So to recap:
- departed from Toronto, Canada (Pearson airport) at ~9pm
- arrived in London, England (Heathrow airport) at ~9am local time (~6 hours of travel, 0 hours of sleep)
- NOTES:
- showered successfully
- bought sandwiches.. and chocolate
- departed Heathrow at ~9pm (12 hours of waiting, 2 hour of sleep)
- arrived in Bangkok, Thailand (? airport) at ~? (~? hours travel, 1 hour of sleep)
- NOTES:
- very warm -- an unsettling precursor to Australian weather..
- security officers are "friskier" than those in Canada or London -- was pleased to learn that my groin was not armed
- departed Bangkok when the sun was near the horizon -- unsure whether it was rising or setting (1 hour of waiting)
- arrived in Sydney, Australia (? airport)
- NOTES:
- forgot aluminum water bottle on plane; attempted to get Baggage Services to retrieve it; failure
- despite warnings about the severity of Sydney Customs officers they are found to be amiable
- telephoned Backpackers Headquarters Hostel to make use of their offer for free airport pickup; failure -- no answer on their end; waited 30mins, then redialed -- failure -- no answer; waited 5mins, then redialed -- failure -- no answer; waited 0mins, then redialed -- failure -- no answer; waited 0mins, then redialed -- success (!)
- departed Sydney airport when the taxi arrived
- NOTES:
- Australian accents can be mixed with any other accent to create unimagined hybrids (i.e., aussie-indian, aussie-polish, etc.)
- arrived at hostel
- NOTES:
- reception: pleasant and helpful
- dorm-mates: nocturnal (i.e., sleep during the day)
- beds: ~clean
- showers: separated by tinted glass (first noticed this while trying to determine if I was the unknown naked man in the mirror -- there was no mirror -- I was not the unknown naked man)
-Tyler/Jenny
2 comments:
dear jen/tyler, Feb.26/9, I really like your writing style- it's succinct, funny, 'frisky', covers the important points (eg.getting showers, getting chocolate), and the aspects nobody would notice (aussie-polish)- keep the prose coming!! We'll look for the water-bottles when we come. Why couldn't you sleep during the flight? Did you eat all the granola bars you took on the flight? I still don't understand why they'd have tinted glass in the shower- I mean, what's the purpose in that?
How hot has it been- I hear that 60% of Queensland is flooded-this sure seems like alot.
what are first impressions of Sydney? continue to have a great time, and keep the stories coming, thanks,...lahd
Hey guys!!!
ty sorry to hear that you were not the unknown naked man....that was a sad revelation for you i suppose....made me laugh! its been bitter cold here! australia is sounding better and better...maybe josh and i should get married there? :) hope you guys are having a good time. miss you and take care!
Laura & Josh
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