If you know me well, you probably know that I am not good at admitting that I was wrong or did wrong. I will argue something that I was blatantly wrong about into the ground until you just submit. I am working on that, and wanted to take this time to say that I was a bit hard on Kim and Karly previously. I did a great job of painting the picture of them and anchors and such. Well that could not be further than the truth. (Except when it came to planning and driving, but they were on vacation!!)
They were both troopers from start to finish. Staying places that were too small (Surfer's Paradise, the car), too dingy (just about all of them), or just had bad weather. I was honored that they both came all the way down to Australia to visit for me for a whole month and will cherish it for the rest of my life. These are the reasons I made this pilgrimage. To make memories that will never be taken away no matter how broke I get. I wanted to say publicly to both of them that their visit already made this all worth it and I hope we start to make this a tradition of some sort.
I addition on the 43/50 states, I mean they did not work well together, were too excited, and might have had a cocktail or two and rather than waste time they moved on to the next challenge. The entire thing had a time limit. Yeah, 43 out of 50 is still pretty bad though!!!
-Mattie and Dev-
I know I put it on Facebook, but I wanted to say again congratulations to two of my favorite people on getting married this past Friday. Very happy and proud of you both and if you get the time in the upcoming weeks, I would love to hear about the event, since I was not there to get too drunk and attempt to steal your thunder. You guys are the best. Devin are you taking her last name??
For the past 6 days I have been on a house search the likes of which you have never seen. I figure since I have started working its time to get out of the hostels and shitty hotels. I have been to about every part of this city. Seen places with 4 people living in the living room, shacks in the middle of nowhere for $180 a week (they do it by the week here), and a place that had to have snakes, it had to! Locals have described the areas I have been going to as Middle Earth, and N'va, as in never going to see you again. I even managed to look at a place that was in the projects. Well I saw where I was headed and when I saw 4 high rises in an area where high rises made zero sense I turned around and walked away. It was straight out of the wire minus the couch in the middle of the terrace and D'angelo (Max/Egan).
So I finally narrowed it down to 2.
House #1- In a great part of the city, seconds from the train that I will be taking everyday to work, cheap, by the park where I have been playing basketball. Not a very clean kitchen, small bathrooms, and my room will make you laugh when I post pictures. Its so tiny that I am not sure I can even fit my 3 total outfits in there. There are about 6 roommates, what is about 6?? Nice backyard and free wifi (huge)
House #2- Also in a great part of the city, no hoops, seconds from a different train, right next to the famous King St, which is an area just like Cap Hill, but just one long awesome street. Clean and huge kitchen, 1 bathroom, 6 roommates for sure. More expensive, like $300 a month more. HUGE room, that comes with a flat screen and a ps2. Here is the catch, no noise after 10 pm, no guests, and no fun. Its like the town from Footloose.
I chose house #1, and will stay there, make some money and then move to a place like house 2 without the rules. Hard to say no to that tv and PS2 though. I am not in Australia to watch tv, I guess.
No more for now. Next post will most likely be a shout out to another wedding, the signs of a backpacker, first week at Costco, and how I have lost almost all my man cards Australia gave me at customs.
Happy Sunday to all.
Scott
Saturday, July 27, 2013
Thursday, July 25, 2013
The Return.......
Not of the blog, although I finally figured out that I could get 7 hours free internet at the library, but this post marks my triumphant return to......................
COSTCO. I start Monday. I am thrilled. Just thrilled.
Going to be working in the "Sydney" corporate office, doing whatever they want to pay me to do. I say "Sydney bc its about 12 train stops outside of Sydney. I am actually very happy to be back at Costco, where I know I will be taken care of, its just the working part that is no good. Best part of the interview, "We work from about 8ish to, ah heck, whenever they let you go."
