Australia! Back in Australia once again! Some people are only lucky enough to visit here once in there life but this is my third time now! Over the next 2 weeks I had planned to travel between Brisbane and cairns in a camper van with a girl I met in Thailand, Shaira from Toronto, Canada. I last saw her when we were on the peer together in Koh Toa over a month ago so it was a little strange to meet her in a hotel room in Brisbane in the middle of the night, b...

The Volcano climb! I woke to my alarm at 3am and jumped out of bed and in to the shower, i didn't want to think about what time it was. We arrived at the car park by 3.30am and started the walk up the volcano in the dead of night! It started as a very gradual incline but already a small group of us were well ahead of the others, so after they caught up the trek leader decided that we would split into a fast group and a slow group! We set off up the mountain o...

Hong Kong and Macao Everything about Hong Kong is interesting! From the man made island that they made for the airport to the sushi bars and the fascination with cleanliness they all seem to have! I arrived at the hostel which was right in the centre of the city. It's the most expensive hostel I have stay in but it's about average quality. That afternoon I had a walk around town to get a feel for the place, unfortunately it was raining once again! The wet sea...

Koh samuri to Kula lumpur We arrived back at Koh sumuri and said our goodbyes, but what I was going to do next I had no idea! I had lunch and then somehow ended up booking an overnight train to Malaysia, this was going to be another epic journey and also my first ever land boarder crossing. I managed to blag a free swim in the hotel we stayed In before we left for Koh Toa, before showering and catching a taxi to the ferry port. There are 2 types of taxis h...

A week in paradise.. When I stepped off the boat in Koh Tao I was amazing at how beautiful this island was. It had the mandatory long golden stretches of beach with cocoanut trees leaning over and the mountains to the rear. I was staying at a hostel down the far end of the beach. The hostel was of a good standard and looked fairly new, all I wanted to do was sleep! I can't have slept for more than 2 hours the previous night. I relaxed in the hostel until later...