The humid heat of Thailand hit us in the face as we stepped off the aeroplane; it was like walking into a sauna. We changed our leftover Australian dollars into Thai baht and then wandered outside to find the bus stop and the local bus that would take us near our hostel. The bus journey was … Continue reading
After many a month exploring the antipodes, I thought I’d put Australia and New Zealand head to head on some main travel points (Culture, Food, Cities, Sport and Scenery), and see which comes up trumps. I’m preparing to get major stick for this, as I’m definitely biased on certain things, and I’m sure I’ll be … Continue reading
As you can imagine, we were fairly keen to say goodbye to Canberra and continue onwards to a more interesting and accessible city. Canberra was quite a bit of hard work. We got a fairly unpleasant night bus from Canberra down to Melbourne, our final Australian stop. I’d heard a lot of good things about … Continue reading
Last year I wrote a post called São Paulo: The Concrete Jungle With Nothing to Do. Well we hadn’t been to Canberra at that point, and Canberra is ten times worse. Canberra is Australia’s capital, it has the national parliament, several national museums and galleries and it is still a damp squib. We managed to … Continue reading
Our trip down the East Coast then brought us to one of the most famous cities in the world. We arrived in Sydney late at night, our bus driving over the Harbour Bridge with very dark views of the Opera House. At midnight there wasn’t much to see, the Sydney Opera House was not lit … Continue reading
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