I've not been able to update until now with me being really busy and the Internet being really bad. I got to Airlie Beach on Thursday 16th April and my Whitsundays trip was on the Saturday. The only reason people really come to Airlie Beach is for the Whitsundays and I was no different. We arrived at about 5ish and the driver of the bus had organised free food and drink in the bar of the hostel I was staying at for later on that evening. We all met up and ate sp...

On the bus journey from Cairns to Mission Beach, we stopped off at Johnstone River Crocodile Farm, home to Gregory - the biggest crocodile in captivity. We had a tour of the farm and fed the kangaroos and wallabies, then it was feeding time for the crocs so we got to watch that. Couldn't believe how big some of them were! When we got to Mission Beach I realised that I'd have to stay there an extra night. I'd booked and paid for four nights so that I wouldn't hav...

I arrived in Brisbane after a seven hour flight from Singapore where I tried, and failed, to watch The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Slumdog Millionnaire. Once I landed, I had to catch a train to the domestic terminal to catch my connecting flight to Cairns. After waiting at the station for half an hour, there was an announcement that the train was delayed by five minutes, then ten, then an hour... It turns out the train had actually derailed, so that was ...

I've only been here for three full days but as the city itself is quite small, that was more than enough time to see everything I wanted to. The journey down here was great compared to the one to Kuala Lumpur! The coach was nice and the seats were massive and really comfortable. Once the bus dropped us off, I went in search of a taxi to the hostel in Little India where I was staying. The first taxi I flagged down just drove off when I said I was going to Little ...

I love it up here! On the five hour bus ride from Kuala Lumpur, we spent a good hour just driving up these really windy roads cut into the side of a mountain, then all of a sudden we were in Tanah Rata, the main town in the Cameron Highlands. It's only one street, which has shops and many, MANY Indian restaurants as well as a Starbucks. It really is true that they have a Starbucks everywhere! With it being so high up here the weather's more like back home. It's q...