I am going to try my best here to recap what has happened since Fraser Island. Surely I am going to miss stuff and will fill in the blanks on future posts. I also have an exciting segment of "Wow, Kim, Wow" hilarious quotes from my mom, and a post about backpacker life for those who have never had the pleasure. I might throw those in here if I have time. Library closes soon.
I forgot to mention that I have added to my animals seen list since last post so here is the running tally.
- Saw some possums (not opossums) in the park. A 12 year old kid was feeding them apples and trying to hold them.
- I smashed a ??? driving up to Cairns, we briefly saw it and heard the crunch
- The car in front of me smashed a snake and the guts got on my windshield a bit, Ill count that as me killing a snake.
- FINALLY, saw a shark snorkeling the Whitsundays. Was with Karly, saw it, and took off after it. It was about my size and would have chomped me in two if I hadn't had my serious face on. We stared into each others souls and knew if either attacked we'd both end up dead.
- Bats, duh
- Eels, creepy
- Turtles, they don't do much, I don't really see the fascination
- Bulls on the road. Kinda like the Rage Against the Machine song, "Bulls on Parade," but not like that at all cause they never move.
- Roos
- A suicidal wallaby that attached us for our chips. I have hence stopped eating chips.
- Huge lizards, slightly smaller then the ones in the last Bond movie
- and a tree in the Sydney botanical gardens that when it heats up the nectar ferments and the birds that drink it get drunk and fall out of the tree. I didn't "see" this cause its like 65 here, but imagining it was funny, and Ill be back to that exact spot when it heats up to watch.
Well, F, I just tried to load all the pictures that will make all this funnier and they are not allowed by my system admin. SO, I will do it at Costco "after" my shift is over. Sorry, maybe that will lead to my all photo blog post.
Since Airlie, Karly, Kim and I headed on a terror drive up the coast stopping to sleep twice. Once in a tiny motel that had amazing wifi (funny what you judge places on these days). And then stopping again once we got to Cairns to sleep in the car. Big ups to Kim Hall for sleeping in a car for a night. I mean we got there at about 4:00 AM and didn't really have a choice, but still impressive. The next morning we also killed the battery, were late returning the car and had no place to stay. Leave it to me to find the Avis car return and place to stay. I wish I could take credit for this, but as luck should have it they were right next to each other. NEXT DOOR, in a fairly large city.
If you google maps the drive from Sydney, NSW to Cairns QLD, I think its about 28 hours give or take. I drove about 26 of it. The girls were a great help-disadvantage!!!
The Halls made a brieif stop in the hellhole that is Airlie Beach for a quick day trip into the Whitsundays. We snorkeled, ate on the beach, and kinda just putt around for a bit. It was a nice break from the car. After that it was straight to Cairns and the 10 day or so stay. We stayed at the Koala something or other and had a nice big room. The sun and rain were off and on so I was not able to get my tan back before heading back to Sydney, which was a bummer since I am headed to the office for the next 6 months. I have other Cairns stories, but will save them until I can post these pictures.
We flew back to Sydney on a 5:50 AM flight and moved on to our amazing sleeping quarters atop The Strand Hotel (hotel means bar in Australia). So, this place is a dump and I am still here. The price is right and since I am going broke (Spent $100 the last 5 days and that is including $76 for a room), I am calling it home until I get a paycheck.
The girls had 3.5 days to see as much of the city as they could and we about saw it all. This was my third tour around town, so I was getting much better at getting around. We stopped at the Opera House and even took in a one man show of all three Star Wars movies. It was pretty good, but overpriced. Saw the bridge, botanical gardens, Darling Harbour, Paddy's Market, and some other stuff.
Time for some bullet points
- I am no longer addicted to Candy Crush, due to the fact that I have extended the date range on my phone past 2030 and I cant get anymore lives. I was lazy and when I needed more I just moved the date ahead a year, thus tricking the game into giving me more lives as it thought time had passed, well you run out of space at 2030 on I pods, so I quit. I am not starting over (I will, lots of train rides in my future).
