Hotel Millenia Apia

... Savaii. The first stop was a waterfall near the village of Palauli (par-louch-lee) on the southern coast of Savaii, called the Afu Aau (ar-fu ar-ow)Waterfall. A track takes you in 3km into a gorge about 30m deep, where water cascaded over many surfaces into a serene pool that meandered its way to the coast. Very calming. After a brief respite, we made our way through to the ...

... villages, children of all ages were dressed in their crisp school uniforms waiting for the school buses to take them to school. Pigs wondered the kerbs often with a pack of piglet's toddling on behind and dogs all over the show, they all seemed to be streetwise slowly dodging out of the way as our minibus whizzed by. The countryside was lush with tropical plants covering just about every inch of spare ground, palm trees swayed in the morning ...

... over the beach. The second night, everything had started to feel damp. By the third night, it felt like we were sleeping on wet sandy towels. No matter what we did - nothing would dry completely. I washed some clothes by hand and 3 days later, they still were damp - and by then, smelly.And sand was everywhere!!! By the last day, the romance of sleeping on the beach had left, and we were ready to head back to town to fly onto Tonga.

... keeruliste teeolude eest. Juba tuttava Europcari asemel eelistasime seekord ühte kohalikku (Julian's) laenutust, kuna hind oli parim ja Europcari Samoal polegi. Dziip nägi väljast siiski parem välja, kui seest. Ax'i esimene arvamus oli, et selle autoga on laipu veetud J Auto oli juba parasjagu vatti saanud ja paar korda tekkis meil probleem auto käivitamisega - mingi akuühendus oli kehvake. Olles tsipa linna peal tiirutanud, läksime autorendist uuesti läbi ja kontori taga ...

... was a huge casino hotel called Conrad Jupiters. It was a bit odd staying in a casino hotel, but unlike in Las Vegas one doesn't have to walk through the casino to get to the hotel, so it was alright. Also, apparently, in the Gold Coast, casino goers are all pensioners (retirees). So, it was a bit weird, but it was fine all the same. We got down to the Gold Coast by train and a bus, taking about 2 hours altogether. We were able to check in to the hotel early ...

... small town full of hippies and organic food and then I got on a bus and an hour later I arrived in the Australian playtown. Surfer's Paradise sole purpose is to seperate people from their money with flashy lights, theme parks, strip clubs, restaurants, souvenirs and various other entertainment complexes. It is home to the 24 hour store (something I completely forgot existed since everything closes at 5pm in Byron). One might ...

alors j ai passe trois jour dans ma fale, mon bungalow en bord de mer.. mais apres trois jour je commencais a me sentir comme un hermite, pas beaucoup de compagnons dans les environs et pas grand chose a faire sauf se dorer au soleil.. et c est pas ce que je prefere... ma peau en premier... bon j ai fait du kayak, surfer le reef, avec le balois d a cote qui loue les kayaks.. suis alle faire du snorking.. c etait cool mais le coral et plus mort qu a fiji a cause des ...

... other large group of kids waiting for the tube to go on the ride! We intended to stay at the park until the end as the rides were great but as we were literally starting to hurt from the cold we thought we better call it a day. Luckily we found a campsite just across the road from the water park and as we were setting up the tent all of a sudden the sky went black, we looked up to see thousands of bats flying overhead, it was pretty amazing to see.

Surfers Paradise was cool, just lots of beaches with excellent waves to surf on, although still haven't managed to learn yet, am planning to do so soon! The beaches are amazing, it is so nice to go to the beach and not be surrounded by people! We walked along the beach until the river in the middle of the island and the sea met each other during the day. At night we went to the ...

... Brendan several shades of green. Much to his relief (and the relief of everyone onboard) we eventually arrived at our first destination, Blue Pearl Bay, where we donned stinger suits and scuba gear and descended upon the Great Barrier Reef for our first dive. Later that evening the two of us set out again on a night dive with nothing but a torch and a glow stick to light the way, and this was completely amazing; exhilarating and scary at the same time, and one of the ...