Where in the world am I? I'll tell you!

I'm in Edinburgh, Scotland. Why am I here? Well beacuse it's time to get serious! And what better way then to go to college? I'm studying at Queen Margaret Uni in Musselburgh, a 6 min train ride from the center of Edinburgh. Want more info on Edinburgh? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edinburgh
My mum was kind enough to come with my on my first trip to Scotland. I journey began at 4 in the morning in my home in Lier. We got up, got ready and drove off to the trainstaition and a few hours later we weere on the plane to Stavanger, and a few hours after that on a plane to Aberdeen, where my dad had said there would be a train station "just across the street". However, the trainstation was a 30 min bussride away and a 10 minut walk, no scratch that, a 10 minute DRAG before we finaly got there, just to find out we had an hour wait ahead of us..
Needles to say we were quite tired when we finally got to Queen Margaret Univeristy.Unfortunatly we still had to drag our, sorry MY bags up a steep hill and through campus. The campus is huge and modern, with friendly staff (except for the security guy who yelled at me and my mum when we broke in to the library...oh and the barman who yelled at us for drinking cider outside the bar..in our defense we didn't know..) and a welcoming vibe.

We were taken to the accomodation office by a volunteer student, got keys and checked in. My room in a nice size, I've got a double bed(yey), and lots of space for my clothes(double yey!).
We pretty much changed and left again to go shopping. After about an hour walk, which was supposed to take 15 minutes, we arrived at our chosen destination "ASDA" aka Wall-Mart. Here we spent a good 3 hours buying food,bedstuff,cutlery,crockery,a plant and quite a bit more that we couldn't really manage to carry.. so we called a taxi and what a lovely man. Although I swear I didn't understand a thing he said, he did get us back to campus, and he did help us carry my stuff to the door, bless him, cause we were way in over our heads!

The important thing is, my room looks lovely now, and not so formal.

I actuall have to go buy some dinner now, but I will fill you inn on the rest of the weeked later on.

xoxo

Bungyjumping and liquid chocolate=)

So after a cold meting with Frans Josef, I left for Queenstown where i spent the next 4 nights.Queenstown was luckily much warmer, and extremly gorgous! The town is centred around a lake and surrounded by tall snowcovered mountains!An incredibly scenic place. I stayed at a lovel little place called Southern Laughter. The place was vry homey and decorated in funny pictures and quotes. The first day I spent exploring the town, it's not a hg place, but it's the advetour own of the world.So the next day I signed up for a bungy jump! The highst one in New Zealand, the third highest in the world! A mere 134m, 400 and somthing feeti think! So a few hours later I was takn to the middle of nowhere, up up up some mountains and there it was! A little shed dispnsed on two wires between two mountains above a river.To get to the platfor, ou were placed in a little wagon thing on the wire and sent over. Before thhis however, you were weighe and had to walk around with your weight displayed on our hand.Yes, travelling has forced me to eat a lot of pasta and cheap bread! So i wasn't pleased to hear the number. Anyway, they the suited you up in a harnas and led you to the platform.Here I had to wait and watch as one after one, peope jumped of and came up shaking with adrenalin. I was second last person to jump, so I had time to get even more freaked out, Im afraidof hights you know! So when my turn came up I asked them to put on a good tune as they straped the bungy coed to me. They cranked up "Highway to hell" by AC/DC and I instantly knew this would be amazing. However, I was shit scared(excuse my french) as they shuffled me to the edge of the platform and placed the rope down between my feet. From heon so thre things went reall quickly! The guy told meto look straight out and jump on his count, 3-2-1 and I dind't think, just jumped! I screamed my heart out and fell for 8,5 seconds before the rope caughet me and nudged me back up again, and then down and then up where I then had to pull a "Special cord" that released my feet, don't worry! I didn't die! This simply puts you in a sitting position, this was your head doesn't explode with all the blood rushingto it as ou're being pulled up. At this point my hands are shaking with arenalin! My heart was racing and I felt great! So as I'm pulled back on to the platform I ask to go again, it was so so amazing!The first time I had jumped out, hands out like a bird, but the second time the guy made me jump with me hands lodged in the straps behind my back, just to make it a bit more scary!It was just as scary and just as amazing the second time, and if I hadn't been broke I'd do it a hundred more times! One of the best experiences of my life, so glad i did it!After thet I was just on a high the rest of the day! And for the 3 following days, I had very sore abs! After an amazing time in Queenstown, I left my travelmate and fiend Fay, behind and left for Dunedin where I had another good experience-The Cadbury chocolate factory.During this tour you learned about hoe chocolate was made and about the history of the company. And at every stop we got a diffrent chocolate=) Also if yo answered corectly to any of the questions beeing askedyou got a piece of really good white chocolate. I only got to answer once cause this little plump old lady from Australia kept shouting the answeres and taking credit for answeres that several people had given at once!Not fair! ANyway, I must say it was quite facinating o know that, just a meter or so above my head different types of chocolate was flowing freely in colorful pipes, each color indicating a different flavour.At the end we were taken in to one of the big tanks where a chocolate waterfall had been made. Sorry, it was nothing liek willywonka's =( I can't quite describe it. it wasn't on when we entreed, but when the guide pressed a button,a hatch in the sceling opened and one ton of chocolate pored down into several tracts or something. we had been warned that it splashed and had all moved to the walls. The chocolate splached all over the railing and the sides of the stairs.We were later told that this waterfall was not in use outher then in tour, it had een tested 2 days before the factory opened and the managers and all the big men had all come to supervise, and all of them had been drenched! YUM!Anyway, they reuse the chocolate, and only clean the thing every 6 months! ANyway the very last chocolate we got was a shotglass with liquid chocolate! SO GOOD!!! I left with ten chocolate bars and a big grin on my face.
The next day I headed for Lake tekapo, a gourgs tiny place! The lake itself is a mixture of green and blue, so pretty.Surrounded my mountains covered in mist! The place contains of one tiny street, so I didn't do much.However, I've gotten a cold so was up for much anyway! Watched braveheart and I think I'll be visiting Scotland this summer if anyone want's to join!

