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9th November 2019
We drive 10 hours between Brisbane and Whitsundays and there is truly nothing in between. We arrive at our AirBnb and find dinner in Arlie beach front, and went to a Chinese restaurant ran by filipino.
8th November 2019
Antoine woke us up bright and early for a drive up north for about an hour for a “surprise”. He refuses to tell me what it is. When we arrive at the port, there are three buildings, and Antoine leads me to one that says “dolphins”. A man asks us if we are there to feed […]
7th November 2019
Once again, we wake up at around 5am. Antoine opens the door to go to the bathroom and Mr. Fluffypants runs in again. We just let him. While Mr. Fluffypants stares out the window dramatically, we gather ourselves and head out. We drive for an hour, Antoine planned for a two hour drive as he […]
6th November 2019
We woke up at around 5am to drive three hours to our surf lessons in Byron Bay. We get there and wait to get picked up. A white van pulls up in front of us and a quintessential super surfer comes out of the driver seat and says “G’day mates” unironically. His name is David. […]
5th November 2019
All I knew what was happening today was that we were going “canyoning”…whatever that meant. We drive about two to three hours inland to the Blue Mountains and stop at a hostel. We are greeted by a man named Aidan. He gets us to sign some forms and goes through the day with our guide. […]
4th November 2019
The alarm was supposed to go off at 8am, I was awake by 5am and very very hungry. We try to sleep some more, but it doesn’t work. I decided to look for a breakfast place. Using TripAdvisor, I pick a place called Two Ant Café. It was about a 10 minute walk from where […]
3rd November 2019
Waking up in GuangZhou at around 5am, we get our stuff together and head to the free continental breakfast buffet. Chinese breakfast. Yes. We have our breakfast noodles and tea, and head out to the free airport shuttle and arrive at the airport. We then realized that neither of us brought hats or sunglasses. We […]
3rd November 2019
We flew out from Heathrow to GuangZhou, China, their airport is called “BaiYun” which means “white cloud”. We thought that we would have to sleep in the airport for the 14 hour layover, especially since we would have needed a visa to leave the airport. Once we landed, we followed the sings to transfer and […]
1st September 2017
Antoine’s phone was still in Nepal time, therefore it was 15 minutes ahead. This meant that our 1:30 am alarm went off at 1:15 am. No one was happy. Luckily it did however, our driver had arrived 30 minutes early so we were ready when he arrived. The sun wasn’t up yet, as it was […]
30th August 2017
We woke up an hour before our alarm would’ve gone off. We pack our stuff and go down for breakfast. The guide shows up and takes us on our journey, however, he left right before the first one. The driver takes us an hour and a half away from the city to the top of […]