Mantra Wings Surfers Paradise

... the sun hasn't shown much, but mostly its been really hot. I live on the busses, they are soo much more reliable then the busses in the UK, and pretty much the best form of public transport. We went crazy golfing a few times, which was actually much more fun then it sounds (mostly because i wasnt as **** a i thought i was!) a pretty cheap and easy way to spend the afternoon away. I still find it hard to believe i can step out the flat and like 5 yards down ...

... ribs - they were huge portins but really tasty. Bryan showed us the sights of Coomera Waters (a very posh area) the next day and on the last day we went to Surfers Paradise & up the Q1 Tower. The views of the Gold Coast were fantastic. That night they took us to a really posh restaurant called George's, which was right on the marina full of huge expenisve boats and the food was delicious. The next day we hired a car and headed down the coast for Urunga, we ...

... evelavtor goes up and then you drop backwards then get swinged around and it turns into a rollacoster without loops it was great becasue you dont expect it. The late afternoon we headed across to Wet n Wild which was great fun i love water parks becasue they dont scare me. We ended up catching a taxi back as we missed the last bus but the taxi drive felt sorry for us so it was quite cheap. We then just chilld out and backed ready to leave for Noosa.

... at the beach and then headed back to meet up with everyone else at the pool. After the kids had been swimming in the pool for awhile, we headed across to the games room to play airhockey, pool and racing cars. It had started to get fairly hot by that stage so we headed upstairs to watch some TV and have a late lunch...fish and chips. After lunch Celeste, Noah and I headed back down to the games room where Noah played pool and ...

... we headed to the Giant Drop which is the tallest free falling ride in the world (according to the Guinness Book of World Records), there are 8 people seated and then it takes you up slowly to the top, where you hang for a full minute and then your plummeting 120 metres at terminal speed!! It was soooo scary! Apparently it's the closest thing to sky diving!! You forget what's going to happen when you are up in the sky.. you can see for miles. We were so busy trying to spot the ...

... sun. Yes, lots of sunscreen for me! I got a call from Robert Schatton who is a German guy who stayed at the hostel in Byron. He arrived in Surfers and we met up for a coffee and checked out the Surfers night market. Lots of cool stuff but nothing worth purchasing. The next morning, I went back to the beach and met up with Bobby (Robert). It was an awesome day so we chilled and ...

... to make us grilled tuna fish sandwiches and had some left over yummy broccoli salad. I called it a nice around 10:30PM, but Bart was still in research mode. He didn't make it to bed until 12:30. Travel Tips: National Archives of Australia All reference inquiries Tel: 1300 886 881 (Overseas callers: 61 2 6212 3900) Fax:1300 886 882 (Overseas callers: 61 2 6212 3999) TTY: (02) 6212 3689 PO Box 7425 CANBERRA BC ACT 2610

... day, resulting in relatively light crowds for our visit. Our first instinct was naturally to head for the thrill rides, namely The Corkscrew, Australia's first triple loop roller coaster, openned on 17th September 1982. As the ride was not yet operating for the day, we made an about face and instead boarded the Vikings Revenge Flume Ride. This fast flowing water ride lacked scenery and really had no Viking connection except for the boats, at least the final drop ...

... Guangxi and Yunnan.


A Selection of Market Place Nights, Festivals & Celebrations in Guangxi in 2005
2005: Arriving in dusty little Tianyang for the first time
2005: Chinese ...

... to be like the one you have at home because it won't be. In fact it won't be no matter where you are in China unless you are very rich!

But you will have a western toilet!

One thing that is standard everywhere in China are the white tiles adn they are everywhere. You will not have carpet on the floor but tiles and much of the time tiles on the walls, so it can be a little cold in winter in the south. Most places will ...