- Finished another Ender Book. That makes 6 of 8. Please link over to my other blog of Ender's Game reviews to see my full thoughts. For now, "They are pretty good" is all I have to say.
- The rooms in the Whitsundays all have a flag on them; there are about 170 of them or something like that. We had the American Flag room. Top 10 happiest I have been on this trip.
- TOP 3 KIM HALL QUOTES
3. "What was that first Finding Nemo movie called?? Was it Little Mermaid?
- Kim Hall, while trying to list as many Disney movies as possible for a mother daughter Amazing Race
2. "Is there a West Virginia"
- Kim Hall when attempting to name all 50 states in the same challenge. Karly and Kim are teachers. They got 43/50, quit and took the 7 penalty drinks. They missed 7!!!!!!!!
and this is barely a quote but the situation was amazing
1. "Karly I am going to need your eyes...."
Karly- Cuts Mom off and replies "They are on your head"
- Kim and Karly as mom was about to ask for her daughter's help in finding her glasses. Sad, funny, senior moment, anyway you look it, I laughed for about 5 minutes.
- Kim cut my hair and I am surprised I was hired at Costco, they obviously do not have hair standards. Can't wait to meet the rest of the staff.
- During our European trip Karly discovered Arrested Development, well on this trip it was Modern Family. She cruised from season 1 to finishing season 3 in about 3 days.
HUSKY FANS
- We arrived the the Koala and were greeted by some nice girls at reception. I was greeted with a go Cougs, as I had my UW shorts on. I turned and began talking to two girls that went to WSU. One even went to Skyline. So that is UW/Issaquah talking to WSU/Skyline. The next day that same girl came to clean my room. I could not help myself.
"So you took the advanced cleaning up after UW grads class while at WSU and skipped serving me fries." Day 1 of her cleaning
"This has to be the highlight of your vacation, cleaning my room" Day 2.
- She never came back............
Things I need in a care package
-Gum (picture of how much it costs coming in next post)
-Right Guard white deodorant (They only use spray here and someone needs to tell them it only lasts about 2 hours)
-Diet Pepsi, doesn't exist
Ok, that is it for today. Next up, pictures, backpacking insights, and my first day/week of work.
Pray for me,
Scott
COSTCO. I start Monday. I am thrilled. Just thrilled.
Going to be working in the "Sydney" corporate office, doing whatever they want to pay me to do. I say "Sydney bc its about 12 train stops outside of Sydney. I am actually very happy to be back at Costco, where I know I will be taken care of, its just the working part that is no good. Best part of the interview, "We work from about 8ish to, ah heck, whenever they let you go."
I am going to try my best here to recap what has happened since Fraser Island. Surely I am going to miss stuff and will fill in the blanks on future posts. I also have an exciting segment of "Wow, Kim, Wow" hilarious quotes from my mom, and a post about backpacker life for those who have never had the pleasure. I might throw those in here if I have time. Library closes soon.
I forgot to mention that I have added to my animals seen list since last post so here is the running tally.
- Saw some possums (not opossums) in the park. A 12 year old kid was feeding them apples and trying to hold them.
- I smashed a ??? driving up to Cairns, we briefly saw it and heard the crunch
- The car in front of me smashed a snake and the guts got on my windshield a bit, Ill count that as me killing a snake.
- FINALLY, saw a shark snorkeling the Whitsundays. Was with Karly, saw it, and took off after it. It was about my size and would have chomped me in two if I hadn't had my serious face on. We stared into each others souls and knew if either attacked we'd both end up dead.
- Bats, duh
- Eels, creepy
- Turtles, they don't do much, I don't really see the fascination
- Bulls on the road. Kinda like the Rage Against the Machine song, "Bulls on Parade," but not like that at all cause they never move.
- Roos
- A suicidal wallaby that attached us for our chips. I have hence stopped eating chips.
