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Krabi, Thailand
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Phi Phi Islands, Thailand
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Ko Lipe, Thailand
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Ko Lanta, Thailand
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Phuket, Thailand
OVERNIGHT BUS
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Krong Siem Reap, Cambodia
Includes overnight bus to koh rong at 6.30pm on Thursday
1 or 3 day temple pass
Small circuit of temples - 3 temples or grand circuit with sunset on phnom bakheng
Angkor wat at sunrise
Phase circus
Temple of rouros
Siem riep war museum
Ton le sap lake
Phnom Kulen national park
Pub street
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Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Royal palace
Climb wat pho temple
Central market
Sunset walk at riverfront
S21 prison and killing fields (museum)
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Koh Rong, Cambodia
Bingo on Friday
Biolumunscent plankton on snorkel tour
Kayak through mangroves
Hike to secret waterfall
NESTIVAL PARTY
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Koh Rong Sanloem, Cambodia
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Kampot Province, Cambodia
Stay at Arcadia and do water park there
Day trip to Kep and crab market and secret lake
Pepper plantation
Boat party from Arcadia
National park (amazing)
Boker mountain
Kayak to green cathedral
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Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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Manila, Philippines
Don’t want to stay long here at all, not nice and difficult for transport
To do:
Mall of Asia
Walled city
San agustin church
Manila bay walk
Binodo ( China town )
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Puerto Princesa, Philippines
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Port Barton, Philippines
Port Barton to next place is basically a whole days travel so squeeze this to two days overall in port Barton
- do a boat tour with unlimited drinks ( is better than the el nido boat tours says will )
- free bracelet making (Obra)
- pamauyan waterfalls
- starfish island
- swim with turtles
- white/ coconut beach
- tay tay beach for sunset
Food
- Milano cafe
- besaga
- gacayan
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El Nido, Philippines
To do:
- Tours with the hostel Frendz are good
- do tour A or C
- secret lagoon and big lagoon (kayak)
- art cafe
- taraw cliff climb !!
- Jeep tours are also fun
- zip line
- canopy walk
- nacpan beach BEST IN WORLD (35 mins)
- vanilla beach (same as las cabañas)) 11mins), Dili beach (45 mins), hidden beach
- lio beach ( for sunset )
- las cabañas beach (sunset) 12 mins
- CAN DIVE IN EL NIDO, ITS OKAY
- corong corong beach with kayaking
- twin beach club
Food
- Apkala beach club for afternoon
- Maa grill
- big bad grill
- art cap
- kopi and bake
- taste
- altroves express
- serena street
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El Nido, Philippines
BOAT TRIP
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Coron, Philippines
USU airport is 30 min drive from hop hostel - flying from here to Cebu on the 17th
Do a boat tour better than el nido one ??
Do a boat tour called ultimate coron boat tour
Island hop tour ( twin lagoon lakes, Katangan and barracuda lakes )
Buhay Isla island tour
Walk up the peak at sunset
Maguinit falls and hot springs
Hike mount tapyas
Coron bay
SHIPWRECK DIVE !!!!!!!!
Food
Levines
Carls bbq
Trattoria atrone
Hostel:
Coron town
Outpost hostel !!!!
Or I hop Meg is staying at
Hop hostel has huge beds and pink flowers
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Moalboal, Philippines
Arrive in Cebu, and take a bus to moalboal (85km)
Do a trip to the Badian falls and canyoneering (or kawaska falls)
Bantayan island
Scuba/ snorkel sardine run at Pangsama beach
White beach
Pescador island
Swim with whale sharks in oslob ( do as a day trip)
Zip lining
Lambug beach for star fish
Osmera peak
Hostel
- MoHo hostel ( GO FOR FREE DRINKS/ QUIZ IF NOT STAYING HERE )
Food
- hungry monkeys
- nomads (Mexican)
- Greek taverna
- shaka
- French shop
Bars
- chili bar
- Isla bar
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Siquijor, Philippines
Get boat from Bohol or ferry from Lilian port (Olson)
To do
- ride a bike around
- camburgahay falls
- lugnason falls
- old enchanted balete tree
- salagdoong beach
- coco grone beach
- paliton beach
- paradise bay
- tubod marine sanctuary
- catabon cave
Stay
- gavel hostel
- JJ backpackers village ( OR GO FOR DRINKS )
Food
- Luca Luca smoothie bowl
- Bu cafe
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Malapascua Island, Philippines
Fly from Coron to cebu and then get a bus
- book this flight in advance (BOOKED)
3 days is definitely a good amount, as very nice to chill
To do:
Beaches
Diving with thresher sharks !!! With devocean divers
Day trip to kalamanggan
24/7 kareoke
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Siargao Island, Philippines
Fly from Cebu
To do
- famous for surfing ( cloud 9 ) SURF AT OCEAN 9 NOT CLOUD 9
- 3 island tour
- madpoponko rock pools and flats (45 min drive)
- coconut road
- palm viewpoint
- sugba lagoon ( day trip )
- massin secret river ( hire paddlboat )
- Pacifico / Algeria beach
- naked island
Stay
- general luna
- mad monkey
Food
- mamas grill
- shaka’s smoothie bowel
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Manila, Philippines
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Melbourne, Australia
Great ocean roads - road trip with Reuben!!!!!
