{"id":6,"date":"2014-02-26T22:27:42","date_gmt":"2014-02-26T22:27:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paul-eric.com\/?p=6"},"modified":"2014-02-27T10:23:31","modified_gmt":"2014-02-27T10:23:31","slug":"sydney-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paul-eric.com\/?p=6","title":{"rendered":"Sydney, Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"

So after 4 planes and 2 days of traveling from Cancun, Mexico I arrived in Sydney, Australia.<\/p>\n

My first impression: There are so many beautiful girls everywhere… And: Driving in a bus on the left side of the road is weird.<\/p>\n

Later I find that people actually walk on the left as well and even stand left on the elevators.<\/p>\n

First day in Sydney<\/strong><\/p>\n

After a good sleep I woke up at around 4 am and then went for an early walk at around 6 am on a Sunday morning.<\/p>\n

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Sydney Opera House in the early morning<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Downtown<\/a>

Downtown Sydney – at around 7 am<\/p><\/div>\n

The birds in the park make unfamiliar noises and some of them have very long, crooked beaks – nothing like I’ve seen before.<\/p>\n

First night I stayed at a hostel full of Germans (including the staff). It seems that pretty much everyone working at the hostels are here with the 1-year Work & Travel program which I used to work in Canada some years back.<\/p>\n

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A typical street in Sydney<\/p><\/div>\n

Central Sydney is very loud. Lots of people, cars and quite stressful. So despite being quite nice, Sydney is still a large city with all that comes with it.<\/p>\n

Bondi beach in Sydney<\/strong><\/p>\n

The closest beach to downtown Sydney is called Bondi beach. It is about 5 miles away and takes a subway and a bus to get there.<\/p>\n

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Bondi beach very close to Sydney<\/p><\/div>\n

They also have a nice coastal walkway to the next two beaches further south, just a few miles away:<\/p>\n

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The coastal walkway<\/p><\/div>\n

\"View<\/a>

View of the ocean<\/p><\/div>\n

Sydney has palm trees, but even in the summer (their February is like our August) there are cloudy days. Of the 5 days I was in Sydney, 2 were clouded with some light rain.<\/p>\n

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