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hello and greetings from the land of aus! right here goes, i ghave already written this blog but managed to lose the whole thing when my computer shutdown on me so hopefully ill do it in time this time.....
july 31st- another day of bloomin travelling. we had to catch the bus back up to siem reap. this journey was 6hours long and was not helped by the bus driver who decided to beep his huge horn at nothing in the road every 2 minutes (no exageration), annoying to say the least. we arrived in siem reap and went back to the same guesthouse as before as they were so nice. we had a good shower for the first time in a few day which was nice. headed into to town for some dinner and a beer and then off to bed.
aug 1st- pinch punch first of the month......no returns! got some breakfast in and grabbed our tuk tuk driver to the airport. we were hapily on our way when our tuk tuk got a puncture. we spent 20 mins in a roadside hut whilst he fixed it, was quite funny really. we arrived at the airport to find it was absolutly tiny and totally dead, an international airport with only 9 outgoing flights all day....really busy ay! we had to pay $25 to leave the bloody country too, bit of a joke, probably need a hospital or summin?!? flight was good, a bit bumpy but we got there. herby picked us up from the airport and dropped us at our hostel, the ymca right in the centre of singapore. it was nice but we had to share our room with 2 wierd guys we named hamas and californication. and as per usual ate some food and drank a couple of beverages.
aug 2nd- today was very good and everything im about to tell you about was totally free, so dnt get much better. after breakfast herby picked us up and took us on a guided tour around the city which was cool, good to see the whole thing. he then took us to meet his son zak. hes really sound and 19 as well, which helps. he dropped us 3 of at the yacht club for lunch. the club was very posh and again felt under dressed ha. after the yacht club we went to santosa island and the beach. the beach is artificial, you wouldnt know it. really nice beach too, we had a couple of cocktails in the beach cafe. next we had a ride on the 'flyer' which is the singapore equivelant to the london eye. as u can guess, could see alot on that thing. after the flyer we caught a taxi to 'jumbos', an absolulty insane seafood restaurant where we ate for 3 whole hours. we gorged ourselves on crab, prawn, shrimp, clams, you name it. taste even better when its free. on the way back we stopped off at the irish bar as you do.
3rd aug- woke up ate some breakfast and did some lengths in the rooftop pool as we thought we better do a bit of exercise after all this relaxing you know. we dryed off and meet holly, wierd to see someone from home in another country. we all got a taxi to santosa and the beach agin where we chilled in the sun, did some swimming, drank some cocktails and bathed in the pool (whilst drinking cocktails). after the beach we rushed to meet anson and ended up being 45 mins late, not good. anson took us out for dinner with his family at a sushi restaurant. the food was so nice and his family were too. again we didnt pay, could get use to that. once the food was all gone anson gave us a lift to the night safari. the night safari was preety nutty. cool animals like rhinos and flying squirrels. they all look better in the dark. on the way back we thought we better stop in the irish pub again.......it was a hard day, dont judge us.
aug 4th- banged out some lengths agin in the pool to burn off those beers and crab and prawns and clams and sushi.....oh....and shrimp, dnt forget the shrimp. we caught the tube to meet holly. holly was with her friend emma who is also really nice. we spent the day just doing a bit of shopping and eating. was a gd laugh, absolutly massive shopping mall, would have to keep the girls on leashes. herby picked us up from our hostel and dropped us at the airport for our flight. the airport was very nice indeed. huge plane. watched a few movies on the plane but just couldnt sleep, so ended up not sleeping the whole flight and arrived in sydney at 6 in the morning.
aug 5th- saying its a new day but actually hadnt slept yet at this point. so we got the train from the airport to the hostel. the hostel is amazing so nice. problem was we had to wait 2 hours to get into our room. just managed to keep our eyes open until we got to the room where we both slept for a couple of hours to recharge. once recharged we headed out. we walked along the harbour and up to the sydney opera house. the opera house is insane so wierd to actually see it with our own eyes in the flesh, so cool. had a beer overlooking the bridge and headed back. grabbed some food and went to the bar beneath the hostel. had some beers and played cards, some good live music too! returned to our room a little drunk.
all good fun and games. hope everything is cool back home.
much love lucas and matthew
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