SKYDIVING!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh my God!!! People if ever you want to live a little then do a skydive. It was the most amazing experience I've ever felt. 14,000 feet up in the sky and jumping out of a plane. The rush you get when you jump is incredible. It was a tandem so to be honest I didn't have to do too much. It took 20 minutes to get to 14,000 feet in a tiny plane which literally wasn't big enough to swing a cat in. I'll tell you, the heart was in my mouth when they opened the door of the plane and I was next to jump. I was hanging out of the plane and the next thing I knew I was plummeting to earth far too quickly. There was a 60 second free fall before the parachute opened. The best 60 seconds ever. We freefalled through a cloud which somehow gave my this peaceful feeling before exiting the cloud to a view over the Pacific Ocean with miles of sandy beaches and blue waters and Islands dotted around the place. It was out of this world. I then had a 6 minute descent before I landed. I was buzzing for ages afterwards. I got a dvd of it so I will have to show you guys when I get home. Sorry still no photos. Gotta go now. See you later.

Cairns and the East Coast

Hi guys, first off i don't have photos this time round because I forgot my cable for the camera. Sorry about that. Well there is some news that I have to share. The group is no more. I split from Colin and Is in Cairns. Its for the best and we are all fine about it. We realised that we are looking for different things out of the trip. Also I am not going to be heading to NZ for the final leg of the journey. I wanted to do the east coast properly and 2 weeks is not enough time at all. So Colin and Is are flying out on the 1st Nov and I will be somewhere up the east coast when they do. Its all change on the last leg. Its all good though. I'm much happier about it and I reckon they are too. I am travelling with a girl I met on the Adelaide to Alice Springs tour. Her name is Sarah. She is more interested in taking it easy going down the coast as well so it should be fun. That is all the news I have for you at the moment. I'll keep you posted on anything else that we do. Later people!!

The Red Centre

People, anyone who has any interest in going to Australia must visit the centre of this vast and wonderful country. The east coast is going to be amazing too but a bus tour to Uluru and Kings Canyon and the Olgas will certainly be a major highlight for me. I couldn't have asked for a better group of people to travel with. We all got on really well together and i think our bus driver/guide, Gaz (Wombat) will never forget our memorable singing at the back of the bus. We visited some really cool places along the way including a salt lake and a town with a population of about 5. Gaz was a legend. It took a while to warm to him but once he started opening up a bit he was great craic. The heat was unreal. A couple of nights we slept out under the stars in swags (sleeping mattresses). THat was really beautiful seeing shooting stars and the Milky Way. We stayed one night in an underground town, Coober Pedy, which was cool. The bar was about 10 or 15 metres underground which was an experience. And what can I say about Uluru. Everyone has seen it in pictures but nothing compares to the real thing. At senset we were given champagne and crackers and cheese and just sat around watching the sun set on the massive lump of a rock. I can't speak highly enough about the trip. I would recommend it to everyone and anyone. If you go to Oz go to Uluru. I will definitely keep in contact with the people from the trip and will hopefully meet up with some of them before I go further. Thats all for now. Later people!!

Melbourne and Adelaide

So I am now in Adelaide. We hired a car and drove from Melbourne to Adelaide. The Gret Ocean Road has some amazing scenery. The trip was a lot quieter than i had thought it would be. I guess it is still Winter now and there just aren't that many tourists around yet. But it was still good. Melbourne is a great city. We met up with Alex and Melissa (couple we met in Laos) and had a fun couple of days. It was brilliant to see them again and we reaffirmed our intention to do a skydive when we get to NZ. I can't wait. Something really random happened also. I got an email from a German friend, Rike, who told me that she was in Melbourne. It was a complete coincidence and a very pleasant surprise. Here in Adelaide Colin and IS stayed in the YHA but I stayed in a real funky hostel down the road. It was nice to get away from them for a while. I found the YHA kinda boring but my hostel is wicked. Everyone knows everyone and we all head out together. Oh, I haven't told you about the Goon. The greatest traveller invention known to man. A 4 litre box of wine for about $11. Thank you Jebus!!!! Well we head towards Uluru and Alice Springs tomorrow. I hope it'll be all good. A lot of travelling but I guess we are driving across a continent. Wish me luck. Chat again later

On the road again :)

Hi there again. Well I'm back on the road again and am happy to be on the go. Sydney was a lot of fun but I had had my fill and it was time to up sticks and see Oz. The house i was stating in was really cool. All my housemates were fun to be around, even if they were speaking French a lot of the time. Work was an amazing experience. I have a new found respect for fundraisers. It is a really tough job and the crap you have to put up with from some members of the public is unreal. I had loads of fun though. The guys I was working with were some of the most positive and supportive I have ever had the pleasure of working with. THat will do for now. tune in again soon for the next installment.

Koh Tao diving

Hey kids, just a quick blog today. THe time away for Colin was good as I'm sure it was for him. Well after the Full Moon Party I headed to Koh Tao for a spot of diving and had a whale of a time. The diving was really cool. On one of our dives a spotted a grey shark which is quite rare according to out dive instructor. The group of guys I was with were really great and my Buddy, Scot, a fella from San Diego, really helped me out a lot with all the gear and stuff. i never realised just how heavy the tank and jacket was until I tried it on out of water. Once you get into the water its fine. There is a pretty funny photo of a guy out sunbathing on the beach. I don't know why i took the photo. I didn't want to look at it but you know the way you feel compelled to look at something you don't want to. Well that is how I felt. Ok, I gotta go now. Chat again soon. Keep the emails coming.

Full Moon Party

Hey kids,
let me tell you a story about a party. Now this was no ordinary party. it was a Full Moon Party where people are just a little bit crazy because the moon does something to them. They party till they fall down and drink out of beach buckets. Guys it was the best party that I have ever been to. I arrived last Thurs and that night we headed down to the beach with a few Germans. It was my first experience of drinking buckets (whiskey, red bull and coke). They are unreal. Mam, if you want to turn away now I'll understand. After a few of them you are totally buzzing. We didn't get back to the guesthouse until it was bright the next morning. That's the craziness i am talking about. So I slept most of Friday. The next evening i took it easy. I was in bed by 3 or 4 in the morning. Believe me, that is taking it easy. The few days before the actual Full Moon Party (FMP)are nearly as crazy as the party itself. I met an Irish guy whom I had met in Laos and so I was with his posse for the FMP. We started at 10. By this time the beach was nearly full. We simply drank buckets and danced to House music until the sun came up. It was really cool watching the sun come up while giving it socks to really cool music. I don't know how I lasted the night but I did. At 9 the next morning i was spent and couldn't go on any more. I needed sleep. On Sat we took it easy. Everyone was still tired so we headed down to the beach and just had a couple of drinks and watched the fire show. Oh ya, there were these Thai guys performing a fire show with those balls on chains and a big stick. It was amazing. They were so good and made it look really easy. There was a Welsh guy walking the beach in the Borat lime green beach costume. it was a very disturbing sight. But you couldn't help but look. There were a lot of strange people there. But thats the cool thing about the party. Anything goes. Nobody cares what everyone else is doing. Seriously guys, get your asses over here and come to a FMP. You will not be disappointed. Chat later