So, it's been a while since I've used this blog. I've done some travelling since India 2012 but all of it has been in Australia. Whilst worthy of a blog post I never really got round to it; doesn't always feel like travelling to me when you don't need to take your passport!
The short of my brief Aussie travels
I went to the Gold Coast with my boyfriend, Dave, that was in February of 2014. The Gold Coast, for those of you unaware, is basically what people think of when you say Australia: beaches; people in bikinis; drunk Australians. It's got it all! It also has theme parks, three of which are: Warner Bros. Movie World, Wet 'n' Wild, and Sea World. We basically spent our 10 days split between the three of those. All I can say is, trust your first instinct about the Superman Escapes ride in Movie World...
Then, late November 2014 we (Dave and I) went to the Dandenong Ranges, which is a mountain range North-West of Melbourne City; it was a nice relaxing holiday, with a few mini-adventures thrown in. We went horse riding and found out that Dave's horse was having a crabby day and decided to refuse to do anything asked of her. We also went to Tress Adventure in Belgrave (again, NE Melbourne), which I believe is fairly similar to Go Ape in the UK. It's basically a giant adventure playground up in the trees of the rainforest. The courses ranged in difficulty based on how high up the trees you went, and after the first flying fox you tended to look up far more than you ever did down. There is no doubt that I will be back there again, relatively soon!
And now onto the titled topic
Dubai! I have been here a grand total of about 16 hours and already I've noticed how badly everyone drives here...no surprise there.
I'm here with my dad and we've got a bunch of stuff planned; I'm basically a tourist this time round. I'll update every couple of days as I go. Here is a short list of some of things that I'll (hopefully) be doing whilst I'm here:
The short of my brief Aussie travels
I went to the Gold Coast with my boyfriend, Dave, that was in February of 2014. The Gold Coast, for those of you unaware, is basically what people think of when you say Australia: beaches; people in bikinis; drunk Australians. It's got it all! It also has theme parks, three of which are: Warner Bros. Movie World, Wet 'n' Wild, and Sea World. We basically spent our 10 days split between the three of those. All I can say is, trust your first instinct about the Superman Escapes ride in Movie World... |
| Picture owned by Trees Adventure. Accessed here |
And now onto the titled topic
Dubai! I have been here a grand total of about 16 hours and already I've noticed how badly everyone drives here...no surprise there.
I'm here with my dad and we've got a bunch of stuff planned; I'm basically a tourist this time round. I'll update every couple of days as I go. Here is a short list of some of things that I'll (hopefully) be doing whilst I'm here:
- Dune bashing in both our Pajero and on Quad Bikes
- Visiting the Grand Mosque in Jumeirah
- Hint Hunt (sort of an escape-room-esque real life puzzle) & Challenge Chambers
- Gulf News Fun Drive (yay!)
- Visiting my old high school
- Having dinner at Ravi's (this list would not be complete without food)
- Getting cheese bread from Al Reef Bakery
- Go-Karting
It'll be a busy two weeks, but I know it'll also be a lot of fun!
Until my next post,
Laura :-)
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