Blogs from Bondi Beach, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania - page 4

The last few days have been painful to say the least, which has resulted in me not doing too much but rest back at Bondi. I drove back from the Blue Mountains on Saturday morning, much to the relief of my roommates who no doubt endured a dreadful night's sleep while I snored through my mouth, on account of my bloody and blocked nose. The drive back was uncomfortable - my back hurts far more than anything else so steering was interesting. Back at the car hire place, I managed to get 50 dollars refunded to me on account of the sat nav failing to charge up in the car I was driving (not sorry to see the back of the Corolla - not a patch on my Hyundais...), so there was some good news at ... read more

Ett forsta inlagg for att komma igang med min nya blogg och forhoppningsvis kommer det att foljas av atskilliga langre inlagg under mina 4 manader pa vift. Just nu forsoker jag bara smalta att det verkligen har borjat och att sa mycket ligger framfor mig. Den varma solen och brannande punkter pa kroppen dar man missat med solkramen gor en pamind om att det faktiskt ar pa riktigt, tillsammans med den dar skona kanslan i magen. Resan gick smidigt trots att den varade over 30 timmar. Motte upp med Jonas och Bjorn pa Arlanda och efter att ha akt SAS till London blev vi valdigt imponerade av Erihat Airways standard pa sina plan, inga problem med att fordriva tiden direkt, bland annat genom att anvanda tarningar som Jonas har med sig for att ta diverse beslut, ... read more

We were up early and heading over to Bondi by 7.30am for a Yoga class held by the sea at Bondi. The class it at the end of the beach in Iceberg’s (a café/pool/gym resort) and looks out over the ocean – if you’re going to try Yoga, this is definitely the place to do it! The class was really busy, with only a couple of inches between each yoga mat, but it felt good to be twisting and turning our bodies whilst taking in the fresh sea air first thing on a Saturday. After the class we planned to spend the day on Bondi beach, but first picked up some breakfast at McDonalds (there goes the good that the yoga class did)! There was a strange haze over the Northern end of Bondi beach for ... read more

I planned for a day at the beach today. With everyone working I was off on my own again today. I woke up this morning grabbed a few apples and walked out the door. Of course I brushed my teeth, bathed, clothed myself and dropped the extra weight before heading out the door. Again another beautiful day in Australia as I walked to the train station. I forgot to mention that being in Sydney almost feels like being in China. The first thing I noticed when I got out of the plane was a lot of Chinese people. And walking around Sydney's CBD (atul I defined this in a previous blog entry, ref. Sydney Day 1 blog entry), it is filled with Chinese people. So I wonder sometimes if I came to Sydney for vacation or ... read more

Day 3, 14/9/11: Learned to surf today which was brilliant, managed to stand up twice but got so worn out that I couldn't do it anymore so I have booked up for a 5 day learn to surf trip up to Byron Bay. Was at a private beach about 45mins away from Bondi, had to wear wet suits and got to drive in a 4WD along the beach. Waves were awesome. Day 4, 15/9/11: Had a travel talk this morning and went to Bondi at around lunch time, went for a swim in the water and the massive waves, met some of the lifeguards from Bondi Rescue and a 72 year old Australian man taught me and this girl how to body board but the water was very cold. We then had a fairly long walk ... read more