Thank Goodness for the Internet!

Our accommodation in Sydney is booked! Good to know that we won't be turning up "homeless" two days before Christmas with nowhere to stay! We'll be spending 12 nights at the Sydney Central YHA, which by all accounts is recommended and located in a handy location for all the city sights!

So now, with the big one out of the way, we're looking for a little bit of R&R in Bangkok when we first arrive, jet-lagged and weary, for a few nights before we hit the backpacking scene properly.

The Internet is making this all possible, I can't imagine what it would have been like trying to sort out things like this over the phone. Only thing is, there are so many search results for "hotels in Bangkok", where do you start?

I went back to the library (again) this morning, to loan out my hometown's only copy of the Rough Guide to Thailand. It has (in)conveniently been misplaced - it isn't out on loan, just not on the shelf where it should be! I've had to settle for another publisher's (in my opinion, inferior) version, but it's a start!

I managed to pick up a pocket guidebook to Sydney for just 50p though, so that'll be coming along for the ride and then I'll lovingly donate it to a fellow traveler upon my departure up the Gold Coast!