Sorry it's been so long since our last post but very little has happened bar moving continents and making a new, very special friend. Our last few days in Langkawi were a rainy affair interspersed with massages, aquariums and the loss of my beloved Birkenstocks (I'm still in mourning). We then moved back to Kuala Lumpur and soaked up some more Malay culture at the local water and theme park. It actually taught us a lot about Native American and African life as we rode the Tomahawk Death Trap and flew down the Congo Water Snake. That night at the hostel we met a fabulous Australian girl called Tammy, who collected us from our room shouting beer o' clock and asking for a high five - Ed immediately fell in love with her. Anyway she had been living in London and stated that Brits were actually bigger drinkers than Aussies - more on this later.
The next day we finally arrived in Brisbane and were transported to our salubrious accommodation for our stay in the city - The Sportsman Hotel - dive gay and drag show bar - how could we not stay there! This has been our base for two purposes - to party and to find a camper van. Sampling Brisbane's nightlife I have to say that Tammy you are just so wrong, we have never seen so many severely drunk people in our lives - literally off their heads at 7pm and still going at 5 in the morning. We couldn't keep pace so instead decided to put our efforts into the van search and my it's been a Matt and Ed epic of indecisiveness - along the way we have seen a camper van owned by an Aussie called Daniel, who managed to back it into a road barrier whilst showing us how well it handled and a van that Ed desperately wanted to buy just because it had an Irish flag on the front and was called Mitsi. Finally we went for a gas converted Ford Spectron which has a huge sunroof that we can lie under and watch the stars. We have named him Eric and so far he has been a pain in the arse, costing us money in repairs and finding out, that like us, he is a little bit different from the other vans, meaning all his spare parts cost a fucking fortune - but you know what, he's worth it cos we loves him! Currently we are parked up in Hervey Bay - waiting for a new upper control arm bush for Eric and have a whale spotting boat ride booked for tomorrow. In the meantime, here are some photos of our beloved Eric and my Ed:
The next day we finally arrived in Brisbane and were transported to our salubrious accommodation for our stay in the city - The Sportsman Hotel - dive gay and drag show bar - how could we not stay there! This has been our base for two purposes - to party and to find a camper van. Sampling Brisbane's nightlife I have to say that Tammy you are just so wrong, we have never seen so many severely drunk people in our lives - literally off their heads at 7pm and still going at 5 in the morning. We couldn't keep pace so instead decided to put our efforts into the van search and my it's been a Matt and Ed epic of indecisiveness - along the way we have seen a camper van owned by an Aussie called Daniel, who managed to back it into a road barrier whilst showing us how well it handled and a van that Ed desperately wanted to buy just because it had an Irish flag on the front and was called Mitsi. Finally we went for a gas converted Ford Spectron which has a huge sunroof that we can lie under and watch the stars. We have named him Eric and so far he has been a pain in the arse, costing us money in repairs and finding out, that like us, he is a little bit different from the other vans, meaning all his spare parts cost a fucking fortune - but you know what, he's worth it cos we loves him! Currently we are parked up in Hervey Bay - waiting for a new upper control arm bush for Eric and have a whale spotting boat ride booked for tomorrow. In the meantime, here are some photos of our beloved Eric and my Ed:
4 comments:
Well boys I was starting to worry. So good to hear you're on the next step of the journey xx
....God damn what a mummsy comment to make x
oh Ed, you look so lovely
xxxx
oooh you've had your er done. Look proper outbacker you does.
wicked am sooooo jelous!! I want an Eric!!!
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