Before Heading to Rainbow beach I made a quick 2 day stop in a little town called 1770 as there was something I wanted to do.The Scooteroo is a relatively new concept in Australia, it is basically a company which takes 50 backpackers out on Harley type bikes, the give you a leather jacket to wear and a helmet with flames, cover you in fake tattoos and like a proper biker gang you ride around the coast all afternoon.I had a great time! The bikes were easy to rid...

I'm writing this blog whilst still in Australia and when I say that I sailed the Whitsundays to people out here they all understand, they know what the Whitsundays are and what a fun experience it is to sail around them - especially when they ask me the standard question of "what boat did you go on?" and I reply by saying "the big one, you know The Clipper?" they all do a cheeky grin and say - "isn't that the party boat?".Why yes i...

So I landed in Cairns slightly nervous, I was back in western civilisation, where I recognized the food, the language and the culture.Its odd but after 8 months of speaking slowly in broken English, eating odd local delicacies and tackling the one hundred challenges a day that India and Asia throw at you I was actually dubious as to whether I would enjoy Australia.I couldn't see the challenge in it and now that I have been here 2 months I can say that there isn...

Songkran So I left Vietnam and caught a cheap flight over into Thailand and back to Bangkok, I was really excited to experience a festival which happens each year.It was April 13th - SONGKRAN!! That's right I was going to be taking part in the new years celebration in Thailand and I was very much excited. Ok so the tradition goes that back in the day on new years the locals used to poor water over the buddhas head, they would collect the water at the bottom...

I only spent another day or two in Mui Ne after the girls left, I enjoyed the sun, the beach and my new friends.I ate my last coconut tart, had the cheapest and most delicious garlic shrimp for the final time and soaked up as much as I could of this wonderful place before I left. But the fun of Mui Ne couldn't last forever and before I knew it, me, Erica and Dom were on the bus zooming down the coast back towards the big city of Saigon.So Saigon is now known a...