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Sydney - City by the bay down under
Sydney is the sister city of san francisco and some say one of the true great cities of the world. We're not sure exactly what makes one city a sister of another, but we felt quite at home in Sydney. It truly is kind of a san francisco meets london on a small scale. Similarities include good walking neighborhoods, lots of hip ventures, hills, water …
Seven and a Half Months Gone and Still Going...
Seven and a Half Months Gone and Still Going... ======================================= ======== Warmest greetings once again from DEZ 'Down Under', Another 7 weeks or so has passed since my last RTW Trip email update and here once more for your visual digest (or just to feed your trash bin :) is the latest 'chunky' installment! In brief, - I'm …
An Operatic Display of Excellence
... unless I could pick it up by 11am (giving him an hours grace if need be, but he didn't need to know this) .That seemed to swing it. Sorted. That night we headed back down to Darling Harbour, to visit a legendary restaurant called Hurricanes. This Aussie eatery is known for its Man Vs. Food sized portions. Big, in other words, for those of you who haven't seen the tv programme, hosted by Adam Richman. Now there's a fella who can put his grub away. By this point, we were ...
Our first experience of goon.
... all hangovers...we had 2 glasses im not kidding.
Well anyway, we sat on the beach playing our 2 different versions of irish snap with the guys just getting to know them before heading out to a proper bar/club. We got back onto the million pound conversation. The first guy said he would buy lots of stuff and set up a charity (we decided that didn't count), the second guy said he would give some to charity. I massively overreacted with excitement ...
Bridge Climbers
... bridge is 135 metres above the average water level (during construction, only 1 individual who fell to the water below survived) and you have to climb along the outer curvature to reach the highest point. Of the two of us, I was the first to experience any fear, and that was just at the ticket counter when we found out it was $225 per person to do the climb (the initial toll charged for a car was 6 pence while a horse and rider was charged 3 pence)!! With ...
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