*the following entry might be disturbing to some*

Malua Bay, NSW

It was all rather interesting really...yeah, i started hitchhiking again...and so i was waiting for some 20 minutes when a dude picked me up and said he could give me a lift to Bega, which is the next town after Merimbula...he's 25ish and looked somewhat decent and clean...we were getting along fine, doing all the usual small talks and asking bout each other and stuff...

and then for no reason at all, he took a detour off the highway and turned in to a farm house. I was later informed that the house belongs to him and the dude invited me in to chillout...Before i have time to gather what this buddy buddy thing is about, he was suddenly smoking pot aka Marijuana, and hmm, invited me to try some too...well, i obviously declined...

the entire fiasco lasted bout half an hour, and thankfully, he did drive me to town...

eventually i managed to make it to Narooma where i stayed for two nights in YHA, hoping to get a glimpse of a Whale passing by, since everyone in town is so excited by it...but alas, luck wasnt on my side...

the day after, i hitched another ride to MaluaBay, all was well this time around, and a woman picked me up...i stayed with Heather, a lovely mother of two gorgeous daughters who's living alone in a huge double-storey bungalow with a million dollar view of the bay...she was the coolest mother ever, well, at least that's what she self-declared, and by cool, i later found out, it means that she drinks and smokes a great deal...

so the first thing we did upon meeting up is to head to the local liquor store to get some booze...dinner was a serious affair, she started off by offering me a glass of whiskey and coke (i had four altogether), and then we have the maincourse of ThaiChicken, followed by creamed coffee and cheese and crackers...

i really did enjoy staying with Heather except that she keeps offering me ciggy and joints, and i didnt want to put her down after rejecting it twice...

Malua bay is really a great place to be, with sunshine aplenty and great beaches to stroll and to get tanned...

Canberra's next...