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Hello everyone,
Thought we would add a quick update- since we are in a new country! We spent 6 days in Singapore seeing all the (cheap) sights. We went on a night safari at the zoo but it was nothing compared to South Africa, we walked to the Botanical Gardens, we went to Sentosa which is a holiday island just off Singapore-it was tacky and expensive so we didn't stay long. There were shopping malls everywhere but we couldn't afford anything, plus all the shops had winter clothes in (a bit strange in 33 degrees!)
We finally left Singapore on Tuesday morning and arrived in Perth late afternoon. We had booked our hostel to save some time, so upon arriving we took the (expensive) shuttle bus to our hostel. The man at the desk tells us they have overbooked and they can only fit us in seperate dorms. I was a bit annoyed at this firstly because we had booked and secondly, we had wasted money on getting to a hostel that could not fit us in. To make the situation worse, they guy at reception is on the phone at the time...he says to us "Could you hold on a monute because I've been on hold for 45 minutes and I've just got through". It turns out, that he is on hold to X BOX trying to get his X BOX LIVE set up!!! As you can imagine, I was very unimpressed!
Eventually, we walked to another hostel which was an old army barracks and it had a very strange atmosphere. We stayed just one night and moved into a 4 bed dorm at the Billabong Resort which has a pool and dvd rooms and a big kitchen. We are staying here until Monday, when we fly to Melbourne. We were planning on staying at the beach for a few days while we were here, but all the hostels are booked for 3 weeks! So yesterday we got a train to Cottleslow Beach which was about 15 minutes away. It was probably one of the nicest beaches we have been to so far- but the sea was freezing! Today we are heading to Freemantle on the train.
I hope everyone is enjoying the run up to Christmas at home. It is certainly very strange to see Christmas decorations in 30 degree heat! Send us some messages! xxxx Sarah xxxxx
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