Today I spent wandering around Christchurch, and I now know how my mum feels about directions. I was completely lost, didn't know where I was or where I should go..Wierd...
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South Island!

Had one night in Wellington where we had a quick look in the te papa musrum, so cool! Have to go back! Didn't do a whole lot that evening, played some guitar and went for icecream=)
The next morning we had to get up early to catch the 3 hour ferry to the south Island! A very scenic, very prtetty trip!
Later that day we got to wellington where we stayed 3 nights, here we battled the tsunami( that never came), walked up amountain for some great views of wellington. and got a ride to Able tasman where we got a water taxi to anchor bay anf hiked the 4 hour hike back to the car! SOOOOOO pretty, loved it!
Then we went to Frans josef, stopping at the pancake rocks(mountains that look like stacks of pancakes), so ofcourse i had to have some pancakes at the vafe they had ther=) YUM!
In frans Josef we had a really pretty 3 hour kayak trip on a huge lovely lake! It was amazing! And today i went walking to the glacier, so pretty!

New Zealand is a really pretty country! It's quite similar to Norway, however the forest here are peppered with palm trees and other exotic plant and animals on top of the normal stuff! It's quite cold here since summer is ending, I don't like the cold!!!! People are really nice here tho, and they all go around saying sweet as, and choise!

Queenstown tomorrow! Going to be wicked! Can't wait to see my family when i go back to Sydney in 12 days!

Miss ya all!
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New Zealand!

So last saturday(a few days ago), I left Sydeny to go to Auckland,New Zealand. I stayed 3 nights in Auckland where i met Feydra from BC,Canada. She decided to come travelling with me, so she booked the same bus tour as me and we started to plan our journey. First off, we went to kelly tartlons underwater world where we saw bunches of fishes,sharks,turtles and so on! We also did a cage shark dive whcih was cool! The water was freezing tho..but we got nice and close to the sharks! Kinda creepy!

The day after we left for Rotorua, Stopping on top of Mount Eden to have a look at Auckland. It was really pretty! Then we drove a while, stopping to take a photo with the famous L&P bottle, we also stopped in Hobbiton where you could take a bunch of tours to see the different Lord of teh rings fim locations! Didn't have the time to do it tho... took a picture with the sign and with gollum!

