Around the World in 80 Girls: The Epic 3 Year Trip of a Backpacking Casanova by Neil Skywalker

Author:Neil Skywalker
Language: eng
Format: mobi, azw3, epub
ISBN: 9781477470015
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2012-06-06T21:00:00+00:00

I had forgotten all the guilt, regret and self-pity I felt in Cebu.

Nr 40.

Half way there….

Chapter Four – Oceania

Oceania – Australia

My plan was to go from the Philippines to Australia, then visit New Zealand and carry on to South America. Looking into things, I found that single flights were horribly expensive, especially the one from New Zealand to Argentina or Chile ($2-3,000). It turned out to actually be cheaper to buy a round-the-world ticket. A lot cheaper. I paid $1,700 for this: Singapore to Sydney, Sydney to Auckland, Auckland to Buenos Aires –and even an extra flight include from Buenos Aires to Santiago de Chile. Four flights for less money than just one. The only problem was that I had to decide how long I was going to stay in Australia and New Zealand. I figured twenty-five days each would be enough. The countries were horribly expensive anyway and I didn’t want to spend much money in a western country. South America and hot Latinas were waiting on the other side.

I flew from Manila to Singapore, stayed there two days, and flew to Sidney. Donna told me that she couldn’t meet me there. This was the second time she’d promised something and called it off later. She then said she’d try to meet up in Sydney and spend some time with me again. It never happened and I lost contact with her not much later, when she told me she was going to move to Perth and stay with one of her boyfriends, and probably marry him. She’s too wild to ever be a long-term relationship option for me, but still I had such a good time with her that she is still on my mind from time to time. But so are many other girls too.

The Brisbane customs had it in for me: I had to make a short stop there before I flew to Sydney. After a long interview, a study of my passport and ongoing tickets, I was able to convince them I was only planning on doing some sightseeing and would then be moving on to New Zealand. Non-Australians over thirty aren’t allowed to work in Australia, so customs are worried when they see rogue backpackers coming into the country who might take on an illegal job there.

Everything in Sidney, and I mean everything, was expensive. I stayed in a hostel that looked like a backpacker factory. There must have been at least four hundred people there so everything was really impersonal. The ten-person dorm cost twenty–six dollars a night and I spend about ten to fifteen dollars a day on food. The cheapest pack of cigarettes was twelve dollars and a pack of Marlboros cost eighteen dollars.

Except for the sightseeing I didn’t like the city at all. Sure, the Sydney Opera and the famous bridge are beautiful, and so are a few other things, but it’s just a big city like I’d seen many times before in Europe. The girls there weren’t really lookers and I wasn’t interested in backpackers at all.

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