The Great Chicken Soup of the World

Did manage to get in a little bit of Christmas moon when we arrived at our friend's place...they bought us a present and a Santa hat. How sweet of them .

Well, now that it is after Christmas, it is time to do some more sightseeing of Sydney. Ups, forgot to tell you what we have done already, so let me start from the beginning.

Museum of Sydney: Was a little bit of a disappointment as it focused more on Bondi Beach than the whole of Sydney and it's history. But what they had about the history was very interesting.

Paddy's Market (in Haymarket): Is decently big, but I could not find anything that was of interest such as traditional Australian items as it says in their brochure. But if you are looking for something cheap and touristy, this would be the place to go.

The Pylon-lookout on Harbour Bridge: Compared with the A$200 they charge for a bridge-climb , the shorter and much cheaper tour up to the pylon-lookout is worth a go. Here you get the history of the bridge included in the price as well as the view and it only costs you A$8.50.

Otherwise we have just been relaxing in parks, shopping and going out with people we are meeting in the hostle.

That's it for today, tomorrow is another day with sightseeing on the program.

So, it is Christmas..........

Don't really feel like it down here even after seeing Santa in full costume and hearing "White Christmas" on the radio. What does it take to get in the mood????

I know....

this would do!!!!! (This is to everyone who are wishing for a white Christmas).

To all my friends and family, I wish you all a merry Christmas with plenty of pressies and all the fun you can handle.

MERRY X-MAS

It is not so difficult to see that Sydney originally started out as a "prison" for English convicts as many of the streets here are named after the streets/areas of London.

So walking around Sydney is actually making me very confused especially when I am on the corner of Liverpool St. and Oxford St. and the next minute I am going through Hyde Park. It just doesn't make sence, everything is so close to each other.

The best part are the area names such as Kings Cross, Paddington, Surrey Hill, Lewisham, Croydon etc. You can go from one to the other in just a few minutes.

Some of the suburbs names are quiet funny as well. Let me give you some examples: Mascot, Emu Plains & Kissing Point. I have attached a few maps for those who would like try and find other funny names ( http://www.railpage.org.au/railmaps/sydney.htm ,
http://www.wilmap.com.au/nswmaps/sydneytc.html ).

Sorry, time for bed now. Long day ahead tomorrow with sightseeing.

We have been on the move again. This time to Sydney, where we are planning to staying for the next 3 weeks.

This means that we will be celebrating Christmas & New Year with a BBQ instead of a roast. Well, you should always try out new things, right? But I most say that it is quiet difficult to get into the Christmas sprite when you walk around in 30+ degreese and shorts . For New Year we have managed to get tickets to a party at the harbour, where we will be able to see the fireworks up close. That can only mean fun .

Well, what can I say about Sydney?? It is a lovely and relaxed city with helpful/friendly people.

Sightseeing: The first thing that any danes need to do when coming to Sydney is to see the Opera House, so of course we did that (use the link to find out why - http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/articles/sydneyoperahouse ). I most say that I was a little bit disappointed of the size, but that is probably normal, am I right? Then we went for a walk in the Botanic Gardens. How many kinds of palm trees are there down here??? Sorry, but to me they look the same.

Sydney nightlife: So far we have not experienced that much nightlife except the occasional drink and a few cocktails one evening out with friends, but I have this strange feeling that that will change soon, so keep tuned......

After spending a few days in Brisbane (where we did nothing really except getting back into a rhythm again after a very long flight from Bangkok to Brisbane via Sydney with only 1 hour sleep) we continued our trip by going to the Sunshine Coast (Maroochydore/Cotton Tree to be more precise)

You definately do not come here for the sightseeing as you can see from the picture, but more for the lovely beaches & the sunshine.

If you what to know a bit more about Australia's residents, then a visit to the Australian Zoo is a most and it is only located 1 hour away from the here via a courtesy (free) bus. Here you are able to see kangaroos and koalas up close with the possibility to touch them. But there are also dingos, snakes, lizzards, elefants, tigers and many other cretures to see (be careful, some are not locked up ).

Well, back to the beach for me. So long, folks!!!

After a month in Thailand, we have now arrived in Australia (Brisbane to be more precise), where the weather is more cool. For some reason we have not able to shake off the rain & grey weather.

We left Krabi on the 27th November, where we went back to Bangkok for a few days before we continued with our travel. On the day we left the sun finally came out in Krabi (Why now????), but when we arrived in Bangkok it was sunny there aswell (managed to get a sunburn on my arms and shoulders).

On one of the days in Bangkok, I went on a 1 day tour to the Floating Market, Bridge over River Kwai and Phra Pathom Chedi, which is one of the largest pagodas in the world and in Thailand. It was interesting.

(More info on these 3 places: http://www.thailandguidebook.com/floatingmarket.html, http://www.thailandguidebook.com/k_bridge.html, http://www.thailandguidebook.com/provinces/nakhon_pathom.html).

Sorry guys. Only have a few days in Brisbane before continuing up north, so it is now off to explore the city a bit more. See ya.