21/05/02 - 30/05/02 Singapore - Perth- Cairns
21/05/02 Singapore
Today was sight seeing day in the expensive city. It cost 6 euro for a glass
of beer last night. didn't realise until the bill arrived so thankfully i
only had two. We choose to visit setonsa island which is supposed to be
SIngapores answer to Disney land. It's a poor answer, i think we could have
all come up with a better one, but for now the only answer i can give is
dont compare it to Disneyland. It did have good points though. " Underwater
world" ( no prizes for guessing what thus is) was enjoyable. You walk in a
glass tube under water whilst all the marine life swim above you. No great
whites were present ( probably because they eat everything else) but there
was an abundance to see...colours shapes and sizes. After this caught the
dolphin show and left.
dinner was a bit of a bum note. The waiter said they would cook us anything
we wanted so we ordered, then he came back and told us the chef recomended
something else for us.... sounded nice so we went along with it under the
condition we got boneless chicken. The boneless chicken arrived with the
bones and the food was exctly what we were trying to avoid. It was like the
henry ford school of ordering.. you can have colour you like as long as its
black type thing...you can have anything you weant as long as it number 22
or 23.
Home to bed, packing and sleep, flight to Oz tomorrow morning.
22/05/02 Perth
A quick 6 hour flight which included the count of monte christo and we were
in Perth. The first big difference is the temp. It felt like a septembers
day back home and i was wearing flip flops and 3/4 length shorts while the
rest of the country was covered up.
There we were complaing about the heat in Asia and now i swear ill never do
it again.
Went for a little walk...it looks a nice place.
22/05/02
Well it got cooler last night...to be honest it was bloody baltic and we
clung on to each other for body heat.
Up and at em, down to central Perth. It's compact like Dublin and it has
everything in one main CBD ( central business district for all you non
geography people)... walked around for a while and quickly discovered that
there's nothing to see or do here. Watched some head the ball talk about his
new invention "Rapid running" where you rotate your arms in a circular
motion to help you run quicker and to slow down move them in the oposite
direction. As he approached us we did some 'rapid walking' where you ignore
any head the ball coming toward you by walking quickly but normally in the
oposite direction. I think my invention was more popular today !!
Bought a sim pack, received calls and mails about the Roy Keane saga... down
tools and hit the boozer..this is bad !!
24/05/02
Discovered what my 'well being' was last night. A sign on the vending
machine reads ' protect yourself and your well being'.
took another look around the town to make sure we didn't miss anything...
nope unfortunately we didn't.
There's nothing to see here. Time for a move. No rats, No Lizzards, no men
who adore mountainous regions ( situated on the upper half of Kelly's body)
so much that they just freely stare at them , no temples...No fun !!
25/02/02
Delayed the move by another day as we met a lad from Naas who was going to
take us surfing today... i tried it and liked it even though i never managed
to stay up on the thing at all. it's real embarassing when you have little
10 year old whizzing around you showing you how it's done. similar to how
parent might feel at christmas with their kids playing with the new
computer...or even trying to work the video !!.
THere i was just paddling around, thinking that to a shark, it is possible
that i COULD be mistaken for a baby seal... but there was plenty more seals
in the sea, as they say... and all of them should look a bit more attractive
than me. Who ever heard of a baby seal with freckles. Thought of a better
excuse to go back in to shore,,, 3 adams apples in the throat....freezin!!
26/05/02
"Peter in room nine , your boyfriend called and said that the test came back
negative but that you should go and get yourself checked out anyway" That
was the intercoms morning announcement from reception. They're funny and
nice people running the place but the humour isn't enought to stay in Perth.
For all it's beauty it doesnt offer much to do or see.
" Peter your boyfriend rang back again, he said he's still like to see you
tonight if you wanted too"
Lyod from Naas offered us a lift to Freemantle which is just outside Perth
but nearer a beach... great !! no need for a train! ... Not so great as we
spent half an hour trying to dig his can out of a sand trap. didn't know
we'd have to work for the lift. Thankfully a typical helpful australian
stopped and pulled a 4 X 4 out of his sleve. The people are just so
friendly... got to "Free'o" and just chilled out.
27/05/02
will he wont he, it's so hard to keep in touch with the Roy Keane situ,
costing me a bloody fortune on the internet. Thanks to John for keeping me
posted with the news and mails by the minute.. you're my own detective.
Took a look around free'o, its a really quaint little place but has
potential for some night life down by the marina. Not much else.
Our next flight isn't till the 7th june and thats when i expect things to to
pick up. The real way to see Oz is by road in a car of your own. That way
you are free to to choose where you want to go plus you can carry more
things like surf boards and stuff...duuuuuuuudeeeess !!
The flight will take us to warmer and more lively (hopefully) cairns and ill
do the scuba diving course there... much to look forward to.
28/05/02
Once again logged on , Keane interview with RTE has turned the tables back
on mick McCarthy...can't see things changing much though...but how i wish
they would..for now il just have to wait till Saturday for the match like
everyone else!! ill be in a pub by the way !! As we are 7 hours ahead i
promise not to ring home and spoil the result for everyone else. Then again
i wont get to see the match till 2:30pm and you'll all see it at 7:30am...so
maybe nobody should ring me !!
