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I'm going where the sun keeps shining, through the pouring rain.
Going where the weather suits my clothes.
Banking off of the northeast winds, sailing on a summer breeze
And skipping over the ocean like a stone.
Henry Nilsson
With a Lot of Love
One of the main attractions of Ecuador is the Galapagos Islands. I won a trip there when I was in Ecuador in 1991. I had the best...
Joanna
Jan 4, 20182 min read
A Loss of Faith in Foreigners
There is one thing about myself when I travel that is absolutely undisputable. I fuck up. All.The.Time. I book the wrong times or dates...
Joanna
Jan 2, 20183 min read
Why Ecuador?
When I was 18 years old, I was accepted on a Student Exchange program through AFS Intercultural Programs. I left the comforts of my...
Joanna
Jan 1, 20182 min read
Going Home...
I love the page in my journal I dedicated to my homecoming... I WANT MONEY! ... then... "ya right!" Seems fitting! I also wrote; Thing I...
Joanna
Aug 16, 19952 min read
Derek Gonna Die. Derek Gonna Die Soon.
July 31st-August 2 Bus trip to Darwin Nathan: "This trip has all the ingredients that a bag of steaming excrement contains. I’m on the...
Joanna
May 31, 199511 min read
Broke & Trippin' Up the Coast
Travels up the coast of Australia. Airlie Beach. Sarah spent an entire afternoon scaling a palm tree to retrieve the ONE coconut that was...
Joanna
May 15, 19958 min read
Leaving Bundaberg for good...
Ahhh... although Bundy was hell for its early mornings, crappy money and feeling dirty ALL the time... I would not trade those months for...
Joanna
May 13, 19952 min read
Adventures with Roger in Oz
We are not closing. This store is definitely NOT closing. Sorry - we're closed. From Fraser Island... Roger and I headed down the coast...
Joanna
May 2, 19951 min read
Fraser Island
Fraser Island Adventure memory book entry ~ Day 1... Pouring rain. Flat tire. We are all so dirty, like we’d never left Bundaberg. Engine...
Joanna
Apr 30, 19951 min read
The Bundy Experience Continues...
Ang's Poem... We’re all in the same boat, Just out of money. But kick back in Bundy, Enjoy yourself, hunny. So when you’re down and out,...
Joanna
Apr 28, 19954 min read
Back in Bundy
Back in Bundaberg. I think I'd been on the bus for over 20 hours. Not a cent to my name and under STRICT instructions from Ethel that...
Joanna
Apr 6, 19955 min read
Poor, Poor, Sydney
We arrived back in Sydney. Neither of us had a pot to piss in... nor did we have a window to throw it out of. We managed to find the...
Joanna
Apr 1, 19953 min read
Joanna from Snowy River
Batlow, snowy mountains... The Man from Snowy River. It wasn't long before we secured our first job in Batlow, in the land of the Snowy...
Joanna
Mar 20, 19952 min read
A Few Funnies
Donna's Memory: *I have NO recollection of this happening and even when she wrote to Ashlynn about it, Ashlynn replied "are you on...
Joanna
Mar 10, 19953 min read
Grape Land
How we all made it to Mildura... ... yet... more specifically, how we all made it to the particular location that Ivan told us about......
Joanna
Feb 20, 19954 min read
Towards Grapes, We Go!
It finally came to time leave Bundaberg... and with tears in our eyes, we packed the car and started our journey down to meet Ivan in...
Joanna
Jan 20, 19952 min read
Life at City Centre Backpackers
Oh, how many times we went in and out of this building... and onto those buses. BEST time of the day was getting back to the hostel after...
Joanna
Jan 11, 19954 min read
Noosa
What better way to celebrate Christmas than to head down to Noosa for a couple days of holidays? Sunshine, a beautiful costal town, sandy...
Joanna
Dec 25, 19943 min read
Life in Bundaberg
I read; "Fruit picking is an awesome way for backpackers to earn extra cash during their trip when travelling in the countryside of...
Joanna
Dec 8, 19942 min read
Ripe for the Pickin'
First day? Not so great.. I hated every second of it. I was not raised, cut out for or intended for this type of contemptible work. No...
Joanna
Nov 13, 19942 min read
Workers Wanted
We were broke. After gallivanting up the coast and spending all our money, we were in desperate need of a job. But where...? We really...
Joanna
Nov 10, 19941 min read
Reunion on the Gold Coast
I rarely ever win anything... It's true. Not out of pure chance, anyway... unless it's the most inconvenient time for a win. Then I'm...
Joanna
Oct 21, 19942 min read
Heading North
Once clear of the Earth Star Ranger... and well on our way, thanks to Pam and Tom... we ventured along to Lennox Head, home of Lake...
Joanna
Oct 13, 19942 min read
Don't Hitchhike
Wikipedia: Ivan Milat was an Australian serial killer who was convicted of the backpacker murders in 1996. Milat, commonly known as the...
Joanna
Oct 11, 19948 min read
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