Australia part 3
woah I'm falling way behind on these this is gonna take a while to write, I've just been doin so much its gonna be hard to even try to write it all but i'm going to try anyway
so from where i left off, we went inside the hostel and kept drinking for a while, and it came time to fire up the grill and get some food on the go. i'd already volunteered to be designated grillmaster, so I got down to work, already about 3/4 in the bag hahah. we were the loudest group there, havin a ball, and we attracted a couple canadians from other groups to come chill with us. So anyways I grilled up all the sausages burgers and everything, it was absolutely steaming hot and i was sweating up a storm, not to mention the grill was pretty much a skillet, it didnt have bars, and it was sprayin grease all over me, pretty much ruined my tshirt and shorts hahah. but im a pretty practiced BBQer so I did a decent job cookin everything, they all loved it, we feasted and then got back to drinking. me and the tour guide mark got pretty smashed, hangin out and shootin the shit, i was makin fun of felicity a ton, everybody was lovin it, but before i knew it everyone except me and mark had gone to bed. so i was hammered, chllin in australia, and all of a sudden i was like fuck man...i could really go for a joint. now on the trip description it said any drugs found you'd be kicked off, but mark didn't give off the disciplinarian kind of vibe...so I asked him if he had any, and he was fuckin pumped!! he told me he brought a half O of the green, said he doesn't usually bring it on tours but he just had a funny feeling about this one. so we grabbed a bunch of beers and headed out to the tour van, we rolled up 2 or 3 fatties and smoked em, and kept drinking the beer, and before I knew it I was fuckin crunkkkk and havin heart to hearts with mark hahahah i started trippin balls that I was actually in australia for a bit, talked about all sorts of shit. and then he asked how long i was staying, i told him 6 months, and he asked me if i wanted to join him on the drive back to sydney when its all done, so that talk went on for a few minutes, and by the end of it I think he's gonna go off the radar, post ahead in cairns, and me and him are gonna actually do our own little tour with whoever wants to buy on it from alice springs back to sydney, which is going to be unreal. he's a crazy motherfucker, but a right on guy. so anyways, we went back to the rooms and passed out, got up the next morning around 6
this day comin up is absolutely unreal. so we left the place we were staying by 7 am and got on the road, and then headed along towards byron bay. when we got there, we headed up to this lighthouse thats the most eastern point of australia, the view there was unbelievable, I got a ton of great pictures, and then we headed into the actual town of byron bay. I have to say, I don't know if I ever was in a town with a cooler vibe than byronn bay, its a big time surfing hot spot, the whole town just has this unbelievable laid back vibe. absolutely fuckin beautiful too, probably like 35 degrees out this day. so the plan for the day is one of our first optional activities: surfing lessons. me, felicity, nicholas, and sylvia hit up the surfing lessons, we had 3 hours to try and learn how to surf. so we got there and met our instructor, skinny guy with a little scruff and probably the longest hair I ever saw, with maybe the hottest girlfriend I've seen since I've been in australia. this guy was a seriously cool fucker named fletch, and he handed us out some rash shirts and some boards and took us down to the beach. first off we swam to get a bit of a warmup, then we went to the beach for a little theory lesson. he tauhgt us some stuff about the equipment, nose tail fins deck rails etc of the board, talked about safety, and then told us the basics of how to surf. I was pretty sure I wasn't gonna get up once the whole time, I'm not a big one for balance. but then after that we headed out to the ocean to see what we could do. now i gotta tell u, surfing is hard, but it was easier than I expected. after a bunch of huge wipeouts, blown attempts, etc etc, i finally managed to catch a wave and stand up for a couple seconds. man that was absolutely unreal, i couldn't believe how cool of a feeling it was. I was hooked right away. only problem was though, i was a bit heavy for the little boards they had, so i kinda sunk in a bit and lost speed pretty quick. it was a bit of a sketchy run, but it was still a ton of fun. so I kept trying for a while, it took me a while before I caught my next wave, but this time I really had a good one. the girl took a picture of me where i actually look like a fuckin pro surfin up a storm, and i was just lovin it. never had another one as good as that the whole time though, the waves got a bit smaller and they werent really big enough to take me to much speed. I still had a few more decent ones though, and had a wicked time. so after that we got on the bus, and headed towards surfers paradise. I had a bit of a bad feeling that I'd gotten a sunburn, but I didn't worry about it much. Surfers Paradise sounds like a little surfers town, like byron bay actually was, but really it was a hardcore tourist town, super commercial. It was cool, but not nearly as cool as byron bay. so we got to our hotel(With A/C!!!!!!!!!!!) WOOO.. and then went out to explore the town a bit. Man, the girls there were absolutely unbelievable...but that was pretty much the best thing about it. Thats where I wrote Australia part 2 at, in a little internet cafe in the basement of our hotel, sitting next to an asian hooker, after a weird little gay asian sold me the time card. Interesting experience that was anyway hahahha. but after that I headed upt o the lobby, to meet people to go out for dinner. now at this point, i should mention we're getting up at 4 am the next day. but anyways, so we're waiting up there, 7 o clock rolls around and we're all in the lobby about to go to a italian restaurant for dinner, and this guy comes in wearing a shirt that says "Big Night Out: The Party Bus! Backpackers big night out!" and I asked mark about it. He told me it was absolutely unreal, but if I went out on it I wouldn't be gettin back til 3 am. So I had about a minute to make a serious existential decision. I could go to dinner, come bakc, have a couple drinks with my tour group and go to bed and get some sleep to be ready to get up at 4 am the next day, go to moreton island, and do a sand dune hike, sandboarding, and a tour of the island.....or I could go on the crazy party tour, probably not sleep at all. but have a ball.
guess what I chose
Yeah, fuckin rights I went on the party bus!!!!!!!! I asked buddy just as he was leaving if he had room for one more, paid my up front cover charge, and joined the group. there were a couple canadian girls, a british guy, and some other people in the van taking us over to the hostel we started off from. So i started talkin to everybody, seein what they were like, checkin out what this night was gonna be like you know the basics, and then we got to the hostel we were starting off from. So I found out when we got there we got 6 free drinks as part of the package, and the first one was a free shot. So I got 2 beers from the bar, chugged them both, had everyone starin at me like holy shit what is this guy doin, and then we got on the shots. they laid out a bunch of them, and i grabbed a bright blue one. it turned out to be blue curacao, wasnt bad. so i had that, then bought another 2 beers. I started talkin to this smokin girl from canada, downed my beers, and went back and got another 2. And when i got there, I noticed there were some shots left over. So i chilled by the corner of the bar, and every time she turned around I'd steal one of the left over shots. So I had the 5 of those 2 sambuca and 3 blue curacao, everyone there is now startin to wonder if I'm fuckin crazy. So I was talkin to a bunhc of people there about rugby, braggin about how wicked cape breton was, and how cool nova scotians are. I told everybody canadas a hard drinking country, where nova scotias the hardest drinking province, and cape breton was the hardest drinking part of it. So I set the bar high for myself pretty early hahaha. So I kept drinkin there for a bit, another few beer the count gets a bit imprecise at this point, and then the bus came to pick us up. Once we got on there, there were a fuckin TONNN of other backpackers on it, all plastered, mostly not as far gone as me though hahahah so I was talkin to a bunch of them, and then we got to the first club. Things get prettty hazy for a while, but I had a bunch more drinks, danced wiht some girls, and generally had a bomb time at this club. then we headed on to the 2nd one. I do remember this night a bit, but not really well enough to tell you the story about it, but lets just say i was on a proper cape breton drunken teaaarrrr moooffuuuckkaassss!!! eyeyey hahahah so I think I lost the tour group at that bar, but I was there til about 2 in the morning havin a bomb time, but I was way too drunk and I got shut down by all the pussy in the bars. Amateur mistake drinkin too much, but I got caught up in showin off for nova scotia/cape breton, so whatever i still represented hahahah so I'm walkin down the street, and these 2 girls come up to me and grab my ass andf they're like hey there, next thing I know they're talkin about threesomes and shit, tellin me to come to a club with them. sso I'm like yeha fuckin AAA wooo drunk as fuck at this point, not payin alot of attention. So we get to the club they're takin me too, and it turns out to be a fuckin strip club! So I'm like whatever, go with the flow, chilled in there for a bit watched a few dances and all that shit, they had one girl in there who was like a skeleton with water baloons on her chest, really creepy lookin, but they had a smokin hot blonde girl who really did a great job hahahah so I'm absolutely plastered, and I ended up gettin a lap dance from the blonde girl, and then I headed back to my hotel room. by the time I got there its 3 am, I'm gettin up in an hour, and I don't remember which room I'm in. I'm pretty sure its 93, so I knock on the door and one o the girls on our tour answered and i was just like...shit. Sorry, apologized a ton, and she told me I was in room 99. So I walked to the other end of the hall, thought about just lseepin there outside the door, but eventually i knocked and got let in. by the time I got to bed it was 315 in the morning. that was a fuckin LONG. long. night.