Going out with the whole hostel tonight down to "the bog".Everything is
based on toilets around here. Pubs called the bog, alcohol known locally as
'piss'...hmmmmm! sounds nice !
I was in a public toilet the other day ( some useless info on the way),
where i noticed they promote the disposal of syringes, heavy sh*t man !!
you're standing (or sitting) two feet from a syringe bin...aids and sh*t.
In my case it was going to be sitting ( told you it was useless info) but
some weirdo kept trying to peep over the foor..big bloke too!
Kinda freeked me out a little so i put it to him what did he think he was
doing. Lets just say he offered to look after my 'well being'. I decided to
take my business ( pardon the pun) else where... i didn't know if this bloke
was serious or not but it wasn't my idea of toilet humour so i legged it!
29/05/02
THe bullet proof miss buckley woke up this morning feeling a good bit less
bullet proof. Never again..blah blah blah... but in between the mumbling
came up with a good idea to try and change our flight and bring them forward
to Cairns so we could getout of here quick. My reasons were out of boredom,
Kellys to escape embarrasment!1 I dont know why everybody( myself included )
quite liked her addition to the floor ( in between the two vending machines0
it added character about the place. None the less the idea was born and so
was the day so off we went back to perth on the train to arrangeit. super
stuff..direct flight available at 7:30am tomorrow...done !! Beautiful place
but nothing to miss about it, never been to a city that wont allow standinf
on the streets. I'd say its ghard to police. ' You there stop standing'...
"i wasn't, i was walking....slowly"
Or instead of getting a photo of you speeding they'd send 10 flics at 3
second intervals as proof that you didn't move in all that time... oh god am
i that bored that i have to think of things like this to keep me going
30/05/02 Perth to Cairns.
The Flight took us over Ayrs rock which is great news because now i know
what it looks like and i don't plan on driving a million miles just to see
it again. It's just a rock, im sure the locals would try and give you some
speel on how important the rock is but come on... lets just call a rock a
rock here !!
Cairns is nice and cheaper and warmer... great stuff indeed. It's more
crowded, reminds me of Florida.
.......
Well thats the update folks... i know it wasn't as interesting as the Asia
ones but i am back in a westernised country now.. To think that only a week
ago i sent a mail back saying that Mick McCarthy should have been elected to
legendary status...i'd like that statement stricken from the record now
please !!
Enjoy the world cup... and im now nine hours ahead so please now ringing to
spoil results !!
Gav.
Today was sight seeing day in the expensive city. It cost 6 euro for a glass
of beer last night. didn't realise until the bill arrived so thankfully i
only had two. We choose to visit setonsa island which is supposed to be
SIngapores answer to Disney land. It's a poor answer, i think we could have
all come up with a better one, but for now the only answer i can give is
dont compare it to Disneyland. It did have good points though. " Underwater
world" ( no prizes for guessing what thus is) was enjoyable. You walk in a
glass tube under water whilst all the marine life swim above you. No great
whites were present ( probably because they eat everything else) but there
was an abundance to see...colours shapes and sizes. After this caught the
dolphin show and left.
dinner was a bit of a bum note. The waiter said they would cook us anything
we wanted so we ordered, then he came back and told us the chef recomended
something else for us.... sounded nice so we went along with it under the
condition we got boneless chicken. The boneless chicken arrived with the
bones and the food was exctly what we were trying to avoid. It was like the
henry ford school of ordering.. you can have colour you like as long as its
black type thing...you can have anything you weant as long as it number 22
or 23.
Home to bed, packing and sleep, flight to Oz tomorrow morning.
22/05/02 Perth
A quick 6 hour flight which included the count of monte christo and we were
in Perth. The first big difference is the temp. It felt like a septembers
day back home and i was wearing flip flops and 3/4 length shorts while the
rest of the country was covered up.
There we were complaing about the heat in Asia and now i swear ill never do
it again.
Went for a little walk...it looks a nice place.
22/05/02
Well it got cooler last night...to be honest it was bloody baltic and we
clung on to each other for body heat.
Up and at em, down to central Perth. It's compact like Dublin and it has
everything in one main CBD ( central business district for all you non
geography people)... walked around for a while and quickly discovered that
there's nothing to see or do here. Watched some head the ball talk about his
new invention "Rapid running" where you rotate your arms in a circular
motion to help you run quicker and to slow down move them in the oposite
direction. As he approached us we did some 'rapid walking' where you ignore
any head the ball coming toward you by walking quickly but normally in the
oposite direction. I think my invention was more popular today !!
Bought a sim pack, received calls and mails about the Roy Keane saga... down
tools and hit the boozer..this is bad !!
24/05/02
Discovered what my 'well being' was last night. A sign on the vending
machine reads ' protect yourself and your well being'.
took another look around the town to make sure we didn't miss anything...
nope unfortunately we didn't.
