It was really good to be back in Oz and this time we were going to 'do' Sydney properly. We stayed with my cousin Ritu and her family ion Mortdale once more but this time felt like we really got to know them well. The day after we landed I turned 29 and for a treat Kelly booked us into a 5 star hotel in the centre of the city for a night. It was nice to have a bit of luxury and we spent most of the day walking around the Rocks, enjoying some drinks in the sunshine and taking [View Full Entry]

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So we finally arrive in Sydney for Christmas and New Year. Checked into our hotel which was to be our home for the next 10 days. We went up to our room and wow!! amazing views over Sydney Harbour. The room was huge after staying in hostels, a bedroom, sittng room with two day beds and a large bathroom with a jaccuzi. After making use of the fantastic bathroom we head down to the bar to celebrate arriving in Sydney. Bill ordered his favourite Dirty Martini but realised it was a mistake when it turned up looking very greasy. Ugh!. The [View Full Entry]

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A few weeks before we headed off for Australia, my friend Sunjay happened to mention that he would be there. Small world huh? So Kim and I spent a few days with Sunjay, Bindu, and Maya in Sydney. You may remember that Sunjay is a friend from the USA and we spent a few days with him in southern India at the following link: http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Karnataka/Mysore/blog-294039.html We met Sunjay and family for dinner and a walk around Circular Quay and then the next day we all went to the Blue Mountains together on a tour. The Blue Mountains are west of Sydney, [View Full Entry]

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Well i made it! I can quite honestly say, that was the longest and hardest flight ive ever done! Absolutely brutal! The first section was fairly ok as the plane was completely empty! about 10 people to 30 seats in my section, Thailand airport was more than interesting, much better than heathrow, apart from getting followed by a scary security man, although i did look really really really rough! After eventually getting back on the plane, i had someone sitting next to me this time, absolutely hilarious australian guy who kept shouting during the safety briefing as he'd had a few [View Full Entry]

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Right, well we do we begin? What a busy six days it's been. Despite the weather being pretty poo we've done loads! All baring Saturday it's rained which has been pretty depressing as we've waited so long to come out and the rain really (pardon the pun) puts a dampener on things. Thursday was just taken up with getting over the worst bit of jet lag and trying to find our barings. We found the bridge climb place and sorted out the details of our Bridge Climb for saturday, found a few top pubs, had a walk along the harbour and [View Full Entry]

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