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We arrived in Sydney on time, however absolutely exhausted as couldn't sleep. Ended up watching movies the entire journey - anchorman 2, 12 years a slave, American hustle and the new remake of carrie.
A little upset at how efficient the airport was. Immigration was us scanning our passports so no stamp in my passport :(
Got a shuttle to the hostel which is ideally located about a 10 minute walk from the bridge and opera house.
As it was still quite early we checked in and then ditched our bags so as to not wake everyone in the dorm.
Walked as far as the shops and bought some slightly warmer clothes! Definitely not as hot as Thailand but that's a welcome relief!
Later in the day we ventured down to the Capitol theatre and booked lion king tickets and then down to the opera house and bridge. Found a guylian chocolate cafe and had a spot of afternoon tea.
During the walk back to the hostel the heavens opened and we got soaked. Spent so long trying to find a bus to take us back that we ended up back at the hostel without even realising it!
Popped to the 7 eleven to purchase some dinner which ended up being a macaroni cheese pot which turned out to be pretty disgusting - finally eating like a back packer though!
We decided to join in the quiz in the hostels bar - scary canary. 11 teams and for the most part we were last but the conundrum round did us well. You had to guess the word, write it down and be the first to hand it to the DJ. I positioned myself ready, found the word quickly and proceeded to take out a pretty big guy but we won the additional 10 points which helped in getting us 4th place at the end. Decided to carry on with the trend of drinking only local beers. Thailand had Chang and Australia had one fifty lashes. Still very disappointed that fosters isn't really Australian!
A guy named matt from Canada asked to join us (us being me Mel and Laura our dorm mate) and that is where things went down hill rapidly! What started out as a civilised quiz ended in ring of fire and sitting on the hostel floor drinking until 3am!
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