- Huge lizards, slightly smaller then the ones in the last Bond movie
- and a tree in the Sydney botanical gardens that when it heats up the nectar ferments and the birds that drink it get drunk and fall out of the tree. I didn't "see" this cause its like 65 here, but imagining it was funny, and Ill be back to that exact spot when it heats up to watch.
Well, F, I just tried to load all the pictures that will make all this funnier and they are not allowed by my system admin. SO, I will do it at Costco "after" my shift is over. Sorry, maybe that will lead to my all photo blog post.
Since Airlie, Karly, Kim and I headed on a terror drive up the coast stopping to sleep twice. Once in a tiny motel that had amazing wifi (funny what you judge places on these days). And then stopping again once we got to Cairns to sleep in the car. Big ups to Kim Hall for sleeping in a car for a night. I mean we got there at about 4:00 AM and didn't really have a choice, but still impressive. The next morning we also killed the battery, were late returning the car and had no place to stay. Leave it to me to find the Avis car return and place to stay. I wish I could take credit for this, but as luck should have it they were right next to each other. NEXT DOOR, in a fairly large city.
If you google maps the drive from Sydney, NSW to Cairns QLD, I think its about 28 hours give or take. I drove about 26 of it. The girls were a great help-disadvantage!!!
The Halls made a brieif stop in the hellhole that is Airlie Beach for a quick day trip into the Whitsundays. We snorkeled, ate on the beach, and kinda just putt around for a bit. It was a nice break from the car. After that it was straight to Cairns and the 10 day or so stay. We stayed at the Koala something or other and had a nice big room. The sun and rain were off and on so I was not able to get my tan back before heading back to Sydney, which was a bummer since I am headed to the office for the next 6 months. I have other Cairns stories, but will save them until I can post these pictures.
We flew back to Sydney on a 5:50 AM flight and moved on to our amazing sleeping quarters atop The Strand Hotel (hotel means bar in Australia). So, this place is a dump and I am still here. The price is right and since I am going broke (Spent $100 the last 5 days and that is including $76 for a room), I am calling it home until I get a paycheck.
The girls had 3.5 days to see as much of the city as they could and we about saw it all. This was my third tour around town, so I was getting much better at getting around. We stopped at the Opera House and even took in a one man show of all three Star Wars movies. It was pretty good, but overpriced. Saw the bridge, botanical gardens, Darling Harbour, Paddy's Market, and some other stuff.
Time for some bullet points
- I am no longer addicted to Candy Crush, due to the fact that I have extended the date range on my phone past 2030 and I cant get anymore lives. I was lazy and when I needed more I just moved the date ahead a year, thus tricking the game into giving me more lives as it thought time had passed, well you run out of space at 2030 on I pods, so I quit. I am not starting over (I will, lots of train rides in my future).
- Finished another Ender Book. That makes 6 of 8. Please link over to my other blog of Ender's Game reviews to see my full thoughts. For now, "They are pretty good" is all I have to say.
- The rooms in the Whitsundays all have a flag on them; there are about 170 of them or something like that. We had the American Flag room. Top 10 happiest I have been on this trip.
- TOP 3 KIM HALL QUOTES
3. "What was that first Finding Nemo movie called?? Was it Little Mermaid?
- Kim Hall, while trying to list as many Disney movies as possible for a mother daughter Amazing Race
2. "Is there a West Virginia"
- Kim Hall when attempting to name all 50 states in the same challenge. Karly and Kim are teachers. They got 43/50, quit and took the 7 penalty drinks. They missed 7!!!!!!!!
and this is barely a quote but the situation was amazing
1. "Karly I am going to need your eyes...."
Karly- Cuts Mom off and replies "They are on your head"
- Kim and Karly as mom was about to ask for her daughter's help in finding her glasses. Sad, funny, senior moment, anyway you look it, I laughed for about 5 minutes.
- Kim cut my hair and I am surprised I was hired at Costco, they obviously do not have hair standards. Can't wait to meet the rest of the staff.
