Quote: (05-23-2010 04:54 AM)gringoed Wrote:
Also I'd love to hear more about Australia, whether it's worth going.
Definitely not !!! Avoid !!!
I lived in Australia for a year about 15 years ago and had a great time back then.
Had a few hot Australian GFs while I was there (note - the hot girls in oz are typically the ones that are mixed race. Eurasians.)
Going back there last month I was shocked.
* Everything is 400% more expensive
* The place has turned into a nanny state. Bars are now fined more than 500 dollars if a person is found on the premises intoxicated. A typical conversation with a doorman goes like this
Me : Hi
DM : How much you had mate
Me (sober) : Erm, none
DM : I think you have had too much. You are not coming in
My cousin was physically thrown out of a bar there because he had "been there a while" and I actually saw a sign in a bar that said "persons approaching intoxication will be ejected from the premises"
Erm .... "approaching intoxication" ... when you have one sip of your first drink you are "approaching intoxication". On top of that, it's their job to get you buzzed.
On top of that the general cuntishness of the average aussie male (and sometimes female) is just off the scale. It was bad the first time I was there but it has actually got worse.
I have some stories to tell next time I see you but lets just say I am amazed I did not get involved in a bar fight while I was there.
People glaring at me, swearing under their breath, giving me hateful stares because they have seen me approach and chat to a girl who responded to me positively, people physically throwing themselves in between me and a girl on approach.
People getting glassed is very common.
Just a horrible, horrible experience compared to last time I was there. Probably the number one low point of the entire trip.
Number one high point so far is Philippines.
And everyone here speaks English.
Book your flight dude.