FINALLY. A hotel with *free* internet access! So here I am with a quick pic I want to share…

Rob and I got to cuddle a koala in Kuranda yesterday. Amazing experience.

Off to snorkel at the Great Barrier Reef tomorrow!

Last week was so insane that I didn’t have time to write up a quick entry mentioning that I was headed off on my long-awaited vacation. Rob and I left for Manila on the 1st and now we’re in Melbourne! I’m in McDonald’s currently using their free wi-fi. Hehe. It’s been a fantastic vacation so far. I’ll post pics when we get back in 2 weeks and I’ll try to update here or on my Twitter when I can.

I FINALLY got approval for 3 weeks (!!!) of vacation from work in August.

So what am I planning to do with all that time off? Rob and I are taking an anniversary trip to the other side of the world — first stop is the Philippines to visit my grandma in Manila and then we’re off to Australia. We purchased our airline tickets as soon as I found out I could take the time off.

Here’s our plan:

Manila – 3 days
Melbourne – 3 days
Cairns – 6 days
Uluru – 2 days
Sydney – 5 days

YAYAYAYAYAY. SO exciting!

I know that airline charges have become ridiculous lately but can you believe that we saved almost $1,000 by booking 2 round trip tickets to Manila and Sydney from LAX when we’re only planning on flying one leg of each ticket (LAX to Manila then Sydney to LAX)?!? There is something seriously wrong with that pricing.

Now I’m off to research hotels… 🙂