- During our European trip Karly discovered Arrested Development, well on this trip it was Modern Family. She cruised from season 1 to finishing season 3 in about 3 days.
HUSKY FANS
- We arrived the the Koala and were greeted by some nice girls at reception. I was greeted with a go Cougs, as I had my UW shorts on. I turned and began talking to two girls that went to WSU. One even went to Skyline. So that is UW/Issaquah talking to WSU/Skyline. The next day that same girl came to clean my room. I could not help myself.
"So you took the advanced cleaning up after UW grads class while at WSU and skipped serving me fries." Day 1 of her cleaning
"This has to be the highlight of your vacation, cleaning my room" Day 2.
- She never came back............
Things I need in a care package
-Gum (picture of how much it costs coming in next post)
-Right Guard white deodorant (They only use spray here and someone needs to tell them it only lasts about 2 hours)
-Diet Pepsi, doesn't exist
Ok, that is it for today. Next up, pictures, backpacking insights, and my first day/week of work.
Pray for me,
Scott
Friday, July 5, 2013
Finally, a keyboard!!!
Although this computer (basically the first version of IBM) has a keyboard, it does not have a spot for me to load any pictures, so if you have come only to see how awesome Australia looks, might as well wait till the next one. Saw that my last update was late June, so much has happened since then. Arrival of Mom and sister, 19 hr road trip back up the east coast. Way better in a car than a campervan, way worse when you are doing all the driving. ALL. Departure of Jess Plowman, and an unexpected stop back at the amazing hell hole that is Airlie Beach. Whitsunday tour round two scheduled for tomorrow. Since it is the easiest way for me to update on everything that has been happening, I will revert back to mass bullet points along with commentary.
- Arrived back in Sydney, celebrated a birthday, played some hoops, made friends, watched footy (3 different versions of the same sport), waited for the girls to arrive, rented a car, tried to get out of the city, crapped my pants, drove on the wrong side of the road (in both America and Australia), finally found the freeway, rejoiced!
- Candy Crush has now taken over my life. For those that are unfamiliar, it is an app on the Iphone where you try to beat levels that get harder and harder. I am not sure how many there are, but the more they make, the longer I will play. They should ban this game as it is more addicting and time wasting than just about any illegal activity we have in the US.
- That new Avicci song has just hit AU. I am obsessed with it, although the lyrics don't seem to match up with the theme of the song. Either way, its passed Blurred Lines as jam of the month.
- No experience will ready you for getting drunk at trivia night with your mom and younger sister and then stopping in a dive diner for late night drunk snacks. We did quite well on the trivia, and quite poorly on the questions like "What is on channel 6 at 7:30 on Tuesday nights?" Sadly there were more questions like the latter than the former. BS!
- In addition to hanging out with "the kids" she has developed some of the ling as well. When discussion a potential stop to get food, Kim could be quoted saying "I'm down with that." In addition a song came on in the car and she asked if the artist was a "rappa" extra thug accent.
- While hooping in Sydney I was guarding a 6'7 monster and when I checked the ball up, I noticed we were wearing the same shorts. He went to Jackson and we had a good laugh and then I whipped his ass 11-8 in a game of three on three.
- A German in the hostel got naked, tried to pee on Jess' bed, was drawn on all over, pulled the fire alarm, passed out, and peed himself. Just stating all this so you can get the picture of hostel life. How many people are jealous of me now??
- I almost got in a bar fight, turned out to be nothing just like most fights. I was kind of disappointed, if it was a real fight, this post we be a lot more exciting!
- The weather has been crap up until now. Another note to make you all feel good about your amazing summer weather.
- My British buddy Danny: 50k in debt from University, has biked from Europe to Asia, donated to a Sydney sperm bank 5 times, probably is a father, is 23 years old, went on a blind date with a 51 year old, has not had a job last over a week, and might be one of the most fun/interesting people I have met on this trip.
