Arriving in Sydney We arrived in Sydney close to midnight after a 9 hour stint on our final Greyhound bus. Driving over the Harbour Bridge, we were treated to a fantastic view of the city, with the Opera House illuminated against the night sky. We caught a taxi to our hostel, which we had pre-booked for our first night, prior to winning the quiz. It was ominously called D-lux and was situated in the Kings Cross area of the city, which like its counterpart in London, is the rather seedy side of town. The hostel was just a doorway next to a kebab shop and a group were loitering in the foyer, playing an acoustic guitar hippy-style. Fortunately we couldn't hear the music from the room, which turned out ok considering our first impressions of the
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