so I wake up at 4, with rantik tellin me I have to pack all my shit and be ready to go. I Don't even really rememb er packing, but I know I did a shit job. I made it down to the bus, and passed out wiht my head on the seat in front of me. I woke up at about 7 am with everyone talkin about me and laughin at me, and i pretended to be asleep for a while to see what they said. I can't remember what it was quite, but they said something I found hialrious, and I started laughing and blew it. So I stayed awake for the rest of the drive, and I started to realize I was horribly, horribly sunburnt on my arms and face. absolutely fried, from the surfing lesson. So we get to the ferry to moreton island, i had some cocoa puffs for breakfast, drank about 12 litres of water, and then we got on the ferry. by this point I'm only about half dead, actually getting a bit responsive, and I asked what our plan for the day was. then I remembered...3 km hike up a sand dune, in the blistering sun, and sand surfing. my arms are fuckin gloowwinng red at this point, i'm worried about them peeling, I actually wore my rain coat the whole time with the hood up to keep the sun off them, with my aves on and my hat pulled down over my face, tryin to get as little sun as possible. So the ferry ride wasnt too bad, I mostly got over my hangover, but I was tired as all fuck, and so sunburnt if I got another ray that day I was gonna peel like a fuckin clementine. So we got to moreton island, where we landed on the beach there was a shipwreck just a few feet away, and we were picked up by big 4WD jeeps. There are no roads on that island, only sand paths, so all the driving has to be done in 4wds. they tooku s to our huts, and we had til about 1 to decide what we were going to do. the hut was pretty cozy, not even a bad little spot, and I was chillin and reading my book, tryin to dcide if I wanted to go with them for the day of if I was too sunburnt/hungover. In the end I pussied out, I was a bit pissed at myself but I knew I would have fried/passed out. I napped the whole afternoon while they were gone, and it turned out I missed out on a bit of a half decent day, but it was pretty rough. The hike was brutal, everyone hated it, but the sandboarding sounded pretty cool. Except for rantik, he got sand in his eye, let go of his board, anbd basically psent the whole way down getting sandjobbed. I saw a picture of him, and he actually looked like the sandman or something, you could hardly even see his skin.
so i got up, wasnt even feeling bad, and I chilled in the shade had a couple beers and the girls started cookin dinner. While they cooked dinner, we headed donw to watch the sunset. the sunset was absolutely beautiful, amazing, but we were swarmed by frickin horseflies the whole time. I HATE fuckin horseflies. one bit me on the tip of my bird once, and ever since then I've had some serious beef with them. I managed not to get bit though, killed a bunch of the horseflies, and we headed back up to the place for dinner. The lasagna was actually bomb, and then after that me mark and eleni started to get on the piss(ie started drinking). So we started up a bunch of drinking games...that no one actually drank for, I've got some funny ones to show you guys when I get home now. 21, matchsticks/forks/spoons, and I can see the moon in the spoon. so we played that for a bit, and slowly but surely everyone dropped off to bed except me mark and eleni. it was at this point mark revealed to me hbe'd underestimated me, didn't think I'd even be alive that night let alone up for getting high, so he'd left the dope on the mainland. I got over it pretty quick though, didn't really care. now the conversation we all had, I don't even know if I can tell you guys it. it was sick, twisted, hilarious, and incredibly messed up. lets say some highlights were drugs, anal g-spots, and pissing in girls mouths. Me and mark were the last men standing, but by as early as around 1130 we hit the hay too. I supposedly snored all night, nicholas was a bit pissed at me the next morning, but whatever, he didn't really care. I woke up, and my sunburn had faded a ton though, so I was ready to actually go out and enjoy the next day.
(WOOOO I've actually made it to today!!! this took me a long ass time. hope this stories still good, ive been in a bit of a rush hahah)
so the plan for today was a pretty laid back beach day. we had breakfast, packed up our stuff, and got into the 4WDs to head towards our first stop at the lighthouse. it was built by a bunch of convicts back in like 1850 or something, and it was pretty cool, but what was way cooler was if you went just past it to the cliff, you could look down into the water and see absolutely tons of sea turtles swimmin around. so we checked that out for a bit, and then headed ot the next beach for lunch/scuba diving/champagne rocks/honeymoon bay. We took the 4wds there again, man let me tell you driving on sand roads in a 1990 toyota land cruiser is a seriously bumpy ride. my ass is still a bit sore hahah,
so we got to the beach, and it was pretty wavy there, but the first thing we did was go snorkelling. I was the first one in, and I saw probably rthe most fish, but compare dto alot of snorkelling I'd done it wasn't actually that great. there was a really cool yellow and black angel fish, and a couple cool triggers,, but otherwise mostly strong currents an dlots of rocks. but after that we headed over to champagne rocks, which turned out to be really cool. theres this spot right on a point of one of the coves, where theres a bunch of rocks right where some huge waves focus at, so they smash over the rocks and make a really cool foamy effect, as well as giving you a serious pat on the back in the process, sometimes even knocking you arond. about the 5th one after me and mark got there gave me a serious slam, almost into some rocks, but it was seriously cool. We hung out there for a bit, got some great pictures, and then walked over to honeymoons bay. The walk over there was brutal, it went from sharp rocks to blistering hot sand back to sharp rocks again, but it really was absolutely beautiful though. You can't swim there, cause theres too many sharks, but it was still really cool to look at. After that we headed back to the first beach for lunch.I spent most of the time after this hiding in the shade cause my sunburnt forearms were seriously feelin fried again, but we had a good lunch, and then we headed over the blue lagoon. More 4WD driving, more bumps, but then we got there and it was definitely worth it. It was a big freshwater lake, all infused with eucalyptus from the nearby trees. It soothed my arms something wicked, and it really felt great to swim around in the freshwater. We chilled there for a while, threw some balls around, and after that we headed back to the ferry to go back to the mainland.
