Goes to Sydney. Again

So I'm up in Sydney for the second time this holidays for work, this time on business instead of leisure. Suffice to say I learnt my lesson and did not miss the plane. However being sent solo to Sydney has it's downsides. For example, the view from my hotel room this time:

This is like, the western side of Sydney bay or something, cannot see anything from the window. I even wrote a poem to describe this predicament:

Sydney,

So alone

Such bored

Much time

What do?

Well seeing as I can't see anything the only logical course of action is to go outside and take a look around. It turns out that the bridge is right next door. In fact that's what you're looking at from the hotel, except well, you can't see the actual bridge.

 

So going up to the bridge I noticed this...'lane' on the right of the stairs. Not sure if bike lane or wheelchair access.

This is what the bridge looks like when you're running along it.

And if you look to the right, opera house and all in all its glory. They do a pretty good job of keeping it lit.

Finally made it to the other side! Success.

There's a nice little park on the north shore where I took all of these. And a little path along the beach that just keeps going, across the beach, going through these gardens, going and going and...

And then it ends up in someone's backyard :( There was a dude looking at me from the balcony sicne I was running around outside his yard taking photos etc. But I got away before he called the coppers.

The problem with going across a bridge is you have to run all the way back. But the good thing is that sometimes the scenery is different depending on which way you're going.

And the last bit of drama was that I forgot to bring my hotel key (bought my office pass instead). Had to badger hotel staff to let me in. It's actually not that hard to get access to someone's room, all you need to do is provide:

• Name
• Room number
• Email
• Phone number/travel agent

And you're in. I think this could probably be abused to great affect if you know someone's details, in the right circumstances.

Anyway that's all for Sydney adventures. Next time: misadvanetures in more interesting places.

 

You know what

Stuff this. This new blog was supposed to be some new age launch into the new decade with new principles, new insights, new...stuff.

But Alas it was not to be, I suspect it will return to being a tool for procrastination. Such a plebeian blog this will be, serving as a sink for my spare time. There may be future foods for thoughts etc. in the not so distant future but for the time being, minimal time will be dedicated to content selection from my end. You get what you pay for, mkay?

At any rate I suppose it can at least be useful in terms of storing all the interesting places I come across around the Internets for future reference. Who knows, this might even be of interest or use to someone other than myself.

So, without further ado, let me present the places of the day:

Door to hell:
Crazy Russians thought lighting up a gas field would be a good idea...40 years ago. And it's still on fire.

Blue Holes in the Ocean:
They look scary but are friendly, apparently.

Watch some dude dive into one of these things:

Caño Cristales:

It's not supposed to be a hole - supposedly a river that looks like all the colours of a rainbow. Except according to website, feral drug dealers prevent you from getting there nowadays...

Until the next time procrastination urges hit me.