It was a surprisingly long flight to Sydney from Bangkok, around 9 hours. So we were pretty sleepy when we got there and after the bus back to the hostel we just chilled out and got our bearings. It was a bit of a party hostel and we were in a dorm, but luckily it was a 3 bed dorm and not one of the 10 bed ones! We had two different people staying with us over the 6 nights, our first was an Irish man who was in his 40's and fairly patronising, giving us daily tips on how to survive such as; "Did you know that you shouldn't leave things in your room? They'll just get stolen. I take everything with me, i take my passport, my drivers license, my bank cards, my money,
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