31 March: Sydney (NSW).
[Correction: Original post was entitled April 31st, which was an obvious error.... H/T: ACL.]
Finally finished all of the gift shopping for the crew back home. That summarizes the day. Kind of.
Anyway once again +Marc and I got off to a leisurely start where we just walked around The Rocks, where our hotel is, and then went over to the Sydney Aquarium. In having a choice between the Taronga Zoo and the aquarium, we decided we wanted to do the latter. Reason being we saw great animals in the wild plus we had been to a few animal conservatories. Plus we had such a great time snorkeling and sailing in the Great Barrier Reef.
The aquarium entry fee was pretty steep and I'll admit that things got off to a slow start in terms of what they first show you. The lighting wasn't good and the fish weren't "that interesting". Then it got better. We went into a shark tank walkway of sorts. Saw sharks, dugongs, turtles and all sorts of other reef fish. Really cool and brought back plenty of memories from our sailing and snorkeling.
After the aquarium, we headed for a walk around Darling Harbour and the surrounding areas before heading to lunch in Chinatown to a Malaysian place. The food was good and the service was horrible. After picking up the last of our souvenirs, we headed back to the hotel. By the way, at this stage we had walked 7.5 miles and it was only 2:30pm.
The good news is that the sun was coming out so hello - lay out by the pool time!
Woo woo! We just sat outside and chilled. I went for a quick run around the harbour. It was nice. Debated where to go to dinner..... tough life. Settled on 'The Cut', which was very close to our hotel and recommended by a friend. Pretty good. And then that was that.
I know. Not an exciting day but at least we finally finished shopping for everyone! Hooray!
Thanks again for tuning in. We are very thankful for all of the interactions that we have had with all of you.
Finally finished all of the gift shopping for the crew back home. That summarizes the day. Kind of.
The aquarium entry fee was pretty steep and I'll admit that things got off to a slow start in terms of what they first show you. The lighting wasn't good and the fish weren't "that interesting". Then it got better. We went into a shark tank walkway of sorts. Saw sharks, dugongs, turtles and all sorts of other reef fish. Really cool and brought back plenty of memories from our sailing and snorkeling.
The good news is that the sun was coming out so hello - lay out by the pool time!
Woo woo! We just sat outside and chilled. I went for a quick run around the harbour. It was nice. Debated where to go to dinner..... tough life. Settled on 'The Cut', which was very close to our hotel and recommended by a friend. Pretty good. And then that was that.
I know. Not an exciting day but at least we finally finished shopping for everyone! Hooray!
Thanks again for tuning in. We are very thankful for all of the interactions that we have had with all of you.