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Hostel Review: Elizabeth Hostel, Melbourne – Australia

October 30, 2019 By James Clark

Guesthouse Name: Elizabeth Hostel Address: 490-494 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne, 3000, Australia I stayed at the Elizabeth Hostel in Melbourne. I booked a private room with a shared bathroom for the rate of $63.75 AUD ($43 USD). Staying in a private room in a hostel is a good budget option when travelling in Australia, and this […]

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Hostel Review: Flinders Backpackers, Melbourne – Australia

October 25, 2019 By James Clark

Guesthouse Name: Flinders Backpackers Address: 35 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne, 3000, Australia I stayed at the Flinders Backpackers in Melbourne, Australia. I booked a private room with a shared bathroom for the rate of $75 AUD ($50 USD). There’s alway a bit of sticker shock when I return to Australia direct from Southeast Asia, and this […]

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Where I’m At: May, 2018 – Saigon edition

May 1, 2018 By James Clark 2 Comments

Where I’m At: May, 2018 – Saigon edition

Greetings from Saigon and another edition of Where I’m At; a monthly update of what I’ve been up to and general site news. Where I’ve Been Melbourne After transiting through Kuala Lumpur I started the month in Melbourne, my old home city. In case you didn’t already know, Melbourne is one cool city. If I […]

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Notes on Melbourne: Things I noticed on my annual visit – 2018 Edition

April 18, 2018 By James Clark 5 Comments

Every year I return to my home city of Melbourne to see my family and attend to general business and personal duties. I still by default call Melbourne home, even if I haven’t lived here since 2010. I returned last year after an unintended two year absence, and like last year the city continues to […]

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Flight Review: Jetstar – Melbourne to Ho Chi Minh City

April 13, 2018 By James Clark

Flight Review: Jetstar – Melbourne to Ho Chi Minh City

Flight: Jetstar JQ 63 From: Melbourne (MEL) To: Ho Chi Minh City (SGN) I flew with Jetstar from Melbourne to Ho Chi Minh City. As I am based in Saigon and Melbourne is my Australian home city I was happy to see this service when it began in May, 2017. Previously the only direct service […]

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Hostel Review: Melbourne City Backpackers

April 6, 2018 By James Clark

Hostel Review: Melbourne City Backpackers

Guesthouse Name: Melbourne City Backpackers Address: 197-199 King Street, Melbourne, 3000, Australia I stayed at the Melbourne City Backpackers in Melbourne. This was a last-minute booking for me as I ended up staying in Melbourne another day. I’ve stayed in countless amounts of hostels around the world, but it felt strange to be hostelling in […]

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Hostel Review: Space Hotel Melbourne – an up-market backpacker hostel / budget boutique hotel

April 3, 2018 By James Clark

Hostel Review: Space Hotel, Melbourne - Australia

Hostel Name: Space Hotel Address: 380 Russell St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia I stayed at the Space Hotel in Melbourne. It was weird to be staying in a hotel in my home city, but I can hardly call it my home now and I feel more like a visitor now. I was invited by the hotel […]

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Flight Review: AirAsiaX – Kuala Lumpur to Melbourne

April 2, 2018 By James Clark

Flight Review: AirAsiaX – Kuala Lumpur to Melbourne

Flight: AirAsia X D7 212 From: Kuala Lumpur (KUL) To: Melbourne (MEL) I flew with AirAsia X from Kuala Lumpur to Melbourne. When I’m flying back to Melbourne from Southeast Asia I usually compare flights on Skyscanner from different starting points. I was flying from Saigon initially but I also looked at other hub cities, […]

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A bemused Melburnian returns to Melbourne after two years absence

May 5, 2017 By James Clark 8 Comments

A bemused Melburnian returns to Melbourne after two years absence

I returned to Melbourne after being away for just over two years. I didn’t intend to be away so long, as I like to return to the homeland at least once every calendar year. Unfortunately my back injury of 2016 put me out of commission for a while and I wasn’t able to travel. This […]

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Flight Review: Scoot – Melbourne to Singapore

March 28, 2017 By James Clark

Flight Review: Scoot - Melbourne to Singapore

Flight: Scoot TZ 25 From: Melbourne (MEL) To: Singapore (SIN) I flew with Scoot from Melbourne to Singapore. I was looking for flights from Melbourne back to Southeast Asia and I didn’t have an exact destination in mind so I was flexible about where to fly. I compared different flights with Skyscanner to come up […]

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