Hello from the most beautiful city in the world! (so far...)
I have finally arrived in Sydney after a grueling 36 hours of flying and waiting in airports. My flight from Vancouver to Hong Kong was the most painstaking at a whopping 14 hours but it did have it's moments. I was sitting next to an Indian fellow (95% of the people on the plane were Indian enroute to Delhi via Hong Kong) who was very talkative and funny. It's unfortunate that I couldn't understand most of the things he was saying. He did however think it would be funny to get me drunk so he ordered multiple "coke whiskeys" and put them in front of me, I of course felt like I had something to prove and drank round after round until I finally fell asleep. After getting to Hong Kong I had a three hour layover before I headed to Sydney, I slept. The flight over to Sydney was a bit better (9.5 hours) and all in all a pleasant experience.
The flight into Sydney was one of the most surreal and breathtaking things I have ever seen...the beaches, the harbours, the Sydney Harbour bridge and the Opera house were all looking incredible from the air. Now I have heard multiple people tell me how "chill" Aussies are but I definitely found out first hand when I went through customs. The customs officer took a look at my passport and my declaration card and gave it a stamp. No "how long will you be staying," "what is the purpose of your trip," nothing. I wasn't complaining. Kim and Kristine met me at the airport and we headed back to the hostel which is just off Central Station in Sydney and about a 5 minute walk from my future residence (which I have yet to check out). We sorted out our luggage and put the majority of our stuff (my laptop included unfortunetly) into storage until we get back from seeing the country. After that was said and done we headed down to Darling Harbour and checked out the wildlife exhibit. Kangaroos, Snakes, Koalas, you name it they had it...very cool.
A Koala from the wildlife exhibit. If you look close you can see a baby hiding there too!
After the exhibit we had dinner on darling harbour and took a ferry of to Circle Quay (the Sydney Opera House). We walked around the area for a bit and I think it will be an awful long time before it gets old. It is absolutely incredible and no picture I have seen to date can really do it justice.
Sydney Harbour - Day 1
After all was said and done we headed back to the hostel, which is where I find myself now. Having slept probably less than 8 hours in the last 60 hours I am surprisingly doing alright. Tomorrow morning we are flying to Adelaide, picking up our wicked camper van (see http://www.wickedcampers.com.au/) and hitting the road a day or two later. Talk to you then.
Take care,
kc
4 comments:
You must be exhausted! It looks beautiful - I can't believe you will be living so close to the action. I checked out the site for the camper van - very cool. You should look into the 'Naked Special' (if you turn up naked you get your first day of rental for free!) Good thing you're used to not sleeping and drinking too much! Love you and take care.
HI, sounds like its going well minus no sleeeping! If you send an email again my address is ccc .... not cc..... so edit that perhaps if it's saved that way. I stalked Keith Urban on the internet and they bought a house in Sutton Forest which appears to be a little SW of you so if you take a journey that way snap a shot of their place.... The mansion has a name.... Bunya Hill. 5 second research. Anyways have FUN, and if you're too sweaty just imagine yourself here its -30/ -40 windchill ! !
its so weird to think that you're on the other side of the globe kevin! have so much fun campervanning. take adorable pictures of kangaroos and elephants for me.
yay you made it! Have fun take risks, talk to strangers, eat strange food, and don't forget to go bungee jumping!!!! (if you go to New Zealand)!
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