Asia Paradise

Backpacking around Southeast Asia for a couple months.

... (real life Baywatch).  Laying on the beach wasn't even an option because the sun wasn't out--which called into question the "Paradise" part of the name. Our hotel was dubbed "the most family friendly hotel in Surfers," which meant that there were ...

... great experience… and who knows, I might well give it another try at some point! Mein nächster Stop “Surfers Paradise” war nur eine 90 minütige Busfahrt nördlich von Byron Bay. Wenn ich „Surfers“ in einem Satz beschreiben ...

When I first laid my footprints on the golden sands of Surfers Paradise decade and a half ago, I was in awe and wow. What a beautiful place, I thought to myself then, endless beaches dotted with skyscrapers along the ocean front. Never have I seen a place ...

... Paradise and boy was I disappointed when I got here.  I was expecting a real nice beach resort and something that resembled paradise, but all I got was a large town full of high rise buildings and a pretty grey boring town.  We drove around a ...

... place initially...however it has rained and rained and rained until...  ...AT LAST we have had a sunny day in Surfer's Paradise. Having spent 3 nights here already, we had until this morning only had torrential rain and humidity, but we woke up this ...

... not the picture ingrained in to our heads of the Australia we see in Neighbours or Home and Away… we were freezing! Surfers paradise itself seemed to be incorrectly named. I would not call it paradise, maybe we have been spoiled, but the grid system ...

... until bedtime. 24th April Mega excited today, we head to wet and wild water park, a 15 minute bus ride away from Surfers Paradise and beign with mega organised moi, we get to the doors 20mins before opening which is unheard of for the smith family.  ...

... to taste a glass of lovely Australian red… best wine since Italy (4 months ago!) Okay… moving on… Surfers Paradise is a lovely place that reminds me a lot of Fort Lauderdale. There is a beautiful long stretch of beach (conveniently right ...

... by most Australians, saying how horrendous and touristy it was, and i could see where they were coming from! It reminded me again of Asia, though this time of the main resorts we'd seen in Thailand, like Patong in Phuket, and Chaweng Beach in Ko Samui. ...

... the second night at Fishermans wharf and we chatted for a few hours about mainly travelling , her in South America and myself across Asia. Brad was inspired by Vietnam he had a CBR1000 so loved riding to and it just sounded perfect for them. Surfers beach ...

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So, aventually, i don't have many photos to show you because, i stayed only 2,5 days with 2 days of rain ;-) So, surfers paradise, it s some big buildings near the beach, nothing extraordinary but the beach is nice. I took my first surf lesson and i ...

We hopped on the Greyhound from Byron Bay going northbound to Surfers Paradise on the Gold Coast.  This meant we were leaving New South Wales and entering Queensland.  This also meant that the clocks went back one hour meaning that the journey ...

We hopped on the Greyhound from Byron Bay going northbound to Surfers Paradise on the Gold Coast.  This meant we were leaving New South Wales and entering Queensland.  This also meant that the clocks went back one hour meaning that the journey ...

... hours of travelling and no sleep we arrived at our destination for the next 5 days, Surfers Hawaiian Holiday Apartments in Surfers Paradise on the Gold Coast of Australia. We were visiting Australia to attend the wedding of our good friends Mick and ...

... high rise buildings, huge shopping and hotel complexes, restaurants and tacky tourist shops set by the coast - not really our idea of paradise. This stretch of coast (The Gold Coast) supposedly boasts of 300 days of sunshine a year, so why did it rain ...

... 13/07/2007 to visit friends who work for the Red Cross in Bangkok, now that really open eyes and my heart to the people of South East Asia, I returned with my step son Ben on the 13/09/2008. Ben and I had a hoot.. is was great to spend this time with him ...

... great girl in a perfectly cheap bungalow 10 meters from the ocean to come to this horrific cesspool of urbanity ironically called Surfer's Paradise. What am I nuts? The name is quite alluring and when I got off the plane, I chose Surfer's instead of ...