I had a junk food feast on the ferry, 2 ice creams, some chips, a pop, and a chilled mars bar. (awesome on a hot day), and we had some more hilarious conversations about penis pumps, cpr, viagra, and all sorts of other fucked up stuff. After that we got back to the mainland, got into the vanbus, and we drove here to marichidoo at the hsotel where we're stayin, I was in the back cuddlin and jokin around with felicity and eleni, and talkin about fightin the whole way. we stopped at a7-11 and I got more junk food, including an awesome huge slushie. highly recommend em. But after that long drive, we finally made it here to the hostel. We're ordering pizza for dinner as we speak, and we're just gonna chill out here all night. Tomorrow I'm goin to Australia Zoo, thats Steve Irwins zoo, and its gonna be awesome. I'm really pumped for that,
but I'm gonna go get some pizza and a shower and all that good stuff, I'll be talkin to all you cold, dreary, bored mofuckas another time hahaha
PEAAAACEEE
alright once again I've left it way too long between notes, this ones gonna be a bit moreso short and sweet though I think I'm not feelin up to writing a super long one, I've done a ton since the last one though!
first off, australia zoo was bomb, steve irwin was THE MANN. hahah it was an incredible place, they had live crocodile feedings and all sorts of cool stuff, it was a realyl fun morning. after that we drove up to this place airlee beach, to the hostel Magnums we were staying at. this place was a real party central, it was pretty cool. so we're there havin a few drinks and I heard "Who wants to go in a beer chugging competition" or so I thouhgt, so I went up to the stage feelin like I was gonna win myself some cool shit or something and get free beer in the process. but it turned out ti was a competition FOR a beer jug. I ended up running aruond the crowd on a tear getting condoms and bras and all sorts of random shit from a bunch of people, it was kinda fun but it kinda sucked too i was really sweaty and gross at the end and i didnt win anything, i was in the final four but I got eliminated there. my group left me because I took so long too. but things got better. the next competiton they said make groups of 4, and I saw 3 really hot girls go up without anyone else to go with them, so I figure god helps those who help themselves, and I went up and joined them hahah they were a south african and a brit and an american, all early 20s blonde and smokin I was feelin good aobut this contest. then they announced what it was, and I was feelin great: Orgy Position competition. hahaha we had to make as many orgy positions as we could in thirty seconds. so our turn came, I'm lying on the ground, one girls sitting on my face, anothers riding me, and the last one is between my legs licking my balls(imaginarily with clothes on..still ogod shit tho hahah) we got 3 more positions and I came out of it feeling like a winner even thouhg we got second place to a group of all guys. I'm sure even though they got free beer, I got a better deal. so i was talkin to those girls for a while but their group was all on some exclusive pub crawl and they left, i just went and crashed because we had to be up really early the next day.
the next day we went out on this racing catamaran called camira, sailing throuhg the whitsunday islands and snorkelling and stuff. I spent the morning sleeping out on the mesh on the front and loving life, got a bit of a sunburn and then went snorkelling. the afternoon I napped inside because I was already burnt and I didn't want to fry, and when I came out my group was loaded. it was pretty funny, they made a big scene and I got to watch, switching up the usual roles.
that night we went to the same bar at magnums, but this time I didnt enter the crap competition, rantik did he had to blow up a condom that was pulled over his head with his nose, he won us some beer actually and the pictures are hilarious. the next day was pretty crazy, first real adrenaline day of the trip. woke up in the morning to go fly on this plane claled tiger moth. it ws a combination scenic/aerobatic flight, where we went and flew aroudn the whitsundays again and say some beautiful views, and then he did loop de loops barrel rolls combos of both and a wicked stall where he even turned off the engine, that was pretty awesome, the gs in the flips were awesome. after that we drove pretty much all day, to get up to mission beach...for skydiving!! we got there just in time, and me sylvia eileen felicity and eleni all got suited up and flew up to 14000 feet in this jalopy of a plane. the door was open the whole time, and you could see the world getting smaller and smaller! it was really cool. i was last, so I watrched everyone else get sucked out the door and go, strapped onto my tandem guy, and went to the door. I sat and hung my legs out, and looked down all i could see was clouds. head bakc, arms crossed, and out we went!! it was fucked, we did a bunch of flips, and then we started falling through this cloud. by this time we were going about 200 km/h down, and the cloud was full of little ice particles that REALLY sting at that speed. after that we were out, and it was awesome freefalling. its weird though, its so surreal its not that scary its just like...its cool, but I didn't even get that much of a rush out of it like I did and I didn't, tons of fun, ubt it just felt like it was really really windy or something? hahah but we deployed the chute and did a really smooth beach landing, and headed to scottys for the night. that was a bomb hostel, I met a bunch of cool people from all over the world, chliled smoked some joints had a few drinks and generally had a good time. the next day was fuckin sweet too, we went whitewater rafting on the tully river. its a category 4 whitewater river, which is the highest level of safely navigable river in the world. this day was awesome, it was me and 5 girls in our boat, with our guide named Camo who was a fuckin unreal guy. the whole day was awesome, tons of fun, we flipped our boat and navigated a bunch of crazy rapids. it was a full day trip, but every minute of it was really great fun it was one of my favorite days on the trip so far. that was valentines day, so that night I wnet out to the bars and played a little matchmaking game. i got partnered up with a real bitch though so it kind of sucked, but it was still a fun night out in spite of it. after that we drove to cairns, stopping for a rainforest walk, to swim by a waterfall, and in another river on the way. the waterfall had a natural rock slide you could go down that was really a ton of fun, but the river wasnt actually that great. awesome day though. we got to cairns that night, which is where we still are now. were staying in a hostel called bohemia central, its pretty cool. we went out for mexican the first nihgt, and it was a great meal. after that we had a few beers and hti the hay, early morning the next day. it was another catamaran sailing day, this time on a paradise passions boat out to the barrier reef. it was us and a bunch of american college students on exchange, so I cozied up with some of the girls from there on the nets on our way out to the reef. when we got there I swam over to the island, snorkelled around, saw stingrays and sea turtles and tons of coral and other fish, until it was our turn go scuba diving. our guide was a super cute ozzie gilr, and she led us around the reef for about half hour to see all sorts of cool stuff. i jacked off a cucumber and made nicholas laugh so hard he almost drowned. after that we went straight over to paradise reef, for the 2nd scuba diving. this one was way bette,r they made a big deal of showing us clownfish(Nemos!) hahah and we actually saw some sharks which was my favourite part. the reef was absolutely incredible, I'm soo glad I dove it I saw so much beautiful stuff, i love diving. I resolved to get certified that day thouh. gotta get er done. So after that we came back into town in cairns, and we went out to this place claled the woolshed for dinner. 