There's nothing to see here. Time for a move. No rats, No Lizzards, no men
who adore mountainous regions ( situated on the upper half of Kelly's body)
so much that they just freely stare at them , no temples...No fun !!
25/02/02
Delayed the move by another day as we met a lad from Naas who was going to
take us surfing today... i tried it and liked it even though i never managed
to stay up on the thing at all. it's real embarassing when you have little
10 year old whizzing around you showing you how it's done. similar to how
parent might feel at christmas with their kids playing with the new
computer...or even trying to work the video !!.
THere i was just paddling around, thinking that to a shark, it is possible
that i COULD be mistaken for a baby seal... but there was plenty more seals
in the sea, as they say... and all of them should look a bit more attractive
than me. Who ever heard of a baby seal with freckles. Thought of a better
excuse to go back in to shore,,, 3 adams apples in the throat....freezin!!
26/05/02
"Peter in room nine , your boyfriend called and said that the test came back
negative but that you should go and get yourself checked out anyway" That
was the intercoms morning announcement from reception. They're funny and
nice people running the place but the humour isn't enought to stay in Perth.
For all it's beauty it doesnt offer much to do or see.
" Peter your boyfriend rang back again, he said he's still like to see you
tonight if you wanted too"
Lyod from Naas offered us a lift to Freemantle which is just outside Perth
but nearer a beach... great !! no need for a train! ... Not so great as we
spent half an hour trying to dig his can out of a sand trap. didn't know
we'd have to work for the lift. Thankfully a typical helpful australian
stopped and pulled a 4 X 4 out of his sleve. The people are just so
friendly... got to "Free'o" and just chilled out.
27/05/02
will he wont he, it's so hard to keep in touch with the Roy Keane situ,
costing me a bloody fortune on the internet. Thanks to John for keeping me
posted with the news and mails by the minute.. you're my own detective.
Took a look around free'o, its a really quaint little place but has
potential for some night life down by the marina. Not much else.
Our next flight isn't till the 7th june and thats when i expect things to to
pick up. The real way to see Oz is by road in a car of your own. That way
you are free to to choose where you want to go plus you can carry more
things like surf boards and stuff...duuuuuuuudeeeess !!
The flight will take us to warmer and more lively (hopefully) cairns and ill
do the scuba diving course there... much to look forward to.
28/05/02
Once again logged on , Keane interview with RTE has turned the tables back
on mick McCarthy...can't see things changing much though...but how i wish
they would..for now il just have to wait till Saturday for the match like
everyone else!! ill be in a pub by the way !! As we are 7 hours ahead i
promise not to ring home and spoil the result for everyone else. Then again
i wont get to see the match till 2:30pm and you'll all see it at 7:30am...so
maybe nobody should ring me !!
Going out with the whole hostel tonight down to "the bog".Everything is
based on toilets around here. Pubs called the bog, alcohol known locally as
'piss'...hmmmmm! sounds nice !
I was in a public toilet the other day ( some useless info on the way),
where i noticed they promote the disposal of syringes, heavy sh*t man !!
you're standing (or sitting) two feet from a syringe bin...aids and sh*t.
In my case it was going to be sitting ( told you it was useless info) but
some weirdo kept trying to peep over the foor..big bloke too!
Kinda freeked me out a little so i put it to him what did he think he was
doing. Lets just say he offered to look after my 'well being'. I decided to
take my business ( pardon the pun) else where... i didn't know if this bloke
was serious or not but it wasn't my idea of toilet humour so i legged it!
29/05/02
THe bullet proof miss buckley woke up this morning feeling a good bit less
bullet proof. Never again..blah blah blah... but in between the mumbling
came up with a good idea to try and change our flight and bring them forward
to Cairns so we could getout of here quick. My reasons were out of boredom,
Kellys to escape embarrasment!1 I dont know why everybody( myself included )
quite liked her addition to the floor ( in between the two vending machines0
it added character about the place. None the less the idea was born and so
was the day so off we went back to perth on the train to arrangeit. super
stuff..direct flight available at 7:30am tomorrow...done !! Beautiful place
but nothing to miss about it, never been to a city that wont allow standinf
on the streets. I'd say its ghard to police. ' You there stop standing'...
"i wasn't, i was walking....slowly"
Or instead of getting a photo of you speeding they'd send 10 flics at 3
second intervals as proof that you didn't move in all that time... oh god am
i that bored that i have to think of things like this to keep me going
30/05/02 Perth to Cairns.
The Flight took us over Ayrs rock which is great news because now i know
what it looks like and i don't plan on driving a million miles just to see
it again. It's just a rock, im sure the locals would try and give you some
speel on how important the rock is but come on... lets just call a rock a
rock here !!
Cairns is nice and cheaper and warmer... great stuff indeed. It's more
crowded, reminds me of Florida.
.......
Well thats the update folks... i know it wasn't as interesting as the Asia
ones but i am back in a westernised country now.. To think that only a week
ago i sent a mail back saying that Mick McCarthy should have been elected to
legendary status...i'd like that statement stricken from the record now
please !!
Enjoy the world cup... and im now nine hours ahead so please now ringing to
spoil results !!
Gav.
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