Pirate's Hideaway Guest House Turks and Caicos

I was pretty dead in KL airport, so I wondered around the shops with Noni as I wanted to buy some duty free stuff. I had too much trouble concentrating and deciding what to buy so I just bought some booze and said my goodbyes to Noni and waited at the gate. The airplane wasn't full, and I didn't have anyone sitting next to me and I had a seat next to a window, so after they served second breakfast (they were serving the same options for breakfast as ...

... to our anchorage. As we sat around making Kiwi jokes, low and behold a 30ft sloop carrying three young grotty yachties comes round the corner and into the anchorage flying the Kiwi flag. We all cheered them in and invited them over for drinks once they had settled in for the night. After anchoring and a quick tidy they came over for drinks but it was a bit late and everyone else had left, so drinks became dinner ... Arriving with their captains hats on, Peter, James and ...

... to find a lab job as most jobs are permanent so they are not interested in temp staff. I have been to visit a couple of Pathology departments and will continue to apply for things that come up but looks like I might have to go for an office temping job or something like that.  Whilst chilling out in Melbourne I have been continuing being a tourist and have been to the Botanical Gardens, the Melbourne Museum and the Old Melbourne Gaol (famous for being where Ned Kelly was hanged). The ...

As a young boy growing up in Ireland, there were two major Australian influences in my life. Neighbours and Home and Away. Both were Australian soaps, both featured similar, over the top plots and both were, for some reason, extremely entertaining. You see, these two soaps are some what of an institution in Ireland and across the water in the UK also. The clever people at Neighbours, realising the popularity of their soap among ...

Melbourne had its hottest day on record (records which started in the 1800s), reaching a faint-worthy 46.5 degrees - for those of you struggling with the snow in the UK, that's a bit too hot - but by the time we landed, we seemed to have brought a colder spell of weather with us and it reached a cool 20 by 7am Sunday morning.... We were picked up at the airport by the lovely Bree, who we met in Peru as part of our GAP group, and have spent the ...

... not what you would like to hear...BUT.. i'm ridiculously nonchalant at the moment - not excited nor nervous. i rekon it will hit me soon enough though, that i'm leaving life as i know it, and won't see my family and friends for a year! im going to miss you all so much. hopefully ill make some friends over there, lol (haha it so means lots of love), im off coz talking to my host sis on msn requires much concentration en francais! xoxo, liza

... it has to offer and just how close it all is - the horse-racing track that hosts the Melbourne Cup, the Rod Laver Arena where the Australian Open is held, the Melbourne Cricket Ground, and loads more. They also have a room that slides out as an opaque cube, and suddenly goes clear and leaves you standing 88 stories up with nothing below your feet (well apart from the glass). And with that, I ...

... presentation that evening, and she even brought her partner with her! We had a great time continuing the walk with Percy and were very appreciative that she had made a special effort to join us. This reminds us of the many incredible people we've met, and we hope that we will have opportunities to strenghten these relationships. There was a good turnout at the Orange Grove Meeting, starting with a delicious pot luck dinner. It was great to see Kate Carpenter, who had ...

... lecture on shopping in St. Thomas...then sunbathed for a bit and had lunch in the main dining room. This time we sat with a very nice couple who entertained us with an account of their trip to Alaska which included travel by bus, rail and ship. They saw so much wildlife and it sounded like a lot of fun. After lunch I hit the casino. But in $20.00 and got $59.25 back! Yes! Then sunbathed a bit more and, after ...

... were lost of the north shore of Mayaguana. One went up on a reef and the other was lost trying to help them get off. Of course Andrea and I are being careful and take every precaution to ensure we do not put ourselves in similar situations, however, it makes you realize that you are far away and in dangerous waters. Tracing the history of Spanish and French ships in this area will show you how careful you need to be... Columbus lost the Santa Maria on the ...