10$ got me a huge steak a beer and some fries, best meal I had on the trip, and then we all got loaded. I had all the women on the trip dancing on the tables and having a great time, then me and mark went off on a tear all over town. I nearly got in about 5 fights but mark kept me out of them every time, and the night was pretty hilarious, I didnt get in til around 4 am. Luckily today we didnt get up til around 11, to go BUNJEE JUMPING! this was easily the best day of the trip so far. we went just 20 minutes outside of cairns to A.J. Hacketts bungee tower, 53 meter bungee jump. I started off with the Minjin swing/1 Jump package on marks advice, he figured I'd only go once or twice. was he ever wrong. hahah so I went up for my first jump, just a basic forward one. Fuck man it is SOOOOOOOOO Awesome I am in love with bungee jumpuing, the rush is just incredible. you stand on the edge of the tower and loook down and you're like fuckkkkkk then he counts down 5 4 3 2 1 and I just went for it soon as I heard one. it was the most fun i've had in ages. after that I went in to ask right away if I could upgrade to unlimited jumps. I had to, I knew I was gonna be goin a LOT. everyone on the trek was pumped I did it, gave them the courage to do it. I had to do the minjin swing with rantik next, which was also pretty cool its kind of like the one on jack osbourne no fear? but not quite as high. Right after that though I ran back up to do my 2nd jump. This time I went backwards, which was twice as cool as forwards. as soon as I got down from that I ran back up to go again, this time they dangled me from it backwards and let me go when I wasnt expecting it. then i went up again, and this time I did one claled the reverse elevator. you hold your neck and jump off backwards looking up the whole time, that one was a RUSHH because yuo have no idea when the grounds xcoming and when the bungees going to catch. after that I did one called the titanic, there were big waits between jump so by this time it was 330 and the end of my unlimited jumps was coming up. so they dangled me out face first and dropped me, and this time they let me go into the water almost all the way up to my ankle.s that was really really cool. id asked the guys after this about doing a roof jump, where you climb up on the roof of the tower and do a running leap off. it was an extra 15$ but I had to get it. so i went up, waited my turn, and then it was roof jump time. man it was even scarier than my first time doin it, it wasnt much higher but it seemed wayyy higher because there was nothing around you. you had to just run and do a big leap of faith out. so 5 4 3 2 1 and I just booked it and dove out, it was a huge rush. fuckin incredible. evryone there was really impressed i managed to do 6 jumps, and I knew I HAD to get the video of it if I did so many. I did, and its cool as fuck, I'll show everyone when I get home just to prove I really did all this shit. I set a record for my tour company for most jumps done in one day, I doubled the old one actually, and ti was the best day of my trip so far. after that we went back to town, got pizza and a couple beers, and went out for dinner. i had an ozzie platter, Kangaroo, Crocodile, and steak. it was only like 25$ not even bad, and it was actually really good. crocodiles actually delicious, like fish with the consistency of steak kind of? hard to explan, but I loved it. after we just went back to the hostel, had a beer or 2, and I decided to get my internetting done before heading off to bed. gotta be up at 6 tomorrow to pack and head out by 7. Shite. PEACE
so from where i left off, we went inside the hostel and kept drinking for a while, and it came time to fire up the grill and get some food on the go. i'd already volunteered to be designated grillmaster, so I got down to work, already about 3/4 in the bag hahah. we were the loudest group there, havin a ball, and we attracted a couple canadians from other groups to come chill with us. So anyways I grilled up all the sausages burgers and everything, it was absolutely steaming hot and i was sweating up a storm, not to mention the grill was pretty much a skillet, it didnt have bars, and it was sprayin grease all over me, pretty much ruined my tshirt and shorts hahah. but im a pretty practiced BBQer so I did a decent job cookin everything, they all loved it, we feasted and then got back to drinking. me and the tour guide mark got pretty smashed, hangin out and shootin the shit, i was makin fun of felicity a ton, everybody was lovin it, but before i knew it everyone except me and mark had gone to bed. so i was hammered, chllin in australia, and all of a sudden i was like fuck man...i could really go for a joint. now on the trip description it said any drugs found you'd be kicked off, but mark didn't give off the disciplinarian kind of vibe...so I asked him if he had any, and he was fuckin pumped!! he told me he brought a half O of the green, said he doesn't usually bring it on tours but he just had a funny feeling about this one. so we grabbed a bunch of beers and headed out to the tour van, we rolled up 2 or 3 fatties and smoked em, and kept drinking the beer, and before I knew it I was fuckin crunkkkk and havin heart to hearts with mark hahahah i started trippin balls that I was actually in australia for a bit, talked about all sorts of shit. and then he asked how long i was staying, i told him 6 months, and he asked me if i wanted to join him on the drive back to sydney when its all done, so that talk went on for a few minutes, and by the end of it I think he's gonna go off the radar, post ahead in cairns, and me and him are gonna actually do our own little tour with whoever wants to buy on it from alice springs back to sydney, which is going to be unreal. he's a crazy motherfucker, but a right on guy. so anyways, we went back to the rooms and passed out, got up the next morning around 6
this day comin up is absolutely unreal. so we left the place we were staying by 7 am and got on the road, and then headed along towards byron bay. when we got there, we headed up to this lighthouse thats the most eastern point of australia, the view there was unbelievable, I got a ton of great pictures, and then we headed into the actual town of byron bay. I have to say, I don't know if I ever was in a town with a cooler vibe than byronn bay, its a big time surfing hot spot, the whole town just has this unbelievable laid back vibe. absolutely fuckin beautiful too, probably like 35 degrees out this day. so the plan for the day is one of our first optional activities: surfing lessons. me, felicity, nicholas, and sylvia hit up the surfing lessons, we had 3 hours to try and learn how to surf. so we got there and met our instructor, skinny guy with a little scruff and probably the longest hair I ever saw, with maybe the hottest girlfriend I've seen since I've been in australia. this guy was a seriously cool fucker named fletch, and he handed us out some rash shirts and some boards and took us down to the beach. first off we swam to get a bit of a warmup, then we went to the beach for a little theory lesson. he tauhgt us some stuff about the equipment, nose tail fins deck rails etc of the board, talked about safety, and then told us the basics of how to surf. I was pretty sure I wasn't gonna get up once the whole time, I'm not a big one for balance. but then after that we headed out to the ocean to see what we could do. now i gotta tell u, surfing is hard, but it was easier than I expected. after a bunch of huge wipeouts, blown attempts, etc etc, i finally managed to catch a wave and stand up for a couple seconds. man that was absolutely unreal, i couldn't believe how cool of a feeling it was. I was hooked right away. only problem was though, i was a bit heavy for the little boards they had, so i kinda sunk in a bit and lost speed pretty quick. it was a bit of a sketchy run, but it was still a ton of fun. so I kept trying for a while, it took me a while before I caught my next wave, but this time I really had a good one. the girl took a picture of me where i actually look like a fuckin pro surfin up a storm, and i was just lovin it. never had another one as good as that the whole time though, the waves got a bit smaller and they werent really big enough to take me to much speed. I still had a few more decent ones though, and had a wicked time. so after that we got on the bus, and headed towards surfers paradise. I had a bit of a bad feeling that I'd gotten a sunburn, but I didn't worry about it much. Surfers Paradise sounds like a little surfers town, like byron bay actually was, but really it was a hardcore tourist town, super commercial. It was cool, but not nearly as cool as byron bay. so we got to our hotel(With A/C!!!!!!!!!!!) WOOO.. and then went out to explore the town a bit. Man, the girls there were absolutely unbelievable...but that was pretty much the best thing about it. Thats where I wrote Australia part 2 at, in a little internet cafe in the basement of our hotel, sitting next to an asian hooker, after a weird little gay asian sold me the time card. Interesting experience that was anyway hahahha. but after that I headed upt o the lobby, to meet people to go out for dinner. now at this point, i should mention we're getting up at 4 am the next day. but anyways, so we're waiting up there, 7 o clock rolls around and we're all in the lobby about to go to a italian restaurant for dinner, and this guy comes in wearing a shirt that says "Big Night Out: The Party Bus! Backpackers big night out!" and I asked mark about it. He told me it was absolutely unreal, but if I went out on it I wouldn't be gettin back til 3 am. So I had about a minute to make a serious existential decision. I could go to dinner, come bakc, have a couple drinks with my tour group and go to bed and get some sleep to be ready to get up at 4 am the next day, go to moreton island, and do a sand dune hike, sandboarding, and a tour of the island.....or I could go on the crazy party tour, probably not sleep at all. but have a ball.
