14th April 2010 - The beginning chapter

So I have been away for just over a week and have done so much already. Starting by flying into Dubai I got to spend a quality 4 days staying with Luke. Having not seen him for just over 3 months it was great to get out there and see what he’s been up to and how he’s been living the high life. After being told that he was ‘bored of the yacht club’ I knew we would be rolling high. The first night ended in both of us passing out after a couple of Tika Buka Buka’s and some hilarious scenes. After being told we should be careful in Dubai when drinking as you really need to behave we decided to ignore this and use our English talents to cause all sorts of problems for people. We wont go into it much further than this but let’s just say we represented our country well.

The following two nights remained along the same lines with 5am finishes becoming pretty standard. I met a lot of his friends out there who were all a right laugh, but we ensured we put them in their place when it came to fifa. Turns out Stortford boys really are the best at x box. Apart from the gratuitous amounts of alcohol consumed I also got to look around the palm at some amazing villas and spent a day at a pretty cool waterpark. It was very busy which kind of sucked when it came to queuing, but was worth it especially for the leap of faith which I’m proud to say we forced Woo to do allowing her to achieve maximum man points. Well done girl!

After this it was time for me to leave Dubai. I had had such a good time I really wanted to stay there for longer but decided it would be better for me to fly on and get my Aussie adventure started. After all, he is a rockafella and can afford to come see me at any time, which had better be soon!

So after a gruelling 13 hour flight I arrived in Sydney. Luckily I was sat next to a pretty cool woman from New Zealand and we had the three seats between us. But it was still horrible….anyway, I arrive in Sydney only to find out my eyes were killing me and I had conjunctivitis. I blame this on my nephew who I will be having some serious words with upon my return, so if your reading this Freddie, heed my warning.

Being pretty jetlagged here I decided it would be best to ride it out and just sleep at night so that I could get into the swing of things as quickly as I could. I met a guy called mark who was staying in my dorm and we went for a couple of beers. He’s a really cool bloke who is running hip hop workshops in Sydney for underprivileged kids. He lives up in Byron Bay and said when im up there I can stay at his and he’ll teach me how to surf which im really looking forward to. After this I was so tired I slept immediately and had an awesome sleep. I was then in the swing of things and was ready to show oz what I am really made of.

So the following morning I had arranged to meet up with Natalie Bamber and Ste. She is the sister of a guy I met up in Liverpool whilst visiting max in February. So I travelled to Bondi Beach to meet them. This place is amazing. It is exactly 1 mile long strip of beach with pure white sands, surfers and loads of hot chicks. I went with Ste and met musical Steve. He is an Australian who is staying in Bondi beach and is a really cool guy. We all headed out for a few beers and worked our way down the strip where I then met up with Natalie and a few of her friends. About 6 beers later and 2 shots and I was feeling really drunk. I don’t know whether it was the sea air, the hot weather or me just being a lightweight, but I was really steaming. I decided it was best for me to leave before things got too out of control so I headed home and was asleep before I hit the pillow. Its really not too bad sharing a room with loads of other people. In fact the other night, Mark’s alarm was going off at about 4 am. Worried about waking everyone up he was rushing to get out of bed to turn it off. Maybe he forgot that he was in the bunk above me but I saw him crash to the floor…..hard. I have never laughed so much at 4 in the morning, but im not too sure that he appreciated that so much, Still…..hilarious.

And so here I am, its Wednesday afternoon and im just chilling out. Im heading back to Bondi Beach tonight to catch up with Nat and Ste and just chill on the beach. I have to be up real early on Thursday so that I can catch the Arsenal vs. Tottenham game. 5am is the time here when it kicks off, but I will 100% be watching us tear apart the scum in their own back garden.

Check back soon for updates and I may even have some pictures soon, I lost my camera charger and so am cameraless, which really sucks. Looks like im gonna just need to buy a new camera all together when I really should be spending my money on booze. Oh well….ce la vie.

So……Good morning, and in case I don’t see you…..Good afternoon, Good evening and Good night.