Train to jilong - beach there
Great food places
Go to a football game
Go to zoo
Need a my key card for railway!!! Top up €15 to last a few days
Only need 5 nights
- great ocean road
- AC/DC lane
- ACMI art gallery(free entry)
- state library (free entry)
- yarra river
- puffing billy railway
- st kilda beach
- royal botanical gardens
- queen Victoria markets
Recs from zac:
City
Bartronica (Arcade bar)
Goldilocks (roof top bar)
Her (rooftop bar)
Section 8 (dance floor)
Storyvile (cool club)
Meatball and co (Italian)
Queenvicmarket,Publique Bakery (food)
Soi 38 (Asian)
NGV (art museum depending on what's on)
Fitzroy
Frankie's Tortas and Tacos
Rice Queen Oriental Diner and Bar (Asian 55pp)
Fitroy beer Gardern (good bar/dance floor)
Yah yahs (bar/dancefloor)
New gurnica (club after fiztroy beer garden)
Collingwood
Cibi (cafe)
Terror twilight (cafe)
Easeys (burger)
Stephenino panino ** (sandwich)
Shop ramen
Windsor chappel Street
The wolf (pub,live music)
Borsch Vodka & Tears (cocktails)
Holy Grail (chill)
Pawn & Co (bar/club)
Lucky Coq (bar/club)
Revolver (club and drugs haha open all night)
Prahan market
New wind (asian)
Richmond
Public House (rooftop)
Union House (rooftop)
Hector's deli (best sandwhich ever)
Lune (bakery in city will be massive line so go early)
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Canberra, Australia
OVERNIGHT GREYHOUND BUS 10pm to Sydney!!!
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Sydney Harbour, Australia
Can stay in bondi or in Sydney ( central mall ), will spend more time in bondi if weather is better!
To do:
- lookout point ask Lachie
- bondi icebergs
- opera house
- observatory park (for sunset)
- stroll in royal botanical garden
- bondi to cooge walk (1.5 hours - go early in morning)
- manly, bondi, tamara, bronte, marouba beaches
- take ferry manly beach / wormhole
- queen Victoria mall
- bridge climb
- aquarium is so good
- do beach days to the big beaches!!
- blue mountains day trip?/ spend a few days here
- fireworks darling harbour (every sat at 9pm)
- whale spotting!!! (June/july)
- wildlife Sydney zoo
- luna park
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Coffs Harbour, Australia
Overnight bus from Sydney to Byron bay, leaves 8.30pm
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Byron Bay, Australia
Stay
- Aquarius maybe?? Or wake up hostel
Amazing place!
Can do surf camps etc
Can spend ages and ages here
To do
- picnic sunset at main beach
- wategos beach
- the pass (surf)
- apex park
- sea kayaking and see dolphins
- climbing jungle (ballina)
- cape Byron lighthouse (sunrise walk or sunset)
- coffe at Raes
- trip to Ninh Binh
Food
- Gyg
- fish heads
- burger house
Bar
- the northern is a great piano bar
- casaloona on a Thursday
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Broadbeach, Australia
Instead of surfers beach/ paradise and Gold Coast, as these are all in the same area!
More of a vibe on the weekend
To do
- tallest building in aus
- I’m a celeb tower
- hire bikes and ride down to burleigh
- surf lessons main beach
- sky point aus at sunset
- holey moley golf (in evening)
Food/ bars
- tarte bakery
- cardamon pod
- commune
- maggie choo
- pink flamingo (night out)
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Brisbane, Australia
To do:
- lone pine koala sanctuary
- Australia zoo
- The south bank
- Lagoon
- moretón island ??