guess what I chose
Yeah, fuckin rights I went on the party bus!!!!!!!! I asked buddy just as he was leaving if he had room for one more, paid my up front cover charge, and joined the group. there were a couple canadian girls, a british guy, and some other people in the van taking us over to the hostel we started off from. So i started talkin to everybody, seein what they were like, checkin out what this night was gonna be like you know the basics, and then we got to the hostel we were starting off from. So I found out when we got there we got 6 free drinks as part of the package, and the first one was a free shot. So I got 2 beers from the bar, chugged them both, had everyone starin at me like holy shit what is this guy doin, and then we got on the shots. they laid out a bunch of them, and i grabbed a bright blue one. it turned out to be blue curacao, wasnt bad. so i had that, then bought another 2 beers. I started talkin to this smokin girl from canada, downed my beers, and went back and got another 2. And when i got there, I noticed there were some shots left over. So i chilled by the corner of the bar, and every time she turned around I'd steal one of the left over shots. So I had the 5 of those 2 sambuca and 3 blue curacao, everyone there is now startin to wonder if I'm fuckin crazy. So I was talkin to a bunhc of people there about rugby, braggin about how wicked cape breton was, and how cool nova scotians are. I told everybody canadas a hard drinking country, where nova scotias the hardest drinking province, and cape breton was the hardest drinking part of it. So I set the bar high for myself pretty early hahaha. So I kept drinkin there for a bit, another few beer the count gets a bit imprecise at this point, and then the bus came to pick us up. Once we got on there, there were a fuckin TONNN of other backpackers on it, all plastered, mostly not as far gone as me though hahahah so I was talkin to a bunch of them, and then we got to the first club. Things get prettty hazy for a while, but I had a bunch more drinks, danced wiht some girls, and generally had a bomb time at this club. then we headed on to the 2nd one. I do remember this night a bit, but not really well enough to tell you the story about it, but lets just say i was on a proper cape breton drunken teaaarrrr moooffuuuckkaassss!!! eyeyey hahahah so I think I lost the tour group at that bar, but I was there til about 2 in the morning havin a bomb time, but I was way too drunk and I got shut down by all the pussy in the bars. Amateur mistake drinkin too much, but I got caught up in showin off for nova scotia/cape breton, so whatever i still represented hahahah so I'm walkin down the street, and these 2 girls come up to me and grab my ass andf they're like hey there, next thing I know they're talkin about threesomes and shit, tellin me to come to a club with them. sso I'm like yeha fuckin AAA wooo drunk as fuck at this point, not payin alot of attention. So we get to the club they're takin me too, and it turns out to be a fuckin strip club! So I'm like whatever, go with the flow, chilled in there for a bit watched a few dances and all that shit, they had one girl in there who was like a skeleton with water baloons on her chest, really creepy lookin, but they had a smokin hot blonde girl who really did a great job hahahah so I'm absolutely plastered, and I ended up gettin a lap dance from the blonde girl, and then I headed back to my hotel room. by the time I got there its 3 am, I'm gettin up in an hour, and I don't remember which room I'm in. I'm pretty sure its 93, so I knock on the door and one o the girls on our tour answered and i was just like...shit. Sorry, apologized a ton, and she told me I was in room 99. So I walked to the other end of the hall, thought about just lseepin there outside the door, but eventually i knocked and got let in. by the time I got to bed it was 315 in the morning. that was a fuckin LONG. long. night.
so I wake up at 4, with rantik tellin me I have to pack all my shit and be ready to go. I Don't even really rememb er packing, but I know I did a shit job. I made it down to the bus, and passed out wiht my head on the seat in front of me. I woke up at about 7 am with everyone talkin about me and laughin at me, and i pretended to be asleep for a while to see what they said. I can't remember what it was quite, but they said something I found hialrious, and I started laughing and blew it. So I stayed awake for the rest of the drive, and I started to realize I was horribly, horribly sunburnt on my arms and face. absolutely fried, from the surfing lesson. So we get to the ferry to moreton island, i had some cocoa puffs for breakfast, drank about 12 litres of water, and then we got on the ferry. by this point I'm only about half dead, actually getting a bit responsive, and I asked what our plan for the day was. then I remembered...3 km hike up a sand dune, in the blistering sun, and sand surfing. my arms are fuckin gloowwinng red at this point, i'm worried about them peeling, I actually wore my rain coat the whole time with the hood up to keep the sun off them, with my aves on and my hat pulled down over my face, tryin to get as little sun as possible. So the ferry ride wasnt too bad, I mostly got over my hangover, but I was tired as all fuck, and so sunburnt if I got another ray that day I was gonna peel like a fuckin clementine. So we got to moreton island, where we landed on the beach there was a shipwreck just a few feet away, and we were picked up by big 4WD jeeps. There are no roads on that island, only sand paths, so all the driving has to be done in 4wds. they tooku s to our huts, and we had til about 1 to decide what we were going to do. the hut was pretty cozy, not even a bad little spot, and I was chillin and reading my book, tryin to dcide if I wanted to go with them for the day of if I was too sunburnt/hungover. In the end I pussied out, I was a bit pissed at myself but I knew I would have fried/passed out. I napped the whole afternoon while they were gone, and it turned out I missed out on a bit of a half decent day, but it was pretty rough. The hike was brutal, everyone hated it, but the sandboarding sounded pretty cool. Except for rantik, he got sand in his eye, let go of his board, anbd basically psent the whole way down getting sandjobbed. I saw a picture of him, and he actually looked like the sandman or something, you could hardly even see his skin.
so i got up, wasnt even feeling bad, and I chilled in the shade had a couple beers and the girls started cookin dinner. While they cooked dinner, we headed donw to watch the sunset. the sunset was absolutely beautiful, amazing, but we were swarmed by frickin horseflies the whole time. I HATE fuckin horseflies. one bit me on the tip of my bird once, and ever since then I've had some serious beef with them. I managed not to get bit though, killed a bunch of the horseflies, and we headed back up to the place for dinner. The lasagna was actually bomb, and then after that me mark and eleni started to get on the piss(ie started drinking). So we started up a bunch of drinking games...that no one actually drank for, I've got some funny ones to show you guys when I get home now. 21, matchsticks/forks/spoons, and I can see the moon in the spoon. so we played that for a bit, and slowly but surely everyone dropped off to bed except me mark and eleni. it was at this point mark revealed to me hbe'd underestimated me, didn't think I'd even be alive that night let alone up for getting high, so he'd left the dope on the mainland. I got over it pretty quick though, didn't really care. now the conversation we all had, I don't even know if I can tell you guys it. it was sick, twisted, hilarious, and incredibly messed up. lets say some highlights were drugs, anal g-spots, and pissing in girls mouths. Me and mark were the last men standing, but by as early as around 1130 we hit the hay too. I supposedly snored all night, nicholas was a bit pissed at me the next morning, but whatever, he didn't really care. I woke up, and my sunburn had faded a ton though, so I was ready to actually go out and enjoy the next day.
(WOOOO I've actually made it to today!!! this took me a long ass time. hope this stories still good, ive been in a bit of a rush hahah)
so the plan for today was a pretty laid back beach day. we had breakfast, packed up our stuff, and got into the 4WDs to head towards our first stop at the lighthouse. it was built by a bunch of convicts back in like 1850 or something, and it was pretty cool, but what was way cooler was if you went just past it to the cliff, you could look down into the water and see absolutely tons of sea turtles swimmin around. so we checked that out for a bit, and then headed ot the next beach for lunch/scuba diving/champagne rocks/honeymoon bay. We took the 4wds there again, man let me tell you driving on sand roads in a 1990 toyota land cruiser is a seriously bumpy ride. my ass is still a bit sore hahah,
so we got to the beach, and it was pretty wavy there, but the first thing we did was go snorkelling. I was the first one in, and I saw probably rthe most fish, but compare dto alot of snorkelling I'd done it wasn't actually that great. there was a really cool yellow and black angel fish, and a couple cool triggers,, but otherwise mostly strong currents an dlots of rocks. but after that we headed over to champagne rocks, which turned out to be really cool. theres this spot right on a point of one of the coves, where theres a bunch of rocks right where some huge waves focus at, so they smash over the rocks and make a really cool foamy effect, as well as giving you a serious pat on the back in the process, sometimes even knocking you arond. about the 5th one after me and mark got there gave me a serious slam, almost into some rocks, but it was seriously cool. We hung out there for a bit, got some great pictures, and then walked over to honeymoons bay. The walk over there was brutal, it went from sharp rocks to blistering hot sand back to sharp rocks again, but it really was absolutely beautiful though. You can't swim there, cause theres too many sharks, but it was still really cool to look at. After that we headed back to the first beach for lunch.I spent most of the time after this hiding in the shade cause my sunburnt forearms were seriously feelin fried again, but we had a good lunch, and then we headed over the blue lagoon. More 4WD driving, more bumps, but then we got there and it was definitely worth it. It was a big freshwater lake, all infused with eucalyptus from the nearby trees. It soothed my arms something wicked, and it really felt great to swim around in the freshwater. We chilled there for a while, threw some balls around, and after that we headed back to the ferry to go back to the mainland.
