Rory came to meet me and we caught up after two years.After my last long trip overseas, I was really happy to be able to do and be what I want. It's nice...

I don´t know if I´m just getting used to sleeping on overnight busesbut the bus to Mendoza was my best sleep yet. It was an Andes Mar busand more expensive than most - about 140aud each but worth it for thehuge cama beds that almost go flat and better food. It evening arrivedon time. We got to Hostel Alamo to bo told they double booked the room and they´d moveus to an apartment 5 blocks away but we wanted to stay at the hostel for variousreasons and then they ...