Monday 11th Jan An early rise start with free pancakes and packing began the day. I managed to get some washing done and we checked out in time. Lisa and I then sat down together and decided we really ought to start doing some planning for the week ahead considering we only had somewhere to stay for the next two nights and had nothing else booked. I got online and booked us an explorer bus trip ($40 each) for the next day which would give us a hop on hop off exp...

Sunday 10th Jan I didn't wake up until 9.30am which is late for me so I must have been exhausted from the previous few days events. We'd had somebody knock on our room in the night so Lisa was annoyed she couldn't get back to sleep after it, but I was completely knackered and slept well. We chilled in the morning, grabbed cereal, I video chatted Nick and his pals before they were all going on a night out which was funny, and then finally activated my Australia...

Saturday 9th Jan In the morning we had arranged to meet back up with my friend Lauren, who was now on her way from Melbourne to move in with Sara (who we'd met in Hoi An) over in Umina. Lauren met us at the train station just opposite our hostel and the three of us went to a cafe. We caught up with her last 3 weeks of adventures and said goodbye (hopefully temporarily as I'd like to visit them both on our travels up). Lisa and I then spent some time relaxing in ...

Friday 8th Jan So last night turned out to be eventful, we were late to the cheese and wine after arriving on the rooftop to see most of the cheese and wine was gone and everyone was in full swing of playing beer pong, something neither of us were prepared to participate in at 7pm. There appeared to be other games that were to commence, giant Jenga and ring of fire, along with various items of fancy dress props people were getting into. We decided to stay for 10...

Wednesday 6th Jan So after 3 emotional weeks at home for Christmas, I've began part two of my 6 month travelling journey which has consisted of a 50 hour trip with my sister from the UK back across to the other side of the world to the wonderful land of Oz (Australia of course, not the green emerald city with munchkins). We arrived at our hostel, Sydney Central Youth Hostel which was just opposite Central train station around 10am. My friend from university, Jam...