so our christmas was fun!

had a bbq in the park by the river in Melbourne weather was fine with a breeze so it felt really nice! what made it better was it was all provided by the hostel we were staying at! unfortunately there was rather alot of us so getting to the food did prove to be tricky at times!

after the afternoon sun we headed back to pack up our bags and get ready for the begining of our journey!

had to be ready for the bus to leave at 6.15am so we were aiming for 6 just to be safe! bit lucky really because they didnt wake up! me i got up at 4 but thats a long story! freyr blamed it all on her alarm not going off but.... so we made it by the skin of our teeth and a taxi ride but hey we did it!

the bus is really nice and our driver is sooo cool! knows everything you could want to know and more!

so we started through Victoria to Wilsons Promotory oz's most southerly point! we then "hiked" to squeeky beach! shaun did the longer one as i dont think my legs are working anymore after the great wall! and yes the squeeky beach does squeek!!!! we then had a short drive to an old airfield that has been taken over by kangaroos! our driver then went in hot pursuit of a lizzard!

there was this red back spider that can even kill a human so i stood well back!

next day another early start getting up at 5.30!

went through a few national parks inc snowy moutains, alpines and lakes! so cool i cant even explain!

going to run out of internet so will post more later!!

love

the lovely land that is oz

hello!!!
so we arived in oz on the 21 Dec!! 7hour or so flight and i didnt sleep at all!! the films were far to good! did regret it when i landed!
so we hung around in the airport waiting for mr bendle and miss freyr to land (they were late! how unlike them!) so after falling asleep on the bench using my bag as a pillow we found some food as shaun was saying he was going to starve if he didnt eat!
we found them by chance we stood in the airport and had a nice chat for a while and then got a cab into Melbourne city and founf theis really really cool hostel! got a bit of a deal sort of buy 3 nights and get 1 free sort of thing so we are staying here for the whole time in Melbourne!

its got a kitchen so that makes eating so so much cheaper! very happy about that! we have put our names down for the xmas bbq in the park! it FREE wow they are really that nice!

so the first proper day we had. Beach! so so nice! clear warm but not to warm water and fish swimming with us! what more can you ask for??? yeah so good day was had by all until we realised that we were burnt! shaun was got in the face! me on the backs of my legs and a small stripe down my nose! mark... well not a lot was left of mark after the sun was finished with him!! and freyr was hit on the back! never mind we all had fun!

today was 36'c so we didnt really do alot! went shopping for a beach ball, flip flops and sunglass case! very random i know! also got some drinks for xmas day! spent a little more than i would have liked but hey when will i ever be here again?!?!? oooo and i had a nap! was really nice!

tomorrow i think we going to a garden type thing and then prob hitting up the beach! such a hard life!

anyway im hungry jacket potatos for dinner! wow nomal food! my tummy is so so happy not that singapore was bad but i do like familiar food!

lots of loves
charlie xxxxxxxxxxx

ps excuse the old spellings!

hello

hello everybody,


We have had an amazing day today it began with rather a long walk to Sentosa gateway which is the transport link to Sentosa island, 'singapores playground'. It's like a paradise island with extras lol. There are jungle areas and then they have various other slightly out of place attractions such as a 4dcinema. We went to a really cool aquarium and we then to a really nice beach, had a little swim and watched the sunset. Brought a whole new light to singapore really.

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Landed Singapore

Hello!!!! china was cold and they filtered everything so this update been a while coming. spent a lot of money there, bougth little netbook, and diving case for camera, case was 100 which is 50less than elsewhere so decided good buy.

china was AMAZING but the cold did wear a little! the weather was good though! no rain so im happy with that!
the sights where so cool each with its own style but dragons were everywhere! on all the buildings on the streets but it was all so well done!

we went to the forbidden city! managed to sneak in! its was huge! so much to see i dont think we saw it all but every building has its own purpose and its own name!

the wall as beyond anything we could have imagined! shaun lied to me telling me it was 3km but infact i had to hike 10.8km on broken parts of the wall! no joke i thought i was going to die! but its was a really good thing to do!!!!!

we got a night train to xi'an on the sleeper compartment which was an experience they all laught at us for our lack of knowledge about what we were meant to do!

got there in the end!
went to the terra-cotta army which was epic, took loads of photos. didn't have a map for xi'an so just ran it by ear really, went to the muslim sector and went through huge market there. was a few tasty treats.

took night train back again, 12hrs decided that we should save the 50%and get a seat instead of bed, didn't get much sleep lol.

chilled out when we got back to beijing just shopping and the hostels were really cool but very westernised, full english/american breakfasts.

some general pics below.


love xx