Day 26 - We land at Sydney late morning and are picked up by our hostel's free airport pickup service. There are flies everywhere - not the ones that hover on food and rubbish (there aren't any rubbish anyway - the place is spotless) , rather these ones seem to settle on humans - I suspect we are no different to them than cattle.
After checking in our hostel, we have lunch at a cafe nearby. I accidentally order a burger (I'm so jetlagged I forget burgers are usually made of beef -
go figure..). Anyway, I think wasting the poor cow's life by not eating it just because of buddhist beliefs would be the bigger crime...I have to be honest though, after so many years of not touching beef, that was the
best burger I've ever tasted.
Sydney...
I loooooooove Sydney. I wouldn't call it cosmopolitan (
London is cosmopolitan as it has every race under the sun in it), rather just full of whites and chinese. Food is spectacular (their seafood is still the best in all of asia) and both western and southeast asian food is both affordable and best of all, authentic.
Harbourfront...
We meet JD's old friend whom he's not seen for at least 10 years, who takes us around. We do the usual stuff - Harbourfront, Opera House, National Park, dim sum at Chinatown, beaches and aquarium (Nemo is
big here). We didn't have time to see kangaroos, although I did eat one (texture like beef, has an end taste of liver)... Skippy tastes
good ;P
Sydney Aquarium...
Nemo and Bubbles!...
Jellyfish...
Sydney Harbourfront...
Sydney Harbour Bridge...
The Opera House...
Inside the Opera House...
View from lookout in Royal National Park...
No point looking at pics of JD and mate - they're old. So girls, here are some cute bikers instead!
Fish and chips by the sea - yum!, east coast...
Tube...
I actually try (but fail) to see the Coriolis effect in the bathroom sink but I suspect the angle of the sink prolly counteracted any visible effects. Anyway, with their current drought crisis, I think emptying the sink more than 10 times just to see the water drain would be a
little naughty...
From hereon guys, it's family and friends all the way to Singapore which would just bore you anyway, so we think it's time to sign off for now. Here are a couple more pics. Anyone for South America next??
View from ferry to Manly...
Manly beach...
Olympic Walk - those are Olympic medallists displayed from one end of the beach to the other. Somehow I cannot imagine England having one... snrghh snrghh!
Beach at Sentosa, S'pore...
Vivo City (overlooking Sentosa island)...
Orchard road by night, with my Dodgy and Gabbana bag from Beijing...