I had a junk food feast on the ferry, 2 ice creams, some chips, a pop, and a chilled mars bar. (awesome on a hot day), and we had some more hilarious conversations about penis pumps, cpr, viagra, and all sorts of other fucked up stuff. After that we got back to the mainland, got into the vanbus, and we drove here to marichidoo at the hsotel where we're stayin, I was in the back cuddlin and jokin around with felicity and eleni, and talkin about fightin the whole way. we stopped at a7-11 and I got more junk food, including an awesome huge slushie. highly recommend em. But after that long drive, we finally made it here to the hostel. We're ordering pizza for dinner as we speak, and we're just gonna chill out here all night. Tomorrow I'm goin to Australia Zoo, thats Steve Irwins zoo, and its gonna be awesome. I'm really pumped for that,
but I'm gonna go get some pizza and a shower and all that good stuff, I'll be talkin to all you cold, dreary, bored mofuckas another time hahaha
PEAAAACEEE
alright once again I've left it way too long between notes, this ones gonna be a bit moreso short and sweet though I think I'm not feelin up to writing a super long one, I've done a ton since the last one though!
first off, australia zoo was bomb, steve irwin was THE MANN. hahah it was an incredible place, they had live crocodile feedings and all sorts of cool stuff, it was a realyl fun morning. after that we drove up to this place airlee beach, to the hostel Magnums we were staying at. this place was a real party central, it was pretty cool. so we're there havin a few drinks and I heard "Who wants to go in a beer chugging competition" or so I thouhgt, so I went up to the stage feelin like I was gonna win myself some cool shit or something and get free beer in the process. but it turned out ti was a competition FOR a beer jug. I ended up running aruond the crowd on a tear getting condoms and bras and all sorts of random shit from a bunch of people, it was kinda fun but it kinda sucked too i was really sweaty and gross at the end and i didnt win anything, i was in the final four but I got eliminated there. my group left me because I took so long too. but things got better. the next competiton they said make groups of 4, and I saw 3 really hot girls go up without anyone else to go with them, so I figure god helps those who help themselves, and I went up and joined them hahah they were a south african and a brit and an american, all early 20s blonde and smokin I was feelin good aobut this contest. then they announced what it was, and I was feelin great: Orgy Position competition. hahaha we had to make as many orgy positions as we could in thirty seconds. so our turn came, I'm lying on the ground, one girls sitting on my face, anothers riding me, and the last one is between my legs licking my balls(imaginarily with clothes on..still ogod shit tho hahah) we got 3 more positions and I came out of it feeling like a winner even thouhg we got second place to a group of all guys. I'm sure even though they got free beer, I got a better deal. so i was talkin to those girls for a while but their group was all on some exclusive pub crawl and they left, i just went and crashed because we had to be up really early the next day.
the next day we went out on this racing catamaran called camira, sailing throuhg the whitsunday islands and snorkelling and stuff. I spent the morning sleeping out on the mesh on the front and loving life, got a bit of a sunburn and then went snorkelling. the afternoon I napped inside because I was already burnt and I didn't want to fry, and when I came out my group was loaded. it was pretty funny, they made a big scene and I got to watch, switching up the usual roles.
that night we went to the same bar at magnums, but this time I didnt enter the crap competition, rantik did he had to blow up a condom that was pulled over his head with his nose, he won us some beer actually and the pictures are hilarious. the next day was pretty crazy, first real adrenaline day of the trip. woke up in the morning to go fly on this plane claled tiger moth. it ws a combination scenic/aerobatic flight, where we went and flew aroudn the whitsundays again and say some beautiful views, and then he did loop de loops barrel rolls combos of both and a wicked stall where he even turned off the engine, that was pretty awesome, the gs in the flips were awesome. after that we drove pretty much all day, to get up to mission beach...for skydiving!! we got there just in time, and me sylvia eileen felicity and eleni all got suited up and flew up to 14000 feet in this jalopy of a plane. the door was open the whole time, and you could see the world getting smaller and smaller! it was really cool. i was last, so I watrched everyone else get sucked out the door and go, strapped onto my tandem guy, and went to the door. I sat and hung my legs out, and looked down all i could see was clouds. head bakc, arms crossed, and out we went!! it was fucked, we did a bunch of flips, and then we started falling through this cloud. by this time we were going about 200 km/h down, and the cloud was full of little ice particles that REALLY sting at that speed. after that we were out, and it was awesome freefalling. its weird though, its so surreal its not that scary its just like...its cool, but I didn't even get that much of a rush out of it like I did and I didn't, tons of fun, ubt it just felt like it was really really windy or something? hahah but we deployed the chute and did a really smooth beach landing, and headed to scottys for the night. that was a bomb hostel, I met a bunch of cool people from all over the world, chliled smoked some joints had a few drinks and generally had a good time. the next day was fuckin sweet too, we went whitewater rafting on the tully river. its a category 4 whitewater river, which is the highest level of safely navigable river in the world. this day was awesome, it was me and 5 girls in our boat, with our guide named Camo who was a fuckin unreal guy. the whole day was awesome, tons of fun, we flipped our boat and navigated a bunch of crazy rapids. it was a full day trip, but every minute of it was really great fun it was one of my favorite days on the trip so far. that was valentines day, so that night I wnet out to the bars and played a little matchmaking game. i got partnered up with a real bitch though so it kind of sucked, but it was still a fun night out in spite of it. after that we drove to cairns, stopping for a rainforest walk, to swim by a waterfall, and in another river on the way. the waterfall had a natural rock slide you could go down that was really a ton of fun, but the river wasnt actually that great. awesome day though. we got to cairns that night, which is where we still are now. were staying in a hostel called bohemia central, its pretty cool. we went out for mexican the first nihgt, and it was a great meal. after that we had a few beers and hti the hay, early morning the next day. it was another catamaran sailing day, this time on a paradise passions boat out to the barrier reef. it was us and a bunch of american college students on exchange, so I cozied up with some of the girls from there on the nets on our way out to the reef. when we got there I swam over to the island, snorkelled around, saw stingrays and sea turtles and tons of coral and other fish, until it was our turn go scuba diving. our guide was a super cute ozzie gilr, and she led us around the reef for about half hour to see all sorts of cool stuff. i jacked off a cucumber and made nicholas laugh so hard he almost drowned. after that we went straight over to paradise reef, for the 2nd scuba diving. this one was way bette,r they made a big deal of showing us clownfish(Nemos!) hahah and we actually saw some sharks which was my favourite part. the reef was absolutely incredible, I'm soo glad I dove it I saw so much beautiful stuff, i love diving. I resolved to get certified that day thouh. gotta get er done. So after that we came back into town in cairns, and we went out to this place claled the woolshed for dinner. 