Author Archives: ACurry

  OK Whistler here we come! It’s only about 2 hours to Vancouver from Seattle but by the time everyone gets off the bus, collects their bags, goes through customs and loads up their bags again, it’s more like 4 hours. Pretty straight forward though, I’d already worked out where the Hi was and how to … Continue reading »

  By the end of the week I was skiing well and started to look forward to getting to whistler in B.C where I could do more. I booked a seat on Greyhound to Seattle which was a 24 hour journey but it was getting towards the end of the season, no point in hanging … Continue reading »

I’d messaged Kim, my neighbour in Falls Creek, who had been in Tahoe the year before and was back for more snowboarding, fun and laughter. In fact it was her description of the place that made me decide to go there. She was still around but only for another two weeks, still time to show … Continue reading »

One block east from the beach, you enter the jungle, about 1,200 square Klm, of traffic, wide streets and shapeless buildings. The Greyhound terminal was in the middle of it, so I couldn’t avoid it any longer. I had to be on my way at 4am and catch 2 buses, to get me there for … Continue reading »

Nowhere is all bad of course, I was in a new country with lots to do and lots of places to go. I’d been in this hostel for 10 days and was feeling comfortable with the place and the people here. Dave, 50 something was a runaway like me but was reluctant to go back … Continue reading »

I woke up the following morning and went straight to the hole in the wall to get some US dollars. There was 500 dollars missing! Shit! I’d been so knackered the day before, I’d gone to bed without thinking about much other than sleep. I’d left my jeans on the floor with my wallet in the pocket, … Continue reading »

I had just seen Jim, Ravina and the kids in Brisbane, it was a coincidence that we were going to be in Fiji at the same time. When I got back from my trip around the Island I dropped into the Sheraton to see them, just a couple of High Felling boys living the life, a … Continue reading »

Travelling east meant crossing the Pacific, so might as well throw in a Pacific Island eh! Fiji seemed the obvious choice, the cheapest flight I could get to L.A. was with Pacific Airways which just happens to stop in Nadi, in Viti Levu, the biggest of the Fijian Islands. I arrived at 5am to three blokes in skirts … Continue reading »

Toni took me down to get the train, now I was beginning to realise I was no longer mobile. I had it all worked out though, stay on the train till I get to Vulture Street Station, come out the station, turn right down Vulture Street, walk for about a kilometre, Brisbane Backpackers on the … Continue reading »

I had been watching the weather forecast and the day came for me to move on, 25 degrees with beautiful blue skies, I was Queensland bound. In 1974 I arrived in Australia for the first time and headed for Sydney. Not  long after that, I met a crazy young lady with enough energy for two people, we got … Continue reading »