Friday 23rd April 2004 Well after an 11 hour flight, which was extremely turbulent, we landed in Santiago airport. Things were relatively straight forward with collecting bags and negotiating a bus to the hostel. After checking in we went straight to bed for a couple of hours needed sleep. In the evening we went out to town to a take away pizza chain, where we saw one women and her son going through bins and dashing to tables after people finished to ea...

Tuesday 16th March 04 Today we woke just gone 8.00 am and set off for the airport for our domestic flight to Brisbane. Both flights that we needed to catch today had been rescheduled to a later time, so the majority of the day was spent in various airports departure lounges! We finally landed in Christchurch around Midnight, and took a taxi to Stonehurst Backpackers to be told that our beds had been given away! Luckily we got them back!! However, we ...

Tuesday 23rd December 03 Having arrived in the Land of Oz, we checked ourselves into our hostel and spent our first day in Sydney catching up on sleep and having a walk around the city, but retired to bed early to prepare ourselves for the festive celebrations! Wednesday 24th December 03 We awoke more alive today and caught a train to the 5* hotel in Rushcutters Bay which was to be our home for 2 luxurious nights! After having checked out the ro...

Thursday 11th December 03 We arrived in Georgetown, the capital of Penang, after a 6 hour bus ride and hurriedly booked into a hostel, as we could see a storm brewing in the sky! We had dinner in another guesthouse which is renowned for it's chocolate cake, so of course we had to indulge ourselves!! After having a look along the main street of Georgetown and seeing a giant rat at our hostel, we tucked into bed whilst listening to a strange rustling sou...

Sunday 16th November 03 After an exhausting journey we arrived at Ko Pha Ngan and decided to head to the North coast to relax for a few days, as recommended by our trusty Lonely Planet Guide! We reached Mae Had Beach and booked into a beach bungalow for 2 nights. Being only 10 metres away from the warm crystal clear seas, we decided to take a well earned swim before we did anything! We decided that we should hire a motor bike as this was the chea...