By Cindy Fan
Australia is enormous. At 7.6 million square kilometers, the world’s sixth largest country also happens to be an entire continent. But don’t be daunted. There’s no better way to experience the land down under than by hitting the open road.
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By Cindy Fan
KOH PHANGAN, THAILAND—I believe in signs. You know, those uncanny moments in life, undoubtedly of divine orchestration, that kick you in the pants to do something whether you want to or not.
That’s how I found myself at the world’s largest beach party, painted head-to-flip-flop in fluorescent DayGlo, guzzling vodka soda from a beach bucket.
By Cindy Fan
KANGAROO ISLAND, AUSTRALIA – Craig tells me to put my head into the hole in the ground and I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised. All morning, he’s told me to look up trees, into shrubs, under thorny bushes.
On hands and knees, I cautiously poke my head in and abruptly come face to face with a wee fairy penguin, the smallest species of penguin on earth. He looks equally amazed by my sudden appearance as I am with his, and we regard each other with wonder. I’m giddy – yet another animal to add to my growing list. Read on…