May 19, 2012
After our beach week we were ready to head to our long awaited destination of Ubud, Bali. We spent a great deal of time researching, comparing and hunting for the perfect rental house in Ubud to plant ourselves for a month. We used airbnb, flipkey, kayak, agoda, and booking to make sure we covered all [...]
May 19, 2012
With plans to stay five weeks in Bali, the majority inland, we decided to spend our first week near the beach in Seminyak, Bali. Arriving at the Denpasar airport, we purchased our 30-day tourist visa and headed out with instructions to apply for the extension we needed at a different non-airport office. It was only [...]
May 15, 2012
Although we didn’t love him as much as NZ’s Bonnie, we did have a decent amount of affection for Herbie- our Australia campervan. We rented this guy through the company Apollo. (They also rent campers in the US- so when we get home…) Unfortunately, our Apollo representative wasn’t nearly as friendly to work with as [...]
May 13, 2012
When we lived in Dallas one of our favorite weekend stops was to a place called the “Soda Gallery.” It was a retail shop that carried imported soft drinks from around the world. They had everything from Asian jelly juices and canned bubble tea to South American fizzies and Australian Bundaberg! So when passing through [...]
May 13, 2012
Crikey! This isn’t just a zoo- it’s the Australia Zoo, Home of the Crocodile Hunter! Steve Irwin’s creation and more like an open playground for animals than caged exhibits. Glass and bars do not contain most of the animals; they roam in only semi-restricted areas. The zoo is obviously divided for animals that don’t get [...]
May 13, 2012
Sydney is a city I’ve been dreaming of for years so finally getting there was a pretty big deal! After a short flight from Melbourne we arrived and waited for the free shuttle to our hostel. We were somewhat out of our regular planning mode living in a campervan for so long and we pretty [...]