It all began when yours truly stumbled upon an Airasia ad in the online news. This led to a Skype conversation with Sun, Miza and Nesreen.. and within hours, 5 return tickets to Gold Coast, Australia were purchased (impulsively) Then we started planning for the rest; accomodation, VISA/ETA, places of interests, transportation, converting ringgits etc...

Come 27th March. After 8 gruelling hours on the flight, we arrived at Coolangatta airport at 7:40am local time and took a bus to our backpackers hostel in Surfers Paradise.


We didn't do much on the first day. Decided to ditch our initial plan to visit the wax museum after the backpackers' owner gave it a poor review. Took a cruise on Aquaduck- an amphibious vehicle that can go on the road and on the sea. Sounds interesting eh? Not really . The weather was perfect by the way. It drizzled a little in the morning, but with the right amount of UV Had lunch at a halal kebab restaurant, several kms from the hostel. Strolled around town, shop-hopping We were dragging our feet everywhere; we couldn't decide what to do!


..and we had maggi for dinner. Yummy.