- My mom started the trip off by listing all the things she was doing for the first time. After about 50 of these and "my first time in a car in Australia", we finally got her to stop. We might not have been nice about it.
- Here are my notes on the famous Fraser Island (our big group 2 day trip)
They show you the brochure and tell you all the things you will see. I tried very hard, even took a plane ride over the island, saw 0 animals. Karly saw the only dingos out of everyone on our tour. Should be a $50 refund if you actually spend 2 days on the island and dont see one animal. COME ON.
The food was fantastic, maybe I think that just because it was not fried, but even the bowl of chocolatey cereal goodness in the morning made the trip worth it. I miss good cereal.
Making her an official Hall traveler, Kim went down in the tide pools and gave us a little scare. I got cut up rushing to her aid and her camera got a bit soaked. She has recovered nicely, except for the monster bruises on her arm.
The water was cold, the weather was wet with flashes of sun, and there was a solo Asian tourist in our group named Pinky Wu, and she only wore a pink jacket. All of those statements are true.
It was a pretty amazing place and you could go from sand dunes, to lakes, to rainforest, to ocean in the matter of minutes. I guess its one of two places in the world where you can take off and land on the beach in a plane. That was a cool experience indeed.
I am convinced Karly didn't see the dingos and there are in fact 0 animals on the island. I was pretty upset I didn't see anything. If you can't tell.
- Advantages and disadvantages in traveling with three women (I should have done this with the Brits too, maybe I will)
A: They make almost everything clean and are very helpful around the house/hotel
D: Last in the bathroom and sometimes lapped every morning, night, afternoon, back from the beach, pretty much anytime
A: There always seems to be a smorgasbord of snacks. Where they get them all, no clue.
D: They don't drive anywhere
D: They walk slow
D: They move slow (Mom's the biggest offender, but she gets a pass most of the time)
A: Almost always in a good mood, way better than me
A: Prepared for a natural disaster if we are headed to the beach or WW3. I am moving the car with my mom and asked if she had fingernail clippers, well of course she did.
A: Very accomodating, and rarely ever bitch
D: And this one is new and I never knew was weird. The sound of girls peeing is like nails on a chalkboard to me. And you combine that with three women constantly peeing in small quarters and I have heard it enough this trip for the rest of my life. Guys, listen up next time, its actually pretty gross. To be fair gross noises 1-1000 on the list is all men, but this one really creeps me out.
D: They do not instill confidence in a new driver. Several shrieks, breath holds, hands in the air. It's like we were on a roller coaster where the track just ends. I could have used some males in the front seat with me.
D: Bathroom stops while driving. To their credit they all went at the same time, but too often!
A: Let me control the radio the WHOLE time. Big A
That's it for now, another update coming soon when Kim, Karly and I reach Cairns and set up home base.
Scott
- Arrived back in Sydney, celebrated a birthday, played some hoops, made friends, watched footy (3 different versions of the same sport), waited for the girls to arrive, rented a car, tried to get out of the city, crapped my pants, drove on the wrong side of the road (in both America and Australia), finally found the freeway, rejoiced!
- Candy Crush has now taken over my life. For those that are unfamiliar, it is an app on the Iphone where you try to beat levels that get harder and harder. I am not sure how many there are, but the more they make, the longer I will play. They should ban this game as it is more addicting and time wasting than just about any illegal activity we have in the US.
- That new Avicci song has just hit AU. I am obsessed with it, although the lyrics don't seem to match up with the theme of the song. Either way, its passed Blurred Lines as jam of the month.
- No experience will ready you for getting drunk at trivia night with your mom and younger sister and then stopping in a dive diner for late night drunk snacks. We did quite well on the trivia, and quite poorly on the questions like "What is on channel 6 at 7:30 on Tuesday nights?" Sadly there were more questions like the latter than the former. BS!
