Sydney

So Im back in Sydney again. This time Im staying at a Hostel called Tokyo Village. Its in Surry Hills, which is kind of a long walk from everything. But the hostel is very nice, not a partyplace and many of the people staying here are working in Sydney and therefor here for a long time. Im staying in a 10bed-room! It is okey, but not much place foy your luggage. The WiFi is extremely expencive, but I found out that there is a library nearby with free internet!

A very neat thing about the hostel is the fact that they offer their guests free rice. They have a ricecooker in the kitchen and it is always warm rice in it, which you are welcome to eat. Helps with my foodbudget, thats for sure! All I need to buy is some salad and some tuna or chicken! And, if I dont use any money on food, I can use more money on clothes and experiences! :)

I came here on Tuesday after a superearly flight from Cairns. Two flights actually - it was cheaper ;) Because my last flight was a little delayed, I arrived at Tokyo Village at 12:30 only to discover that the reseption was closed between 12 and 16:30!!!! Major disapointment! I was lead into the TVroom where I was told i could leave my luggage, and then had to wait FOUR hours! Watched some TV, walked to the store to buy some food, read some in my book, watched some more TV....

After finally getting my roomkey and everything sorted (I feel like i overpaid on the stay, but I couldnt be bothered fighting) I got a map of Sydney and set out to explore. I was told that George St was full of shops and such, so I started walking up there. There is soo much people here. Ended buying a new dress before turing round and heading back to the hostel.

Yesterday was a long day. After reading in my book the day before I found out I had to visit the Australian Museum. Im reading a book called "Down Under" by Bill Branson, and it is very funny. So I took my sunglasses, wallet and a sweater and started walking. After 15min I discovered that I had forgot my camera. I couldnt be bothered turning around, but I probably should have, cause it turned out to be a day full of cool things to see. And that is the reason why this blogentry is writing only. Sorry.

In the museum they had a very cool interactive table. It had a video of the ocean and the beach with spiders, snakes, sharks and jellyfish in it. If you held your hand over it, the different creatures would react the way they would if it was real animals. Infoboxes popped up with information about the creatures. I almost screamed, and actually jumped half a meter backwards when I accidentaly held my hand over a funnelweb spider and it was magnified ten times! SCARY. For those who dont know it, Funnelweb spiders are very common in Sydney (yuk) and extremely dangerous. Also, they are big and hairy and scarylooking. The kids where running around me loving the interactive animals, whilst I almost cried because the spider had "bit" me. Then one of the men working there came over to me and tried convincing me into playing with it! I refused. I moved over to a tiny Redback spider. Also lethal! And he could with a smile around his face tell me that he had found one of those in his backgarden the other day. "I brought it to the museum. Should be around here somewhere. I can bring it over if you want to?" Half a minute later, I was out into the streets, feeling like I had spiders crawling all over me.

My next stop was Paddys Market. The Ground level is just like an asian market. Theyve got a huge fruitmarked and hundreds of small booths which sell everything from nurses outfist via fake Iphonecovers to aboriginal paintings and I <3 Australia T-shirts. I found myself two pairs of sunglasses. Got the price down from 20$ do 18. Pretty sure theyre only worth 5$.....

The upstairs of Paddys Market had a foodcourt and lots of different shops. Got out into the sun again and started walking in the direction of the harbour. Walked all the way to Cirkular Quay, over to the Opera House and sat down when I got to the Botanical Gardens. It is a huge park-area. Really nicelooking, and you can walk all over the place, lie in the sun and enjoy the view of Sydney Harbour with the Harbour Bridge and Opera House.

Walked back towards the hostel through the Gardens and when I finally opened the door, I realised that I had been walking for 6hours! No wonder I was hungry! Todays and tomorrow plans are not made yet, but hopefully I will remember my camera so that this blog can get something more interesting than words in it! :)