Thailand | Bangkok

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OK. Last night was weird. While going through the immigration in Sydney, I met Name. Name is his name. His parents are diplomats in Australia so Name was going back home to Bangkok after 6 weeks. We exchanged friendly smiles and were off to the aircraft.

Initially, my plan was to go to Koh San road but Name suggested that I join him and his friend on a night out. I left my bag in the "left luggage" and packed few things to my carry-on. We walked out of the airport and Name's friend was waiting with a brand new, black Mercedes. I was very curious to see what will the night bring.

Even thought I was absolutely exhausted, I had to accept the offer to join these guys out. I wanted to see what a real "Thai night out" was. Half an hour latter we stepped out of the car. The name of the night club, First Class, was shining in the blue-purple neon lights. We were greeted by the valet parking staff, reserved table; bottle of black label and a Thai band on the center stage. People dancing everywhere. I felt I was in a martial arts movie.

The place was very impressive. For a moment I thought I was in some place in Washington. First Class reminded me of the old Cities restaurant/bar in Adams Morgan. Anyway, First Class was great but I was craving some good and spicy Thai food so the boys took me out for dinner/breakfast. It was pouling rain outside. The UEFA cup soccer finals were on the big screen. We were drinking vine and Thai beer. CSKA won the cup for the fist time in history.



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Next thing you know, I was in the cab to Koh San road. Checked into a cheep hotel and passed out. Woke up few hours later in sweat. The room had no windows and no AC! Amazing. I guess I was to drunk and tired the previous night to notice. The following days I went to see some Thai temples, the Wat Po (huge reclining buddha) and had some amazing food on Koh San road.
Since there are some major problems in Nepal these days, I've decided to go straight to India. Now, this was absolutely amazing...

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Australia | Fraser Island

SYDNEY - BLUE MOUNTAINS - BRISBANE - FRASER ISLAND

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FRASER ISLAND -My cousin Savo and I drove up north 300 kilometers to a small township of Hervey Bay. Just before we entered the town we stopped by the Go-Cart place to have some fun and shorty after we checked in our backpackers hostel next to the port. We looked into many different options how to get to the FRASER island. Hervey Bay is the gateway to Fraser and many travelers start their journey here. We chose to fly-4wd-fly package.

Fraser Island is the largest sand-formed island on the planet with a 75 mile long sand beach, many creeks and fresh water lakes, rain forest and the purest strain of DINGO in Australia. The Fraser Island is on the World Heritage list as well.

Anyway, 15 minutes later Savo and I were flying over the most beautiful beaches and lakes I've ever seen. Savo was a co-pilot for the duration of the flight. We landed our little airplane right on the beach and our 4WD was waiting to take us to our first destination, Lake McKenzie.


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Lake McKenzie is about 15km inland from the coast but it took us about 35 minutes to get there. While other travelers were sunbathing on the fresh-water sandy beach, my cousin and I decided to take a hike and walk around the entire lake. Following the Dingo tracks, it took us over two hours and this adventure included some bush-walking, survival message writings in the sand and swimming in the fresh water. It was amazing.

After lunch we drove up to the Indian Head point, about 70km north from out base camp. On the way up we stopped by the rusty old shipwreck and climbed a moon landscape alike dunes. This is for real. I am not kidding. The dingo's were everywhere. Well, I guess I am exaggerating but we did see few dingos hunting for a snack:). Next thing you know it was getting dark so we had to get back to our resort since night driving is not allowed on the island.

The weather was not on our side the following day. It was very cold and raining. Savo and I took our fair well drive and almost got stuck on the island due to a 4WD battery failure. Thanks to a local fisherman we managed to start-up our vehicle and made the flight back to Hervey Bay...

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SYDNEY - BLUE MOUNTAINS - BRISBANE - FRASER ISLAND