First stop: Sydney Chinatown!

June 17, 2010 - We landed on a cold, rainy Thursday morning. Well, I think it’s Thursday anyways… I’ve lost track of all time and space at this point. Not much to do today, other than check into our hotel and run some errands. All unexciting ventures: find internet to post this blog (most important task), buy a SIM card to be connected to the rest of the world, exchange cash money, and find food.

Although a boring day, many new discoveries were made as we ventured out of the hotel. First discovery: wow, there are a lot of Asian people here. Granted, our hotel is near Chinatown apparently. Second discovery: there is a place with bun bo hue right next door to our hotel (score!) - see photo. Third discovery: don’t exchange money at real banks; they’ll rip you off (oops!). Can you believe money exchange booths give out a better rate?!? Ugh, ok off to take a midday nap!

After awaking from our snooze and showering, we were happy to see that it was sunny! Too bad by now it's 4pm and there's nothing left to do except find an internet shop and book the remaining hotels and excursions for our upcoming trip to Cairns. The second half of the day was just about as exciting as the first although we did get some delicious (although salty) Chinese food for dinner. The night ended early with some soccer matches being watched in the hotel room and then some much needed shut eye.

Next stop, Cairns and Port Douglas for some diving in the Great Barrier Reef, exploring the Daintree rain forest and beaches along the north Queensland Territory. Check back soon for more pictures and updates!