Wow Sydney!
This city is incredible! just when I've gone to my favorite place in the world... I hit another city and it tops it....
Sydney is such a cosmopolitan city, so many people, so many cultures, I never ever would have imagined it, it is one heck of an eye opening experience to see so many different types of people from all different areas of the world... it truly does bring light to how big this world really is and how diverse it is... it's amazing.
Got my 2nd cell phone.. I'm the man...2 mobiles... kewl eh? one for calling Canada and one for sending and receiving SMS messages... crazy no? but at least they work.. which is great!
took another nap, then finally left for my trek around town... walked to the harbour, saw the opera house. It needs a tad of a paint job, not the nice pretty white thing that we all see on TV, the roof is actually quite brown and icky poo if you ask me... but it's a nice building... they had this Ship docked at one of the piers... the damn thing is massive... I'm talking absolutely, incredibly, no doubt about it, HUGE! words can't really explain the size of this thing, the only way I can try and describe it is BiG... pic come soon me hopes...
Took a moment at the top of one of the lookout points... woweee... just gorgeous.. it reminds me a whole lot of Victoria... but 10 times bigger, same look / feel, different accent and much better looking women (yes, I said that) but it has that kind of atmosphere.. I wandered around some more, guess I ended up on some strange road, looks like they are rebuilding it and trying to clean up its image... it was right near the Sydney theatre I think.. turns out there's a memorial for a guy and his buddy that were shot there... looked recent too, so sad... why do people do such stupid things, if only everybody could respect life more...it's way too short... the thing that caught my eye was a pic of one of they guys and a written note along the lines of "the man our daughter loved with all her heart" really sad...
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not too sure about the cause or if anything else has happened since, but it's quite sad regardless.
Kept walking some more and came across these really nice apartment buildings... looked across the street and it's the Wharf, with a big sign stating that it's an operating wharf and harbour and there is going to be noise to deal with 24/7 ... talk about not making sure you invest in the right property... poor people probably got snookered real good on that one.
more walking led me to the King Street Wharf, had a bite to eat at this really trendy pub/patio/bar called Bungalow 8. All the other places on the block were dead, this one was jammed with people and it only got busier... strange concept though... everything is self service, you want a drink, go get it from the bar... you want food, go order it from the bar or the kitchen... ok they'll drop it off and clean the tables... but thats it... talk about keeping the costs down... and yet the place is super packed... I don't get it..shrug..
met 2 girls there that work for some investment bank around the corner... I guess this place is the after work hangout for most that work in the area... got some good travel tips from em as well. People are pretty friendly around these parts. headed out from there and wandered back to the internet cafe... again so many people on the street, all different shapes, colors, sizes, it's something I think everybody should come see if they can... the area is called Haymarket, I think it's their version of Chinatown.
I'm just really glad and thankful to be here, it's one hell of an opportunity.
Sydney is such a cosmopolitan city, so many people, so many cultures, I never ever would have imagined it, it is one heck of an eye opening experience to see so many different types of people from all different areas of the world... it truly does bring light to how big this world really is and how diverse it is... it's amazing.
Got my 2nd cell phone.. I'm the man...2 mobiles... kewl eh? one for calling Canada and one for sending and receiving SMS messages... crazy no? but at least they work.. which is great!
took another nap, then finally left for my trek around town... walked to the harbour, saw the opera house. It needs a tad of a paint job, not the nice pretty white thing that we all see on TV, the roof is actually quite brown and icky poo if you ask me... but it's a nice building... they had this Ship docked at one of the piers... the damn thing is massive... I'm talking absolutely, incredibly, no doubt about it, HUGE! words can't really explain the size of this thing, the only way I can try and describe it is BiG... pic come soon me hopes...
Took a moment at the top of one of the lookout points... woweee... just gorgeous.. it reminds me a whole lot of Victoria... but 10 times bigger, same look / feel, different accent and much better looking women (yes, I said that) but it has that kind of atmosphere.. I wandered around some more, guess I ended up on some strange road, looks like they are rebuilding it and trying to clean up its image... it was right near the Sydney theatre I think.. turns out there's a memorial for a guy and his buddy that were shot there... looked recent too, so sad... why do people do such stupid things, if only everybody could respect life more...it's way too short... the thing that caught my eye was a pic of one of they guys and a written note along the lines of "the man our daughter loved with all her heart" really sad...
Read the Story
not too sure about the cause or if anything else has happened since, but it's quite sad regardless.
Kept walking some more and came across these really nice apartment buildings... looked across the street and it's the Wharf, with a big sign stating that it's an operating wharf and harbour and there is going to be noise to deal with 24/7 ... talk about not making sure you invest in the right property... poor people probably got snookered real good on that one.
more walking led me to the King Street Wharf, had a bite to eat at this really trendy pub/patio/bar called Bungalow 8. All the other places on the block were dead, this one was jammed with people and it only got busier... strange concept though... everything is self service, you want a drink, go get it from the bar... you want food, go order it from the bar or the kitchen... ok they'll drop it off and clean the tables... but thats it... talk about keeping the costs down... and yet the place is super packed... I don't get it..shrug..
met 2 girls there that work for some investment bank around the corner... I guess this place is the after work hangout for most that work in the area... got some good travel tips from em as well. People are pretty friendly around these parts. headed out from there and wandered back to the internet cafe... again so many people on the street, all different shapes, colors, sizes, it's something I think everybody should come see if they can... the area is called Haymarket, I think it's their version of Chinatown.
I'm just really glad and thankful to be here, it's one hell of an opportunity.
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