This morning I visited the Chinese Garden of Friendship in Darling Harbour. It’s a nice garden in the midst of the city. I took a walk through Paddy’s market in Chinatown for souvenirs. There were a number of good deals. The uber took a while to get to the hotel, but eventually I made it…
I walked along the goods line which has a very interesting building called the paper bag building to the Central Park Mall which has a very interesting amount of greenery on the outside and water in the skylight. I joined a free tour of Sydney that walked past most of the areas I am familiar…
The plan today was to take an $18 bus tour of the eastern suburbs including Bondi beach. Before the bus tour I visited Queen Victoria building. It has two large mechanical clocks. A few more interesting buildings along the way…. The bus tour first took us to Mrs Macquarrie’s chair…. I took a couple of…
Today I took advantage of the discounted fares on the train to visit the Blue Mountains. A couple of years ago I visited via a bus tour that left from Sydney. Going by train was much cheaper… it was supposed to be $2.70 each way, but when I got back to Sydney Central train station…
I had booked a shared transfer from the airport to my hotel. It was $18 AUD, while the metro has an outrageous $20 platform fee at the airport. I was actually able to check into my hotel quite early in the morning. The room is nice, but not fancy. I took a shower then took…
I call it day 1 & 2 because I’m flying from Houston at 8:30 PM on Nov 15th and arrive in Sydney on Nov 17th at 7:00 AM due to the international time line. I used miles to fly to Sydney, so I’ve flown more miles for free on United on this one flight alone…
I applied for my Australian ‘Electronic Travel Authority’ today. It’s kind of a visa, but really a $20 (Australian Dollars) entry fee. It’s good for a year after applying for it.
I booked myself on another cruise today: Royal Caribbean Radiance of the Seas from Sydney, Australia to Auckland, New Zealand. See this cruise and others It was only $690 per person plus taxes and by being a shareholdder I will get $200 onboard credit. I’m looking forward to…
I arrived in Sydney, Australia for the first time this morning. I came from Doha, Qatar – and connected in Sri Lanka and Singapore. So yes, at the end of the trip I will have flown completely around the world…. Once I arrived I bought an Opal card for the metro. Since Sydney Airport charges an…