Sydney
two of us planned out our way, and set off on a route from darling harbor to sydney's opera house. [edit: allow me to introduce to you a new friend i've made. meet helen. you'll see her appearing my in photos] we walked, from south to north sydney. and on our way we made many discoveries.
we explored the market city. the stuffs there are really cheap.




here's our breakfast, which lasted till dinner.


we crossed the Prymont Bridge, walked many streets, passed by queens victoria buidling and the sydney tower. we went to Archibald fountain, Australian museum. walked through hyde park, the royal botanic gardens where we managed to squeeze in an hour of impromptu NSW art museum visit before it closes for the day. we even walked around the farm cove from Mrs Macquaries Pt to the sydney opera house. it was such an accomplishment.
i'm so good with maps. we even took our first train ride. their trains are double decked, and you can actually eat and drink all you want, but no alcohol please. bascially it's easy to get around sydney, all you have to do is open your mouth and ask! the australian mates are all friendly and willing to help!



an english basking outside the sydney convention centre.







pretty disappointed with the opera house. old dirty tiled roofs, which is nice from a distance. it would have amazed me if we havent had an esplanade at our own bay. our durian's way nicer.


when we were still on the train back to central, our parents called and informed us about the change of hotels.
'come to crowne hotel. c-r-o-w-n-e. bye.'
we checked the map and found only crowne motel and decided thats the place they were talking about.
again we walked many many streets, which got a little bit creepy at night.
the motel's really cute but our parents were nowhere in sight. we must be at the wrong place.
so the tired, hungry and frustrated us called them again.

and they only made it clear this time,
'crowne plaza. c-r-o-w-n-e. crowne plaza hotel, it's just behind the conference center.'
what the hell. imagine how irritated we were so we decided to cab down instead. and i swear theres no crowne plaze on the map.

we had a good sumptous meal and a beatiful hotel room at the end of the day.