10$ got me a huge steak a beer and some fries, best meal I had on the trip, and then we all got loaded. I had all the women on the trip dancing on the tables and having a great time, then me and mark went off on a tear all over town. I nearly got in about 5 fights but mark kept me out of them every time, and the night was pretty hilarious, I didnt get in til around 4 am. Luckily today we didnt get up til around 11, to go BUNJEE JUMPING! this was easily the best day of the trip so far. we went just 20 minutes outside of cairns to A.J. Hacketts bungee tower, 53 meter bungee jump. I started off with the Minjin swing/1 Jump package on marks advice, he figured I'd only go once or twice. was he ever wrong. hahah so I went up for my first jump, just a basic forward one. Fuck man it is SOOOOOOOOO Awesome I am in love with bungee jumpuing, the rush is just incredible. you stand on the edge of the tower and loook down and you're like fuckkkkkk then he counts down 5 4 3 2 1 and I just went for it soon as I heard one. it was the most fun i've had in ages. after that I went in to ask right away if I could upgrade to unlimited jumps. I had to, I knew I was gonna be goin a LOT. everyone on the trek was pumped I did it, gave them the courage to do it. I had to do the minjin swing with rantik next, which was also pretty cool its kind of like the one on jack osbourne no fear? but not quite as high. Right after that though I ran back up to do my 2nd jump. This time I went backwards, which was twice as cool as forwards. as soon as I got down from that I ran back up to go again, this time they dangled me from it backwards and let me go when I wasnt expecting it. then i went up again, and this time I did one claled the reverse elevator. you hold your neck and jump off backwards looking up the whole time, that one was a RUSHH because yuo have no idea when the grounds xcoming and when the bungees going to catch. after that I did one called the titanic, there were big waits between jump so by this time it was 330 and the end of my unlimited jumps was coming up. so they dangled me out face first and dropped me, and this time they let me go into the water almost all the way up to my ankle.s that was really really cool. id asked the guys after this about doing a roof jump, where you climb up on the roof of the tower and do a running leap off. it was an extra 15$ but I had to get it. so i went up, waited my turn, and then it was roof jump time. man it was even scarier than my first time doin it, it wasnt much higher but it seemed wayyy higher because there was nothing around you. you had to just run and do a big leap of faith out. so 5 4 3 2 1 and I just booked it and dove out, it was a huge rush. fuckin incredible. evryone there was really impressed i managed to do 6 jumps, and I knew I HAD to get the video of it if I did so many. I did, and its cool as fuck, I'll show everyone when I get home just to prove I really did all this shit. I set a record for my tour company for most jumps done in one day, I doubled the old one actually, and ti was the best day of my trip so far. after that we went back to town, got pizza and a couple beers, and went out for dinner. i had an ozzie platter, Kangaroo, Crocodile, and steak. it was only like 25$ not even bad, and it was actually really good. crocodiles actually delicious, like fish with the consistency of steak kind of? hard to explan, but I loved it. after we just went back to the hostel, had a beer or 2, and I decided to get my internetting done before heading off to bed. gotta be up at 6 tomorrow to pack and head out by 7. Shite. PEACE
Australia 6?
Alright..soo..since my last note its been something like 3 weeks of travelling? That wasnt even half way through the trip. it gets a bit more spread out from here though, with alot more driving. After we left Cairns we were in for alot of driving and staying at some small towns and stuff. First off, after about 8 hours of driving through flat deserts, seeing a couple snakes and lizards, and not alot of anything else, we worked our way to the little town charters towers. I dont remember much about it there...kind of blends in to the whole drive up, it wasnt a bad little town though, we just made some dinner had a few drinks and then got on the road again the next day. The next stop was Mount Isa, a mining town in the middle of nowhere. we had a pretty cool place to stay there, the bathrooms were CHOCK full of green tree frogs, some of them as big as your fist, and the floor was covered in cane toads. That was pretty trippy. All the newspapers front pages advertised a bounty aimed at kids for Cane Frogs: 40 Cents, dead or alive! They're having a really big effect on the environment there and really damaging local ecosystems because they have no natural predator becuase they're so poisonous. I batted one with a traffic cone, and felt like I was doing my bit for the environment, if in a bit of a perverse way. The dutch crew made a really good dinner there, and then I went back to the room where me nick and rantik made fun of Ricardo alot.
Now that I think about it, this is as good of a time as any for a bit of a description of the trip dynamic, as we gained and lost some people in Cairns.
For the first part of the trip this was the roster, in order that I met them
Me: you already know me
Rantik: 36 year old Indian American Anasthesiologist, prone to saying "Also" and " I hate_________" although in very cynical and funny ways. Rantik turned out to be a really cool guy, really funny, bit of a wimp but altogether a solid addition to the trek hahah he whined alot about hiking but was a really nice guy, and provided alot of amusement
Brooke and Jennifer Summers: canadian sisters in their mid to late 20s, both very cool girls. met up with me and rantik for the pre trek drinks, pretty much classic canadians, laid back good sense of humour etc, they were a great time. They left in Cairns, and were sorely missed.
Felicity: Oh man. What to say about felicity...Well. I guess the first thing to say is loud. Really, really loud. With a very piercing, annoying voice. 2nd thing is that other than being really loud, kind of inconsiderate and annoying, etc, shes a really nice girl...just tries a bit hard and gets on your nerves alot. 3rd would probably be late, every time we stopped somewhere she was the last person back to the car. Every. Time. it was ridiculous. Shes from wales, 5'10, probably 170 lbs at the start of the trek...gettin up roudn 190 by the end, blonde, and kind of hurtin. but all in all it wouldnty have been the same without her, for better or worse I cant say...I think we kind of needed her to keep the energy up some times, and other times I would have rather had a route canal. love ya flicko..
Eleni: her and flick showed up together the first morning, giving the impression theyd been friends for ages...they hadnt actually, they just met the night before, but that impression stuck and she ended up roomin with flick the whole trip..sucker. hahah eleni stayed pretty quiet at first, but she was a really sweet girl, always lookin out for everyone and stuff. got to know her a bit towards the end, and she had a really interesting background: she grew up on a compound in nigeria! Some of the things she'd seen were really incredible. She's gonna be a policewoman very soon, and a profiler before too long.
Nicholas: The dutch guy. Nick was 26, and a seriously hilarious guy. me him and rantik were kind of "the boys" of this trip. I didnt get to know him very much at first, but he had to repeatedly hit me with pillows at night to stop my snoring, cause his hearing is really sensitive. Nick got kicked out of the army for falling asleep under a truck during his mechanic exam. hahahaha just to give you the laid back kind of vibe. he was always reliable to tell people to shut up when they needed it. Especially ricardo and felicity. Damn they were annoying. all in all a solid guy.
Alright I'm getting lazy now, this shit takes way too much time, and I havent even got much done yet. I'll finish up summin up the crew later, I'm gonna try and get more of the actual events down. so I was in mount Isa. which reminded me of alberta, it even had its own stampede hahah. It was a pretty cool little town, but we didnt see too much of it, we had to get on the road again pretty early.
alright I want to write more but I have to get a shower and dinner and some other stuff and then get ready to go out tonight. Headed to this bar called the Gaff? 2 storey backpackers party bar...like the Vic in darwin, which you guys havent heard about yet. just you wait.
I'll post again tomorrow
later bitches
Now that I think about it, this is as good of a time as any for a bit of a description of the trip dynamic, as we gained and lost some people in Cairns.
For the first part of the trip this was the roster, in order that I met them
Me: you already know me
Rantik: 36 year old Indian American Anasthesiologist, prone to saying "Also" and " I hate_________" although in very cynical and funny ways. Rantik turned out to be a really cool guy, really funny, bit of a wimp but altogether a solid addition to the trek hahah he whined alot about hiking but was a really nice guy, and provided alot of amusement
Brooke and Jennifer Summers: canadian sisters in their mid to late 20s, both very cool girls. met up with me and rantik for the pre trek drinks, pretty much classic canadians, laid back good sense of humour etc, they were a great time. They left in Cairns, and were sorely missed.
Felicity: Oh man. What to say about felicity...Well. I guess the first thing to say is loud. Really, really loud. With a very piercing, annoying voice. 2nd thing is that other than being really loud, kind of inconsiderate and annoying, etc, shes a really nice girl...just tries a bit hard and gets on your nerves alot. 3rd would probably be late, every time we stopped somewhere she was the last person back to the car. Every. Time. it was ridiculous. Shes from wales, 5'10, probably 170 lbs at the start of the trek...gettin up roudn 190 by the end, blonde, and kind of hurtin. but all in all it wouldnty have been the same without her, for better or worse I cant say...I think we kind of needed her to keep the energy up some times, and other times I would have rather had a route canal. love ya flicko..
