Bali Fun

I caved and bought a Bintang shirt. Just like all the other toursits :)

This place had the best food. We went there almost everyday. You could get a meal for about $1.50. It was so cheap and so good!

Natasha. Pretty much my favourite.

This outdoor restaurant had a pool in it. If you felt like taking a dip after your dinner, you were more then welcome to!

The place I stayed at made the best strawberry banana milkshakes. yum.

Mei Goreng. Quite possibly my favourite Indonesian dish. I could eat it everyday. I am going to hunt down an Indonesian restaurant in Auckland just so I can eat it again.

Home for a week

This was my home for the week I spent in Bali. It is called "The Island" I met some amazing people here and had a blast. The staff were amazing. The owner came out with us 1 night and bought us all drinks. I had such a great time. It's definitely not the cheapest place you can stay in Bali, you can stay in some places for dirt cheap, but since I was only staying for a short time, I decided to just spend my time here, and I must say, I am so glad I did.

I spent many hours in that pool trying to escape the extreme heat.

I highly recommend staying here. If you want a really nice place to stay, for the price of staying in a hostel.
I miss it.
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New Years (Balinese Style)

My first night in Bali happened to fall on their new years night. It was an incredible experience, and such an excellent way to kick off Bali. The night is Tawur Kesanga. The Balinese build these giant monsters (photos below) called Ogoh-ogoh. The symbolize the evil spirites surrounding the environment that need to be removed from their lives. They were paraded around the streets for hours with creepy music playing and at the end, they are taken to the beach and are burned, in order to get the evil spirits out of their lives.

The monsters were really full on. Most were quite creepy and gross, but hey, its traditon.

The next day is Nyepi, which is a day of silence. The Balinese are ment to be cleaning their life, soul, etc. You can't work, be in the streets, use electricity, you basically can't do anything. Police officers patrol the streets to make sure that everyone is in their homes.
So my first full day in Bali was spent trapped in the hotel. Which really wasn't a bad thing. It was a good excuse to catch up on some much needed rest.

Melbourne

For some reason, I hardly took any photos in Melbourne. Yet, I loved being there. It was such a funky cool city. I stay my 3 nights in a place called St. Kilda. I made some friends and spent most of my time shopping and going out for dinner/drinks. Time flew by in Melbs and next thing I knew, I was heading back to Sydney for 1 more night.

My last morning in Melbs, I went for breakfast with an American girl. She highly recommended this cafe. I had, hands down the best french toast I've ever had in my life. Just look at that! 3 pieces, strawberries and bananas, with maple cream and they give you a glass full of syrup. Heaven in breakfast form.

Sorry I don't have too much to stay about Melbourne. I really did like being there, but I don't really know what else to talk about, except that they had TONS of prostitues. They were actually everywhere.

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When you think of Sydney, you think...

... the opera house. I must admit, it was rather overwhelming actually standing there and looking at it. It's just one of those buildings that's so iconic, it doesn't seem real. I spent a lot of my time sitting on those steps and letting it sink in that I was in Sydney, sitting at the opera house. What an awesome feeling.

It's so gorgeous at night.

What a sight.

I just want to see some kangaroos

One of my Sydney days, I spent at the zoo. I absolutely had to go and see kangaroos, koala bears, etc. I had a great time seeing all the animals, zoos are always fun. I was so guttered that I didn't see a platypus! It was impossible to see them, but oh well. Still was a good day :)

This guy was biigg. I almost missed my ferry back, but I had to go see the komodo dragon.

Alright, the red pandas were stupidly cute. They were running around everywhere and it was so hard to get a decent picture but I tried. I just want to cuddle one!

Leopard Seal. It reminded me of happy feet, when one tries to eat Mumble. This guy actually looked mean.

Eeee!! Koala Bear. I also wanted to give it a giant cuddle, but this zoo won't let you touch them. I was so excited when I saw them.

YES! The main reason for my zoo trip. You could walk through their enclosure, and something spooked them, so they all went charging and almost knocked me over. It was awesome.

Black Swans.

I love animals. Happy Times.

Sydney Sights

I first arrived in Sydney quite late at night. So my first night there was spent going to bed early. I only had 6 days in Australia, 3 of which were in Sydney, so the next day I went out to do some sight seeing. Unfortunatly the weather wasn't the greatest. It was a lot warmer in Auckland, but oh well.

Aussie Land :)

Some weird origami tiger that was outside the art museum.

Hunngrryy Jacckkss. Australias version of Burger King. It's excatly the same.

Lovely.

Sydney Tower. I think it's really ugly. People say the Auckland sky tower is bad, but this is definitely worse.

This is circle quay. It's where all the ferries are. It's super busy and full of street performers.

Just chillin out with Posidon :)

A statue in the Syndey Botanical Gardens.

The hospital didn't look like a hospital at all. It was all brick and gorgeous. The boar thing was kinda weird though..

I didn't go inside, but I decided to take a photo anyways

I love cathedrals. This one was so gorgeous. I spent about half an hour just wandering around inside.