I can't hear you

Thursday, December 22

Today we started early since Tami was up already coughing up a storm. She still didn't have a voice, so I got some peace and quiet (just kidding). We walked into town and grabbed brekkie at a little cafe close to town. Then we walked the rest of the way into town passing by a lot of nice statues and parks such as Hyde park. We then hit Pitt Street again and did some shopping in the arcades off of the street. We finally ended up at a photo shop where Tami had left all of the pictures to be developed the day before. The total of digital shots that she ended up having developed was 1201 (which doesn't include anything from Sydney), so you might want to think carefully before you ask to see pictures! It could take days. She also got a bunch of photo albums to put the pictures in, which meant that we had a lot of heavy stuff to lug around all day. (When I say we, I mean me). We ended up buying a cheap duffle bag to carry it around with since it'd be easier. It was still pretty heavy.

With our new burden, we headed over to get a close up of the Sydney Opera house. We had thought about walking up the Sydney bridge, but it ended up being rather expensive and neither of us felt it would be worth it. The Opera House was very nice though, and we ended up eating lunch at the Opera Bar underneath it which had a great view of the harbour, and great food also. We had a very relaxing lunch.

After lunch, we caught the ferry over to the Sydney Aquarium and saw tons of sharks, penguins, seals, coral fish and even a couple more platypus. We then grabbed some ice cream and caught the ferry back to Circular Quay and then the ferry out to Manly which was a nice 30 minute ride. We walked around Manly Beach a bit, but after seeing Bondi Beach, Manly was rather disappointing, so we caught the Ferry back to Circular Quay. By this time, Tami still didn't have a voice and she was starting to get tired, so we caught the bus back to the hotel (that's one good thing about our hotel, the bus stop is right in front.) After that, we walked around outside of our hotel to try and find something for supper. That's when we found out what exactly was next to our hotel. Just around the corner on Darlinghurst street, it was filled with bum, prostitutes, strip clubs, adult stores, the works. It was definitely the red light district. We ended up walking back to our hotel really fast and going to a pretty nice place right next door called Hugo's Bar Pizza. It was a trendy little bar that served a great Margurita Pizza and an even better Chocolate/Banana Pizza for dessert. However, it was a bit too trendy for our tastes and we were waaaaay underdressed, so we took off right after eating and headed back to our hotel for some rest. We were doing good until about 3:00 am when a coughing fit woke us up and we heard that the party was still going on and getting louder. Finally we were able to get back to sleep.

Greg