Backpacking And That - Day 5
I went backpacking about Australia and South East Asia. It was super. Here’s the email I sent home on day 5.
To: <friends>, <family>
Subject: No Subject
Date: 06/30/2000 01:48 PM
Well I dunno if I should still be using this mail list, as some people complain and others don’t care, but I can’t be bothered to fiddle with the settings now. Anyway they charge by the minute here.
I’ve met big beetles, ugly women, fine women (although they tend to disapear rapidly), and lots of odd Ozzie people.
Oz people are actually friendlier than Brits. So I really can’t see many reasons to go home yet. Not currently missing anything, no worries or stress..
Off to visit Fitzroy island tommorrow for three nights. You might call it a little desert island, coz that’s what I call it. the reef is a 50m swim away, so I’ll don the mask and snorkle and take a peek, and swim away quick from fish with spikey bits and sharks.
We are going down Oz in the magic bus, it stops where we want and comes when we call it. It doesn’t fly but other strange things happen like balls rolling uphill etc.. afterall it is magic. Only 60 odd pounds to travel 3500 km, which is not far from a bargain.
Oz is catching up with the rest of the world and tommorrow they are introducing VAT, or GST. Every Oz man is in uproar about it and nobody understands it. They should be happy as it only 10%! Hardly much really. Still it means the rest of my trip will cost 10% more, typical.
‹Max