Sydney, Australia
The Good
Last day in Oz and it's been great. Beaches, beaches and more beaches. The people are as warm as the weather. When we've stayed at the youth hostels we've met people from all over the world - including bunches from Vancouver.
A great perk for travelers is that both Australia and New Zealand have public information centres (as they write) and public bathrooms in almost every town. The Centres offer information on where to stay and sites to see. They can help you set up reservations at hotels and suggest and book activities. Just look for the little blue 'i's' - the same in both countries.
The Bad
Going out to our rental car in the dark to get the last of our stuff out before we returned it the other night Paul noticed a guy walking along with a pen light flashlight (torch as they call it here) pointing it in car windows furtively clearly looking for items to steal. Paul said, "Avast there thee dastardly foe. Stop thy pillfering or I will vanquish you," (O.K. well he didn't exactly say that) and chased him down the block. We worried about the car that night (but had taken everything out of it) and it was fine in the morning.
The Ugly
The public New Zealand bathrooms, found in every town, are all spotless, as clean as clean can be. Australia is more on par with U.S. public bathrooms found in malls. But it is great that they are reliable and you can find them everywhere. We did stop in one bathroom, in the middle of nowhere, which only had a public bathroom, no stores or anything, and it was less than sparkling. Paul lifted the toilet lid, looking for poisonous funnel web spiders (!!), and saw staring up at him, living in the toilet, was a toad! Needless to say we quickly moved on to the next town.
Today we are heading out for Beijing, China and will stay with a Falls Church family we know - the Asels. Looking forward to seeing them and our next adventures,
Jackie
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