Ozzie Ozzie OZZIE - Part 3.

Writing out every single detail of our ozzie trip has become a bit tiring, so here's a crash course on our trip. :)

Ozzie Ozzie Ozzie - Part 2

Day 1 (part 2)
.... after a short 10 minute ride, our bus arrives in Brisbane city.

Where there was even MORE rain.. we quickly took shelter in the Queens Street Mall. Me and Alia decided to start shopping, partly to get a change of dry clothes, partly because Alia got pooped on. haha.

I decided not to get anything, cuz my clothes had practically dried itself, plus i didn't have bird poo on me. :P But Alia seemed happy with her purchase.

Before Poo.

After Poo.

After shopping we had lunch at a real australian foodcourt. I couldn't help but notice, that all australian foodcourts were exactly alike, Asian foods, Kebabs, McDonalds, and Gloria Jeans.

Sorry about how icky i look at this point i still had the smell of Malaysia on me.

Anyway we had this japanese rice combo meal, Hanaichi, which apparently is Alia's fave ozzie food. It was really nice. Anyway later, we went to Alia's old neighborhood in Taringa to collect the car we had rented for the week then went back to Donna's place showered (which we really needed) and had our first girls night out in Oz.

Donna & Alia

Alia and Me

After Party PANCAKES! wooot!

Day 2 (Sunday)

The next day, the Australian weather still wasn't getting any better. It was drizzling a lot so the day was wet and cold.

We met up with Alia's friend Yumi and had lunch in Southbank, which is by the brisbane river also famous for it's artificial sea. It was really beautiful despite the fact that it was raining a little.. but the Australians didn't seem to mind much.

Southbank beach

 

Yumi and Al getting some coffee.

We had burgers and Grill'd for Lunch (no pics, too hungry to take pics of the food) and Dessert at Max Brenner. If Willy Wonka were a real person, he would be Max Brenner!!

Chocolate Galore @ Max Brenner!!!

We might have over did it a little bit tho... Chocolate Waffles, Chocolate Brownies and Ice Cream, Choc Fondue and a Hazelnut Toffee Drink.

Oh did i mention Alia got pooped on again? hahaha

Apparently, there's nothing much to do in Brisbane of Sundays, so we just spent the evening at Yumi's house, then went back to Donna's.... to be continued.

Ozzie Ozzie Ozzzzzieeee!!!!

Yes tis it! the much awaited ozzie trip update!!!

I am so excited, cuz i just finished going thru bagazillion pictures!

Here it goes!!!

DAY 0 3rd Dec 2010 (friday)

Our flight was at 9pm that day, so me and alia still had to go work, boo.

Unfortunately my work day started off with a GOTCHA call from Ian and JJ. -_- See marrying rockstars has it's downfalls. I do not recommend it. (JK, haha)

neways, got off work at 5ish and sped back home to grab my bags and rush to LCCT.

Lets just say, it wasn't my best day. I was a mess, rushing to get off work early, i accidently cut my finger while cutting some paper. Then i flew out of the office, leaving behind me house keys, wallet, and USD 300 that Muuzi had given me to use (incase of emergency).

I know, im so goddamn hopeless. Luckily i gave my passport to alia the night before. So it turned out i didn't really need my wallet and stuff.

Phew.

Anyhow, we finally got on the plane! How was the flight? Seriously, it was torture, babies crying, i was in between Alia and a giant indian guy, it was so cramped i swear. Honestly i have never flown long distance using AirAsia before, during the landing my ears felt like they were about to explode, not fun. PURE TORTURE.

Somehow i fell asleep, and woke up just as the sun was rising above what looked like the australian desert. It was so beautiful. :)

Anyway, 8 Super uncomfortable hours later... we landed in Coolangatta Airport.

Day 1!!!

Alia's friend Donna, was nice enuff to make the 1 hour drive from Brisbane to Coolangatta to pick us up at 7am local time..

We made the 1 hour drive back to Donna's place (where we were to be staying for this trip) and had a short break before Alia decided it was absolutely necessary that we go to the famous Australian morning market.

@Donna's driveway. Our first pic in OZ.

I had no complaints, despite being a bit tired i was excited to see all the sights, it being my first time here and all.. plus i was starving.

The West End morning market!

The Coffee nut had her first cuppa joe, and i had some yummy HOT Chocolate. Then we had Hungarian Langos with lotsa cheese for breakfast. It was awesome, in fact even blogging about it now makes me hungry...

The Australian summer weather proved a fickle thing, cuz one minute it was nice and sunny, then it was pouring cats and dogs.

We ran all the way to the bus stop to get a bus to the city (which was our next destination). I quickly learnt how much walking i would have to endure in the next few days.

Alia, being so used to it, would say something (in this case the bus stop) is around the corner, when it's actuality, up a giant hill, across field, three traffic lights and a corner.

Did i mention it was raining? -_-

...To be continued.