a glimpse of jan's photoblog;: A bittersweet winter

Hey peeps!

I recently scooted off to Sydney for a couple of days (8 days to be exact!). Don't wanna be flood this place with pics so I'm splitting the entry into 2 parts.

SYDNEY PART 1

Weather was perfectly chilly down under and with the winter sales all lined up during this period, it was a pretty good destination to chillax and have some brunch down by the Quayside. Also, you can find WiFi connection in cafes & bars and even in some major shopping malls! I never felt disconnected from my Singaporean counterparts while being in Syd. Too much of a good thing could be bad though, we ended up spending more time on the phone than appreciating our time away from technology. Sigh.

Anyway, moving on to pictures..

Day 1:

Word of advice if you're travelling to Syd (Scoot tics are insanely cheap though not the most comfy of flights around), please try to arrange for airport shuttle to your apartments cos the price of a train ticket from the airport to Central Station is AUD15 per person! You can hire a shuttle to get you to your apartment doorstep for about AUD14? At least you don't have to lug your luggage around!

We managed to book the Meriton Serviced Apartments along Campbell St, it's the least expensive of all the chains around the city (Pitt St, Kent St & World Tower) but it is situated at the downtown area, furthest away from the city. However, if you purchase the train tickets to travel around the city/suburbs, it is located at a good & convenient location ideal for taking the railway to almost any part of Sydney (most of the trains intercept at Central Station, making it an interchange for many intersactions / train lines).

Our first meal of the trip was pieface's chunky beef pie cos we were famished after an 8 hour flight, we practically stopped at the first stall we saw.