Tuesday, June 5, 2007

Arrival in Sydney

It always pays to have low expectations --

After the flight from hell across the states two months ago my expectations of any flight has gone down quite a bit -- but the ads are right -- we all should fly Emirates. I did yesterday (AKL-SYD) and it was great. Very good food, heaps of movies to choose from, and 3 seats to myself. Lovely.

My expectations for Sydney (and Australia in general) are quite low -- no real reason, probably just from being in NZ for the past 2 months. After getting thru customs (shortest time thru customs ever, I think) and finding the shuttle bus (the guy came up to me; and I was worried about finding it) it was off to the G'Day backpackers with a newfound German friend (who also was on the shuttle bus and is staying in the backpackers -- we're in the same room, actually). The hostel is a good solid hostel - comfy beds (altho it seems that there's a rubber sheet on it -- hello I'm not 3 yrs old), a big garden area, free brekkie and internet.

Today I'm off to get a feel for the city -- only 4 full days here, so I'll need to act fast.

Peace.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Glad to hear you are safely in Australia. Have fun exploring

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