Eleni: her and flick showed up together the first morning, giving the impression theyd been friends for ages...they hadnt actually, they just met the night before, but that impression stuck and she ended up roomin with flick the whole trip..sucker. hahah eleni stayed pretty quiet at first, but she was a really sweet girl, always lookin out for everyone and stuff. got to know her a bit towards the end, and she had a really interesting background: she grew up on a compound in nigeria! Some of the things she'd seen were really incredible. She's gonna be a policewoman very soon, and a profiler before too long.
Nicholas: The dutch guy. Nick was 26, and a seriously hilarious guy. me him and rantik were kind of "the boys" of this trip. I didnt get to know him very much at first, but he had to repeatedly hit me with pillows at night to stop my snoring, cause his hearing is really sensitive. Nick got kicked out of the army for falling asleep under a truck during his mechanic exam. hahahaha just to give you the laid back kind of vibe. he was always reliable to tell people to shut up when they needed it. Especially ricardo and felicity. Damn they were annoying. all in all a solid guy.
Alright I'm getting lazy now, this shit takes way too much time, and I havent even got much done yet. I'll finish up summin up the crew later, I'm gonna try and get more of the actual events down. so I was in mount Isa. which reminded me of alberta, it even had its own stampede hahah. It was a pretty cool little town, but we didnt see too much of it, we had to get on the road again pretty early.
alright I want to write more but I have to get a shower and dinner and some other stuff and then get ready to go out tonight. Headed to this bar called the Gaff? 2 storey backpackers party bar...like the Vic in darwin, which you guys havent heard about yet. just you wait.
I'll post again tomorrow
later bitches
Australia 7
Alright I cant deal with going over everything in detail, so here.
I hiked Uluru(Ayers Rock), Kings Canyon, and Kata Tjuta, drove a ton, saw the outback, went deep sea fishing, clubbing, and drinking, and then drove 3200 kms in 48 hours with my tour guides and Eleni, to get back to Sydney. I stayed in Central Sydney for about 4 days, partied with some irish guys and had a good time, then I was going to go to Darwin, and I went to go to Cronulla on the way. Cronulla is a Suburb of Sydney, about an hour out, which has a reputation for having some of the hottest women in australia. Its got a huge, beautiful beach, solid night life, and the best hostel I've stayed at yet! I'm gonna be stayin here for a few months working and chilling out I think. I got here, and right away I felt like I fit in, everyone was cool and just as crazy as I am, some even more :||. I played drinking games with some swedish girls, smoked joints, met everyone, then went out to the bars and checked out the talent, danced with some hotties, and had an awesome night. Then, the next day came the Saga. St. Patricks Day. At 10 in the morning, I was with an Irish guy, Tom(Apeshit Crazy), an English guy Glen, a Kiwi girl Charlotte, another Kiwi guy that I forget the name of(cause I always call him Kiwi) and an english guy with a sprystache. And we were entering the Liquor store. I got a 6 pack of Coopers, and we got on the train to Bondi Beach. An hour later, I'm already a 6 pack in, and we've scared off about 20 people and wished happy St Patricks Day to about 20 more. We got to Bondi and went to an Irish pub called the Cock and Bull, to get on their 15$ Tshirt Beer and Breakfast deal. I got an awesome "Whos your Paddy" tshirt, a pint of guiness, and a HUGE breakfast there, and chatted up some girls, then had a few more pints and moved onto the next bar. The whole way down the street we were all high fiving strangers, talking to everyone we walked by, getting in the way of skateboarders, chattin up girls, and generally being drunken fools. It was great. Then we went to the Tea Tree, which was a really nice chilled out bar, and had a few more drinks. Then we went and got a train into Central Sydney to go to a big Irish area called The Rocks. By this point we were all smashed, wearing a large selection of huge hats, flags, and green tshirts, and shouting at everyone we went by. Then we went to the Rocks,a nd things got messy. The pints just kept coming there, loud music, and it was PACKKKEDDDD. On the way, I nearly lost the group about 3 times talking to groups of girls and wandering off with them, then realizing I couldn't see anyone I knew and running off, repeatedly. Then at the rocks, we all lost each other in the drunkness. I found CHarlotte and Glen a couple hours later, and we decided to go back to the hostel to chill and get ready for the night. At night we just went out in cronulla, down to this bar called Northys. The women there, are incredible. The average girl there is probably an 8.8. Its ridiculous. So that was fun, then I came back to my room and slept until around 2, after smoking some more dope, and woke up to one fo the neighbouring bunk beds squeaking sand some girl squealing.
attaboi ken brotha. attaboi.
hahahahah
I hiked Uluru(Ayers Rock), Kings Canyon, and Kata Tjuta, drove a ton, saw the outback, went deep sea fishing, clubbing, and drinking, and then drove 3200 kms in 48 hours with my tour guides and Eleni, to get back to Sydney. I stayed in Central Sydney for about 4 days, partied with some irish guys and had a good time, then I was going to go to Darwin, and I went to go to Cronulla on the way. Cronulla is a Suburb of Sydney, about an hour out, which has a reputation for having some of the hottest women in australia. Its got a huge, beautiful beach, solid night life, and the best hostel I've stayed at yet! I'm gonna be stayin here for a few months working and chilling out I think. I got here, and right away I felt like I fit in, everyone was cool and just as crazy as I am, some even more :||. I played drinking games with some swedish girls, smoked joints, met everyone, then went out to the bars and checked out the talent, danced with some hotties, and had an awesome night. Then, the next day came the Saga. St. Patricks Day. At 10 in the morning, I was with an Irish guy, Tom(Apeshit Crazy), an English guy Glen, a Kiwi girl Charlotte, another Kiwi guy that I forget the name of(cause I always call him Kiwi) and an english guy with a sprystache. And we were entering the Liquor store. I got a 6 pack of Coopers, and we got on the train to Bondi Beach. An hour later, I'm already a 6 pack in, and we've scared off about 20 people and wished happy St Patricks Day to about 20 more. We got to Bondi and went to an Irish pub called the Cock and Bull, to get on their 15$ Tshirt Beer and Breakfast deal. I got an awesome "Whos your Paddy" tshirt, a pint of guiness, and a HUGE breakfast there, and chatted up some girls, then had a few more pints and moved onto the next bar. The whole way down the street we were all high fiving strangers, talking to everyone we walked by, getting in the way of skateboarders, chattin up girls, and generally being drunken fools. It was great. Then we went to the Tea Tree, which was a really nice chilled out bar, and had a few more drinks. Then we went and got a train into Central Sydney to go to a big Irish area called The Rocks. By this point we were all smashed, wearing a large selection of huge hats, flags, and green tshirts, and shouting at everyone we went by. Then we went to the Rocks,a nd things got messy. The pints just kept coming there, loud music, and it was PACKKKEDDDD. On the way, I nearly lost the group about 3 times talking to groups of girls and wandering off with them, then realizing I couldn't see anyone I knew and running off, repeatedly. Then at the rocks, we all lost each other in the drunkness. I found CHarlotte and Glen a couple hours later, and we decided to go back to the hostel to chill and get ready for the night. At night we just went out in cronulla, down to this bar called Northys. The women there, are incredible. The average girl there is probably an 8.8. Its ridiculous. So that was fun, then I came back to my room and slept until around 2, after smoking some more dope, and woke up to one fo the neighbouring bunk beds squeaking sand some girl squealing.
attaboi ken brotha. attaboi.
hahahahah
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