Intercontinental Perth Burswd

... eneste Benedictiner Orden i Australien bor. Her fik vi en kort rundvisning. Paa vejen hertil havde vi set flere store kaenguruer.<br>Naeste stop var besoeg paa en farm der eksporterede toerrede vilde blomster til det meste af verden.<br>Paa vej ud til fiskerbyen Cervantes ved det Indiske Ocean, stoppede vi flere gange for at se paa vilde blomstrende blomster langs vejkanter - det er jo foraar herovre, saa vejkanterne er virkelig flotte.<br>Endemaalet ...

... This orphanage was definately worth it. I decided to adopt an eleohatn who I thought was very cute because she didn't have a tail (instead it was a bit of a nubbin type thing). She was separated from her herd and survived a number of days until she got attacked by hyenas who, she at under 2 years fought off by herself! Unfortunately they took her tail and some chunks out of her ears but I think she's extraordinary for that level of strength. There were many other stories ...

... in it because there is no way anyone would give away a 5 dollar carton of milk. Don't get me wrong I always look for the best in people but this is dodgy, five seconds later I am sipping from the carton though.<br><br>Packing my bags, I head for where...I don't actually know where. Aywhere but here pretty much sums it up really. I walk along the road and turn the corner and I aint got a clue where I am. I squeeze through the fence into the park with my ...

... should have been able to see the western shores of Australia I wondered where we were trying to gauge how long we had until we reached Freemantle. Well at dinner on the 27th I was informed by the Captain that we would be docking at 3am the following morning! <br><br>So on my last night on the ship I went through my bags ready for the notorious Aussie customs the following day. Deciding that as we would be arriving at 3am I wouldn&#8217;t bother getting any sleep ...

... pessimistic about us getting there in time because of the peak-hour traffic, but in fact we had plenty of time. The issue for us was that the bus only ran each hour during the evening, so it was important we caught the 9pm one, even though that was a bit early, since the 10pm one would be cutting it too fine.<br><br>We had a little difficulty finding our way through the airport, starting off in domestic departures by mistake, then having a confusing route through security ...

... a bloody nose so that put me off a bit. We stayed that night in the Kalbarri backpacker hostel and set back off on the road the next day.  We had loads of miles to cover so spent a long time in the coach but we stopped at some cool stuff on the way. First stop was Z-bend gorge which is a gorge that is Z shaped (funny that)! It was beautiful countryside and good fun clambering down rocks to get to the bottom.  Our guide, Dave, was fab and pointed out lots of ...

... are a gazillion wineries there so I was able to get free samples of all this wine and cheese and chocolate which was awesome! There's a place called King's Park I visited too which is gorgeous. It sits on a hill looking out over the city below and it's such a wonderful view and it's very well taken care of. There's a set of stairs at the edge of it that leads down the hill, something like 300 steps or something, called Jacob's ladder. All sorts of fitness ...

... with amazing views of the swan valley and Perth behind. Have had mostly chinese food today which ios a random decision considering we're going to be having noodles and rice for the next month in Java, but it was tasty. Also had a very tasty meal last night at a hindu run restaurant serving Vegetarian Indian dishes with a motto of eat to your hearts content and pay what your heart desires, so a pretty good restaurant ...

... und sagenhaften ausblicken fuehren. das meer ist tintenblau mit tuerkisfarbenen flecken. wenn wir es nicht mit eigenen augen gesehen haetten, wuerden wir sagen, solche farben gibt es in der natur gar nicht!!! abends hatten wir noch ein bisschen stress, denn wir waren ploetzlich unsicher, ob unser flug nicht doch schon in der nacht nach hongkong geht, denn die abflugzeit ist 1.05 nachts, das datum auf dem ticket ist aber der 19.02. eine kurze ...

... invited to Nate's for a Xmas Eve party where I met many of his friends and family before heading out to a local pub to really celebrate. East Bay is the traditional Xmas Eve party place in Perth &amp; I think 75% of the population aged 18-35 was present. Good times! I'm headed back to Nate's for X-mas dinner tonight. Thanks again for adopting the filthy American backpacker!! <br> <br>Sean is one of the fabulous Vang Vieng crew in Laos who is back home in ...