Monday, December 04, 2006
Welcome to Sydney
Holy crap, what a day.
So, pretty much all of yesterday (Sunday) was spent packing, waiting around
for a taxi, waitnig around for a flight, and flying to Sydney.
Arrived at my hotel (yup, not a hostel yet) at 7.30am, and, being a top
Priority Club member (as I spent almost two months living in a Holiday Inn
in London this year), I had managed to "buy" two nights in a Holiday Inn
here using my points.
What I'd forgotten was that as a top member, they'd give me an upgraded
room. Holy crap. It has a lounge (with telly), dining room, the comfiest
bed ever (opposite telly # 2), and a huge bathroom. And, yes, they let me
check in really early, at 7.30am.
I reluctantly dragged my arse out of the room, without the complimentary
dressing gown or slippers, and went for a walk. I found Sydney Bridge
before I found the Opera House, so went to have a look. Arrived at 9.15am
to enquire whether it'd be possible to do the "Bridge walk" sometime in
the next few days.
10 minutes later, I was wearing the overalls and climbing belt, and being
trained on the walk we were all about to do. Quite a few of our group of
ten people thought it was amusing I'd only arrived two hours ago, and
hadn't slept yet !!
Anyway, it was an expensive, but a great walk. Strangely not frightening
though (and I really don't like heights).
Went for a wonder round the opera house next and, well, errrm, I have
a problem. I mean, it's pretty and all that... and I don't want to diss it
on day 1.. I mean, I'm sure it's just me... but.. well.. I mean, as someone
who was brought up with the TSW logo, you just can't help drawing
similarities between the two. And the logo's better looking. And had a
funky theme tune.
It wasn't as though the Opera House was ugly. It was just offputting,
thinking that Gus Honeybun was about to jump out from behind it
at any minute and do a Magic Button.
Ladies & Gentlemen, welcome to today's episode of "Mike alienates
95% of his small readership in one article." Here's the TSW clock,
which shows the logo that I'm rambling about:
http://625.uk.com/tv_logos/flash/tsw_clock.asp
As I said, after suffering this logo many hundreds of times as a kid,
you can't look at the Opera House in the same way again.
Anyway, it's now 3.30pm on Monday. Sydney is fab, a world away
from the dirtiness (but coolness) of Bangkok, the weather is sunny
but nice and cool, so I'm not sweating my arse off for the first time
in several weeks, and my mind is arguing with me that it really
must be time for my jet-lag to kick in, what's wrong with you, man ?
I guess I'd better go and let it get it's way.
So, pretty much all of yesterday (Sunday) was spent packing, waiting around
for a taxi, waitnig around for a flight, and flying to Sydney.
Arrived at my hotel (yup, not a hostel yet) at 7.30am, and, being a top
Priority Club member (as I spent almost two months living in a Holiday Inn
in London this year), I had managed to "buy" two nights in a Holiday Inn
here using my points.
What I'd forgotten was that as a top member, they'd give me an upgraded
room. Holy crap. It has a lounge (with telly), dining room, the comfiest
bed ever (opposite telly # 2), and a huge bathroom. And, yes, they let me
check in really early, at 7.30am.
I reluctantly dragged my arse out of the room, without the complimentary
dressing gown or slippers, and went for a walk. I found Sydney Bridge
before I found the Opera House, so went to have a look. Arrived at 9.15am
to enquire whether it'd be possible to do the "Bridge walk" sometime in
the next few days.
10 minutes later, I was wearing the overalls and climbing belt, and being
trained on the walk we were all about to do. Quite a few of our group of
ten people thought it was amusing I'd only arrived two hours ago, and
hadn't slept yet !!
Anyway, it was an expensive, but a great walk. Strangely not frightening
though (and I really don't like heights).
Went for a wonder round the opera house next and, well, errrm, I have
a problem. I mean, it's pretty and all that... and I don't want to diss it
on day 1.. I mean, I'm sure it's just me... but.. well.. I mean, as someone
who was brought up with the TSW logo, you just can't help drawing
similarities between the two. And the logo's better looking. And had a
funky theme tune.
It wasn't as though the Opera House was ugly. It was just offputting,
thinking that Gus Honeybun was about to jump out from behind it
at any minute and do a Magic Button.
Ladies & Gentlemen, welcome to today's episode of "Mike alienates
95% of his small readership in one article." Here's the TSW clock,
which shows the logo that I'm rambling about:
http://625.uk.com/tv_logos/flash/tsw_clock.asp
As I said, after suffering this logo many hundreds of times as a kid,
you can't look at the Opera House in the same way again.
Anyway, it's now 3.30pm on Monday. Sydney is fab, a world away
from the dirtiness (but coolness) of Bangkok, the weather is sunny
but nice and cool, so I'm not sweating my arse off for the first time
in several weeks, and my mind is arguing with me that it really
must be time for my jet-lag to kick in, what's wrong with you, man ?
I guess I'd better go and let it get it's way.
# posted by MikeGledhill @ 4:18 am 
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Incidentally, following a tip-off that I'm in Sydney, Jonathan Hodges has decided to emmigrate to England for a fortnight.
Just to be on the safe side.
Just to be on the safe side.
Hi Mike, favourite spare son! hows the sun tan coming along? have I missed the pictures of you all bronzed he he xx
# posted by 
: 10:20 pm
: 10:20 pm
Nice Mike, very nice. And a whole slew of new pictures. Keep it up! The blog and picture updates that is..
# posted by : 12:16 am
: 12:16 am
Hmmm, the sun tan, is, errrm, on it's way. I've just bumped into an internet cafe, on the way to catching a bus to Bondi Beach.
I've booked into a fab YHA hostel in Sydney from tomorrow onwards. I went for a look around it, there's a rooftop pool, BBQ, a cinema room where they were watching Life of Brian, cheap booze, cheap food, cheap internet, cool people...
I tell ya, I may not be coming back.
P.S. Sydney: great for shopping, but not a "Hurry up ya buggars ! Three weeks til Christmas ! Buy ! Buy now !" It's so nice to be able to forget how close xmas is.
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I've booked into a fab YHA hostel in Sydney from tomorrow onwards. I went for a look around it, there's a rooftop pool, BBQ, a cinema room where they were watching Life of Brian, cheap booze, cheap food, cheap internet, cool people...
I tell ya, I may not be coming back.
P.S. Sydney: great for shopping, but not a "Hurry up ya buggars ! Three weeks til Christmas ! Buy ! Buy now !" It's so nice to be able to forget how close xmas is.
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