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Monday, June 20 Despite not being fully recovered (in our 30s now some hangovers are 2 days long), we set out to try and do a hike. When I was here before I went hiking every weekend with a Busan hiking club. One of the things I love most about Busan is how close theContinue reading “Busan 2”

Thursday, June 16 Nine years ago I came to Busan, South Korea to teach English for almost one year. I loved living in Busan. I love the food, the hiking, the beaches, the cutesy Asian culture, the temples, and especially the incredibly nice people. But, I hated my job. I worked at a private schoolContinue reading “Busan”

Wednesday, June 15 To get from Singapore to Busan we found that the cheapest option was actually a flight with a 25 hour layover on Jeju Island. We had wanted to go to Jeju anyway (I never went before when I lived in Korea) so we booked it. We thought maybe the flight was cheaperContinue reading “Jeju”

Saturday, June 11 We landed in Singapore just before 9am. We had heard great things about Singapore and it’s efficient airport. We were therefore not impressed with the arrivals hall that had 7 different lines to go through immigration. But, we were in no rush because the hostel we had booked said they wouldn’t letContinue reading “Singapore”

Tuesday, June 7 We arrived to Darwin in the early evening. The temperature change was so dramatic that Carl’s and Karen’s glasses fogged up as we got out of the Uber – so humid! When I looked for places to stay in Darwin there were only two options for under $100. One was a cabinContinue reading “Darwin”

Sunday, June 5 Despite going home ‘early’ the night before, when we woke up on Sunday we still felt like we were dying of a hangover. Later we found out someone on the boat had a cold, which somehow Carl caught Saturday night. So on top of being hungover, he was sick. We had plannedContinue reading “Cairns 2 – Cape Tribulation”

Thursday, June 2 We walked outside and over to the Oasis Motel at 6:05am and found the dive shop van waiting for us. The van picked up some other passengers but it was near silent as we were all still waking up and coming to grips with reality. We had a quick stop over atContinue reading “Great Barrier Reef”

(Australians don’t pronounce the letter ‘R’ so this town is pronounced ‘Caans’) Saturday, May 28 When we landed in Cairns around 7am, our Airbnb wasn’t ready for check in yet. We tried to hang out in the airport for a bit but it meant going back through security and Karen had already collected her checkedContinue reading “Cairns”

Friday, May 27 With one day left in Perth and a good weather forecast, we had just enough sunshine time to make a trip to Rottnest Island to see the quokkas. The Dutch were the first Europeans to happen upon the island back in 1696. When they saw all the quokkas they mistook the cuteContinue reading “Perth 2 – Rottnest Island”

Wednesday, May 25 Carl and I woke up early to get on the road. Karen decided to stay in Perth for a couple days to check a few more things off her list. It was about a 2.5 hour drive south, down to Margaret River. The road was paved and nice the whole way yetContinue reading “Margaret River”