Wow, pretty hungover today. It was our last night in Australia last night so Pav kindly took Ketan and I 'out on the lash'. Dreary-eyed today, we have a long 12 hour wait ahead of us until our flight to Vietnam. I speak on behalf of Ketan too when I say we're both Australia'd out. It's been longer than we wanted to spend here and way over how much money we budgeted for it!

Some favourites in Oz:

- Fraser Island
- The weather (at times)
- Sydney Harbour Bridge
- Great Ocean Road
- The cool statistics of how amazingly HUGE the country is
- Road trips
- Melbourne
- Western Australia crystal-clear beaches

Pet-hates of Oz:

- Majority of the people
- Standard of accommodation (oh, how we miss New Zealand!)
- The immense heat at times
- The dangerous Aboriginal culture in major cities

So, we move on to better places tonight. The day before flying out to the next country I reflect on the trip as a whole and imagine what's to come. Butterflies in my stomach? Check. For those of you who don't know, my parents are meeting us out there in 2 days time for 2 weeks. I couldn't be happier about that, it's coming at the right time and I'm sure they are going to love Vietnam as much as we will. I'm looking forward to some culture - to walk around the busy streets in awe of the lifestyle, food, drink and locals.

I look at SE Asia as a whole new journey, and I've got no doubt that it will deliver past the expectations.. :)