10/04/08 I arrived in Sydney on Saturday at around 9:30 am, so I was really excited to have the entire day to explore. My place of residence for the next few days was to be the Dlux Hostel, which is in Kings Cross, supposedly in the middle of the red light district. I only reserved two nights, in case it was nightmarish. However, I actually ended up quite liking it. It’s fairly clean, not run-down, the sheets are thick, the staff really friendly, there are events planned every night, it has a much more social atmosphere than the other places I’ve been, and the location is actually great. It’s probably the least creepy red light district ever, and it’s really close to everything. I spent that first day determinedly marching to every major site I knew
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