Then when we got close to Rotorua, we stopped at a place where you could do tons of different activities, like bungy jumping, swooshing,swooping,jet boating and so on. Watched a few people do some activities before heading to rotorua.

 In rotorua we stayed in a hostel called Crash palace, a nice little place with a hot tub,a dog and a cat! We went out and bought food for diner and lunches, then we went for a walk to the geothermal park and looked at the hot springs and soaked our feet in teh free hot spring foot baths.

We then headed home, made some dinner when we met Mat from Ohio who we ate dinner with. In our room we got introduced to Nic from germany( who is our new travelpartner), and to scottish guys who are staying there and working. They also have a band and the day after they played in a bar during open mic night-they were really good! We spent the evening with these guys, playing guitar, and enjoying the hot tub.

The morning after Me,Fay,Nic and Mat did white water rafting! it was amazing! Really! I loved it! We went down the highes commercial waterfall-7 meters. It was sooo cool! When we got back we were cold,tired and sore, so we ate some lunch and watched a movie-remember the titans. Then we went to Blue lake, which was really really pretty! HUng out there forn a while before going home and making dinner. Later on we went to the open mic night, watched a few performances and went to a few bars then to bed at about 3...not a good idea since we had to get up at 6 to catch the bus.

The day after we got on the bus and headed to waitomo. On the way we stopped and lokked at this really cool,long thin bridge in teh middle of the woods! Then we stopped to see rabbit sheering, so cute and fluffy bunnies=) 

In waitomo we went and looked at some caves whcih was cool! Saw a bunch of glowworms which was really cool!

Then we stopped at Huka falls, amazingly beautiful water. Then we got to Tapo where we stayed a night, and which is where I am now!

It's so beautiful here! Kinda cold, but nice=)

Leaving for Wellington tomorrow!

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Brisbane

Brisbane has been nice, it's not as busy as Sydney but it's a nice and interesting tow. It has quite a modern art like look to it, with wierd buildings and bridges. Funky light displays at night and wierd objects inh random places. It has a nice river flowing right through the center. and a cosy botanical garden.

Today I got up and went to this pancake resturant and sat all alone eating my delicious fat american pancakes and sipping lemonade. I had my book and my diary so I didn't feel to akward..
Afterwards I spent 4 hours in the botanical gardens, reading and listnening to music, felt quite lonely, but it made the time pas and tomorrow I'm meeting Eveline in Nossa where we're staying for a few nights before we head out to rainbow beach for one night, and then to Hervey bay to do a fraser Island safari. Hopefully that will be good!

After fraser it's off to Airlie Beach, but it's a 13 hour ride again. so I'm hoping to find an interesting place to stop for a night to break up the journey!

IN Airlie beach my plans kinda stop, or well.. I'm doing a 2 day 2 night sailing trip on the Whitsundays, but then either I stay and try to find work, or i go to cairns so I can fly to Alice springs, do mount uluru and all that, then head back to brisbane to do byron, surfers and coff harbour, stop in sydney a night then go to Melbourn and work a month. Then Maybe off to New Zealand..

However, after airlie I'm all alone again, and things are still not great so I kinda need to take a few days at a time, see how things go..

Miss u guys lots and lots!

XOXO

On the road again!

So I left sydney yesterday and spent 16 hour on a bus and I'm now currently in Brisbane. I'lll be here for a few nights, then off to Noosa.

I have to be honest with you all, my lovely family and friends! Things haven't been the best over the past 2 weeks, and I really feel I'm letting you all down, aswell as myself! you guys have all been so amazing to me, supporting me with gifts and messages, wall posts and comments! I really appriciate it, you guys are the best!

So now I'm trying to move on, get back on track with my travells and my adventours! Met this lovely girl through work who i'm now travelling with! We're doing the coast together then i'm on my own and that's where my plans end! Not sure what or where I'll go!

This is just a quick notification that I'm on the road again and will try and be better with blogging again! Miss u guys all so so much!

xoxo