The Whitsunday Islands are one of Australia's most popular destinations and it's easy to see why. Azza and I spent 3 days in Airlie Beach, taking a cruise to explore some of the islands. Airlie Beach itself is a tiny strip of hostels, bars and restaurants used purely as a jumping off point for the islands. It was a bit too much of a backpacker circus for me but we still managed to have a lot of fun. The highlight, of course, was the cruise around the islands. W...

Azza and I arrived in Brisbane on Thursday night, exhausted after our flight which took us via Sydney. We spent the next day trying to sort out our washing and other such exciting activities, before heading to the Gold Coast on Saturday morning. Azza had got us tickets to a festival called Good Vibes which she'd been to last year. We caught the train to Surfers Paradise, checked into our hotel (HOTEL!!! So nice!!! Somehow hostels can never match up...) and met up...

Greetings! Apologies for the long gap in entries but Vanuatu's internet speed is not conducive to blogging! I've had the most amazing 2 weeks and I can hardly believe I've been there and back again. I went with Azza, a friend from school in Bahrain. I have to apologise in advance for name-dropping people or places for the people who know Vanuatu. I arrived in Vila a couple of days before Azza and I was met at the airport by Noel the owner of the guesthouse we we...

I have just spent a fabulous week in Sydney! I had an email a few months back from Ali and Amy (friends from uni) who told me they were visiting Ali's brother Scott in Sydney - would I be around at the same time? So I booked my flights up from Melbourne, arriving a few hours after them. They were staying at Scott's in Balmain so I booked a hostel in nearby Glebe. We met that evening for dinner, remarking on how surreal it was that we were all in Australia! Boilin...

You may remember me finishing off my last blog with an indication I would be starting to look for work. Unfortunately for me I had picked the worst time of year as all the uni and school students took the casual jobs in December! So there really wasn't much going. I also knew I was going away again at the end of January so was only looking for a couple of weeks. Hence, no job. Hopefully, though, when I get back from my next trip I will be able to pick something u...