- north stradbrook island
Brisbane
. Brisbane is amazing to live but to visit you can honestly do it in 2 or 3 days.
.Visit Southbank with the lagoon.
.Walk along Kangaroo point or do it with a bicycle.
.You'll have a nice view on the city from Mt Coot-tha. There is also a Planetarium in Mt Coot Tha you should go and watch a show if you have time, it looks amazing.
.Walk around the city and the city gardens.
.Go have a drink at night in Felons, it's a nice bar with a beautiful view on the Story Bridge
.Fortitude Valley is the nightlife place
Food
- Howard’s wharf (restaurant area)
Do a day trip to Moolomba and from there do:
Do a day trip to Calaundra, it is 20 minutes from Mooloolaba. Beach name, kings beach, happy valley.
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Noosa National Park, Australia
Stay: bounce hostel
Should just be Noosa not national park
Not loads to do other than go to beaches and chill, but such a nice vibe you can stay ages!
- similar to Byron bay
- got the lighthouse, beaches, sunrises
- cotton tree in Sunshine Coast!
- see Amy Sunshine Coast
- can do glamping with kangaroos (habitat)
To do
- there is an Everglades here (need to go)
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Rainbow Beach, Australia
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Fraser Island, Australia
Stay at rainbow beach where there isn’t loads to do, other than sand dunes etc. so maybe spend one night here before doing Fraser Island trip
- can do with dingos
- or with pippies! Pippies 3 day tag along tour. seen a lot of good things about this, seems to sell out 2 weeks in advance, looking at doing this about the 9th July. So stay rainbow beach on the 9th and then do the 2 nights starting the 10th. 2 nights and 3 days long. Get a free night accommodation before with pippies, but don’t need the night after rainbow beach. Defo just go straight to Airlie. Use JACLYNN10 for 10% off on backpackersdeals.com
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Rainbow Beach, Australia
Stay at rainbow beach a night after Fraser Island and go to
- hervey bay and do whale spotting!! Do a cruise here. BEST FROM 16TH JULY!!!!
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Hervey Bay, Australia
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Agnes Water, Australia
Explore here lovely nature
1770 is the first place they set foot sailing into Australia
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Airlie Beach, Australia
Stay nomads 100% !!
Or magnums
Book the clipper asap
- don’t need looooads of time at airlie beach before you do the whitsundays as not loads to do there
- 1 or 2 nights is good
To do in Airlie:
- go to the lagoons
- and good party island !!!
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Whitsunday Island, Australia
Great Barrier Reef snorkelling and diving
Best place ever!
Do the overnight cruise
BOOK WITH ATLANTIC CLIPPER
- start on 13th July
- $649
For 1 night
- British defender ( but big tour groups do this one )
- Avatar ( 2 days 2 nights ) - this is cheaper than the 3 days 2 nights (oz sail). 25 people. Is a very good adventure boat!!!!
- clipper is not GOOD don’t do party boats as no point as you want to see whitsundays!!
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Mackay, Australia
Wakeboarding
Sunrise with kangaroos
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Magnetic Island, Australia
Have to stop in Townsville to go to magnetic island
Rent jeeps around magnetic island
Do the koala trail
- stay at nomads !!
- rent a jeep to explore island (Barbie cars)
- do forts walk ( koala trail )
- horeshoe bay
- selinas for free bird feeding, koala sanctuary and yoga
- jeffrey bay for wallebes
- sunset at picnic bay jettee
- see wild walkabes at Arcadia / rent 4x4 from here
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Mission Beach, Australia
Not much to do here other than sky dive/ scenic dive??
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Cairns, Australia
Stay
- Gillian’s or global backpackers
To do
- scuba diving from cairns and Great Barrier Reef. Go to middle reef or continental reef (as inner reef is damaged). SILVERSWIFT has been recommended. You can see as much as possible during one day. Has exclusivity for islands. Do snorkelling and diving
- do uncle Brian trips!!!!! Overnight
- best party night is on a Monday night !!!
Creeks
Mills milla
Davies creek
Stoney creek falls ( glacier rock hike)
Isabella falls
Crystal cascades
Fairy falls
Lake Eachem
Lake morris
Nandroya falls, tchupala falls hiking
Windin falls
Emerald falls waterfalls
Crystal creek
bartle frere
Blue whole
Walshes pyramid (hike)
- drive away (Milla milla falls)
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Port Douglas, Australia
- don’t need to stay here is for granny’s
- maybe go if doing day trips otherwise don’t need too much