Roadkill count: 38 dead animals - the South Coast road should be renamed Death Alley! Our 9:00am ferry ride meant we arrived on Kangaroo Island with plenty of time to explore. We took a detour on a dirt road to the Eucalyptus Ridge distillery. From there we drove to Seal Bay where we were able to go on a "self-guided tour" of the seal colony for a mere $12! I have discovered that Australians, or at least those who are entrepreneurial, are very fond of euphemis...

My mother always warned me, "Be careful what you wish for!". For the last 6 weeks, I've been travelling through Asia and complaining about haggling and wished for prices to be marked on goods. Didn't like it, wasn't good at it and ended up overpaying for things and feeling ripped off. However, now that we have reached Australia, I am completely shocked at the prices and want to haggle! $6 for bread, $6 for half a dozen hot cross buns, $10 for a wedge of Parmesan ...

No, it's not an April Fool's joke. There really is a Butterfly Sanctuary in the airport! I had quite a lot of fun whilst waiting 11 hours for my flight to Australia at Changi Airport in Singapore. Ate good food, surfed the Internet, visited an exhibition, recharged my ipod, took a power nap, sent postcards and 6,5kgs of excess luggage, and even went swimming in the rooftop pool!

Bye bye Bali! After Friday's aquadream snorkelling adventure, I took a shuttle bus to Sanur so I could be close to the airport for my 6:20 AM departure to Singapore. Stayed at Bintang Bungalows - at $20, it was the cheapest place I could find with a swimming pool although it didn't have hot water. Sat on the beach in the afternoon under the shade of some trees and put my headphones on so I could "politely" ignore the beach vendors without having to engage in co...

A loooooong, winding, 3 hour taxi ride north of Ubud is the relatively small and peaceful town of Lovina. I ended up staying at a small, run-down beach hotel called Bali Grand Sunset Beach Hotel. Don't know about grand, but it was certainly a great spot to swim in the clear sea and watch the sunset into the mercurial water. The sound of the waves lapping on the Bali-coffee-coloured-lava sand was marred only by the persistent beach vendors interrupting the peace ...