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First day in Sydney

We started exploring Sydney today. Andy and I haven’t quite adjusted to Sydney time yet, so we were up early enough to see the sunrise over the bay.

We started off with a walk down to Wooloomooloo Bay and the Royal Botanic Gardens. Looking up into the trees we could see thousands of fruit bats. It freaked andy out a bit, mainly because he nearly got hit by bat poo a couple of times :-p

Walking on a bit further we could see Sydney Opera House and harbor bridge. It really is the the most incredible building. It does look a bit dated close up, which is not surprising considering it was built in the 60s and 70s, but still quite beautiful.

We had a wander around the opera house for a bit then went for a coffee. After that we went past Circular Quay and headed up to the rocks (where people first settled in Sydney). Unsurprisingly it felt very colonial, like how you imagine parts of New Orleans or Havana to look, with it’s little terraced houses with their balconies.

We headed to Darling Harbor for lunch and for a wander around Sydney aquarium. It was alright, but there were far too many parents around with little brats in tow.

In the evening we headed to Kings Cross for dinner. Not the nicest of areas (strip clubs, tramps, hookers etc), but there are some nice restaurants around the fringes. We went to one called Bayswater Brasserie. The food was delicious (and pretty reasonably priced too).

Finally in Sydney

We’ve finally made it to Sydney, and I’m absolutely knackered. I haven’t slept pretty much the whole way here. The food on the plane was pretty horrible this time, as you can see below…

t was basically some dry horrible salad, a pot noodle, a really doughy bread roll, and a rather nasty panna cotta. Thank god they weren’t stingy with the alcohol. I needed something to wash it down and get rid of the nasty after-taste.

We’re staying in an area of Sydney called Potts Point, and our room has a pretty good view of the harbor…

Time to get some sleep finally.

Off to Australia

I’m sitting in Narita Airport just outside Tokyo at the moment. We’ve just got off a 12 hour flight from London, and now we’ve got to sit around for the next 6 hours until we can get the connecting flight to Sydney. Narita has to be the most boring airport I have ever been to. There’s just nothing to do here :-/

The first flight wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be. I didn’t manage to get much sleep, but the seats were fairly comfortable, and the flight wasn’t too crowded. The food was pretty good too (by airline meal standards).

All over the airport they have these weird massage chairs. Since we had nothing better to do we decided to have a go on them. It wasn’t an entirely pleasant experience, it almost felt like someone was punching me in the back half the time :-s