"There is a house in New Orleans, They call the Rising Sun And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy, And God, I know, I'm one." -- The House of the Rising Sun The first self-imposed rule of Travelpod was that we wouldn't talk about women. There were all sorts of reasons for this at the time and it has proved to be a good rule. You don't need th...

So, the plane set down at about 11:20am on a bright sunny day in the land of Oz (as the Aussies are fond of calling it).  It was smooth.  I got through the baggage claim without finding any of my luggage split open or triffled through.  I went through customs without a problem.  I was picked out of the crowd by the Sinatra's ...

 Alright there folks, Hope you are all keeping well and ready for the yuletide gluttony. Alls well with us still. Lousia is gone but not forgotten as are about ten others from the hostel so it has been a weird 10 days or so saying goodbyes to people who we become really close too. It is definately the worst part about travelling to say good...

There was bad news upon awakening this morning: Katie was sick as a dog. I won't go into specifics, but we think she had food poisoning, which is never much fun as you spend precious little time away from the bathroom. It was weird to get food poisoning from such a lovely restaurant, but it must have been the trout that Katie had last night. I t...

We had a trip out to Williamstown on the train. The transport here is really cheap. You pay $6 for a daily ticket for unlimited travel on the trains, buses and trams. Williamstown is round the coast so you get great views back across the harbour to the city. We had an ice cream and walked along the marina then caught a ferry back across to St Ki...

We have had some time to do some updates. There are new pictures on Lake Titicaca, and we fixed pictures from Salta onward. Plus tons of new pics from Easter Island, Tahiti and New Zealand. And a verbal update on Bolivia (check mid Nov dates) We are opening up a contest. When we got to Venezuela we wanted to come up with a cool idea for a pictur...

A productive day today and not just for the English cricket team! We successfully opened a bank account which was a doddle, got ourselves some phones and sorted a new apartment until February. The apartment is on the northern edge of Melbourne CBD and near loads of cafes, bars and restaurants on Lygon Street so it's pretty lively. Lucky for us i...

I finally found a place to live after living in a roach infested hostel for a week! Melbourne is a BEAUTIFUL city...COME VISIT ME!                                                  &n...

Well its been fun, I've had an awesome time in Oz, made some wonderful friends and had some fantastic experiences even though not all were positive, I still had a great time... As with all good things..it is time to leave Melbourne, for a short time... I will be back in November for Meg and Stephen's wedding.. so its more of a case of au revoir ...

So... once in Melbourne we realised that as much as it was beauty living on Sian and Jamie's floor we couldn't really spend the nest few weeks here so we had to get ourselves hunting for a home! With Dave generally disliking most people he meets we decided on finding a pad to ourselves... so the search was on, Sian borrowed her bro's car and how...