- In addition to hanging out with "the kids" she has developed some of the ling as well. When discussion a potential stop to get food, Kim could be quoted saying "I'm down with that." In addition a song came on in the car and she asked if the artist was a "rappa" extra thug accent.
- While hooping in Sydney I was guarding a 6'7 monster and when I checked the ball up, I noticed we were wearing the same shorts. He went to Jackson and we had a good laugh and then I whipped his ass 11-8 in a game of three on three.
- A German in the hostel got naked, tried to pee on Jess' bed, was drawn on all over, pulled the fire alarm, passed out, and peed himself. Just stating all this so you can get the picture of hostel life. How many people are jealous of me now??
- I almost got in a bar fight, turned out to be nothing just like most fights. I was kind of disappointed, if it was a real fight, this post we be a lot more exciting!
- The weather has been crap up until now. Another note to make you all feel good about your amazing summer weather.
- My British buddy Danny: 50k in debt from University, has biked from Europe to Asia, donated to a Sydney sperm bank 5 times, probably is a father, is 23 years old, went on a blind date with a 51 year old, has not had a job last over a week, and might be one of the most fun/interesting people I have met on this trip.
- My mom started the trip off by listing all the things she was doing for the first time. After about 50 of these and "my first time in a car in Australia", we finally got her to stop. We might not have been nice about it.
- Here are my notes on the famous Fraser Island (our big group 2 day trip)
They show you the brochure and tell you all the things you will see. I tried very hard, even took a plane ride over the island, saw 0 animals. Karly saw the only dingos out of everyone on our tour. Should be a $50 refund if you actually spend 2 days on the island and dont see one animal. COME ON.
The food was fantastic, maybe I think that just because it was not fried, but even the bowl of chocolatey cereal goodness in the morning made the trip worth it. I miss good cereal.
Making her an official Hall traveler, Kim went down in the tide pools and gave us a little scare. I got cut up rushing to her aid and her camera got a bit soaked. She has recovered nicely, except for the monster bruises on her arm.
The water was cold, the weather was wet with flashes of sun, and there was a solo Asian tourist in our group named Pinky Wu, and she only wore a pink jacket. All of those statements are true.
It was a pretty amazing place and you could go from sand dunes, to lakes, to rainforest, to ocean in the matter of minutes. I guess its one of two places in the world where you can take off and land on the beach in a plane. That was a cool experience indeed.
I am convinced Karly didn't see the dingos and there are in fact 0 animals on the island. I was pretty upset I didn't see anything. If you can't tell.
- Advantages and disadvantages in traveling with three women (I should have done this with the Brits too, maybe I will)
A: They make almost everything clean and are very helpful around the house/hotel
D: Last in the bathroom and sometimes lapped every morning, night, afternoon, back from the beach, pretty much anytime
A: There always seems to be a smorgasbord of snacks. Where they get them all, no clue.
D: They don't drive anywhere
D: They walk slow
D: They move slow (Mom's the biggest offender, but she gets a pass most of the time)
A: Almost always in a good mood, way better than me
A: Prepared for a natural disaster if we are headed to the beach or WW3. I am moving the car with my mom and asked if she had fingernail clippers, well of course she did.
A: Very accomodating, and rarely ever bitch
D: And this one is new and I never knew was weird. The sound of girls peeing is like nails on a chalkboard to me. And you combine that with three women constantly peeing in small quarters and I have heard it enough this trip for the rest of my life. Guys, listen up next time, its actually pretty gross. To be fair gross noises 1-1000 on the list is all men, but this one really creeps me out.
D: They do not instill confidence in a new driver. Several shrieks, breath holds, hands in the air. It's like we were on a roller coaster where the track just ends. I could have used some males in the front seat with me.
D: Bathroom stops while driving. To their credit they all went at the same time, but too often!
A: Let me control the radio the WHOLE time. Big A
That's it for now, another update coming soon when Kim, Karly and I reach Cairns and set up home base.
Scott
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