Day 41 continued....Into the mist. As the train got further from Sydney and the views changed from city, to suburbia, to mountain scenery, the rain started to ease off and instead, the train was shrouded in thick mist as the sun set. By the time we reached Katoomba two hours later, it was difficult to see anything, even only a couple metres ahead. After ten minutes of walking through cloud down the main street of town I reached the local YHA. In contrast to the hostel in Sydney, everything here shut up at ten o'clock. This included the laundry and kitchens, and so in desperate need of clean clothes and something to eat, I had a bit of a mad rush sorting out some dinner and doing my washing. Fortunately, although most people seemed to disappear
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