1-17 November November 1st brings me into Sydney and the comforting arms of the Commonwealth. Travelling in a foreign country where everybody speaks English (or some variation thereof) seems so easy now after the last 7 months! Scrap the guidebook, scrap the maps and the phrasebook, now all I have to do is ask someone and it's done! I spent the first few days wandering around Sydney, seeing Sydney Harbor, the aquarium, numerous parks, and visiting a coffeeshop or 12. I also saw three movies in the theaters, I guess I had some unconscious entertainment cravings that needed sorting out. Sydney is a beautiful city but it is quite expensive and this was a bit of shock after Asia, although the prices had progressively been rising between India and Thailand, so it wasn't as bad as
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