I've been in Auckland for 10 days now and having a great time. Must admit, the weather hasn't been the best but you put up with it and do what you can, plus it reminds me of the good ole English weather so at least I have something to remind me of home lol The day after I arrived it was my brother in law's birthday so the day was spent having some beers in the sun, I was surprised to find the sun so strong and could feel my arms starting to cook after a short w...

Beautiful, amazing, friendly, great weather, awesome seafood are just some words I would use to describe this awesome country.... I have been so impressed with Australia and I am going to miss this place extremely. I visited the Featherdale Wildlife Park where I was very fortunate to pet a Koala Bear and feed a Kangaroo from my hand, these were 2 things to tick off my 'things to do while travelling' list. I really enjoyed seeing all the various animals they hav...

Having spent more time here I have to say I am more liking this place and am finding it difficult to accept I only have 1 more week here.........All good things must come to an end I guess!! The Easter weekend was spent doing the following: Good Friday was spent in Brisbane meeting up with an old work colleague who showed me around downtown Brisbane, its a lovely city and I definitely recommend visiting the city. I did find it a bit weird that there were no pub...

So I have arrived in Australia on Friday after the mammoth journey from Manila. 2 hours to Hong Kong, a 7 hour layover and then another 9 hour flight to Sydney. To see the sign 'Welcome to Sydney' was very, very nice to see It was so nice to see my big sister, her husband and amazing kids after 8 years. I mentioned in my last entry how stressed I was when leaving Manila but having only been with them for a few hours definitely washed that stress away and I star...

Well, I havent written for a while because I've grown up with the saying 'if you don't have anything good to say then dont' say anything at all!!' But I feel I need to express my thoughts on the crazy, wild city that is Manila.......I really didnt enjoy my time there at all, except the weather of course lol. If you want to enjoy Manila then you must enjoy crazy taxi drivers!! Dont even bother with the 'Jeepny' buses because unless you want to board these things ...