Brisbane

We are currently in Brisbane, but are here for only a stop over to get to Townsville. From Townsville we drive down to Airlee Beach, which will be our access point to Whitsunday and the Great Barrier Reaf. Pretty excite (indian accent)!

Yesterday was another great day of exploring Sydney. Sydney has now solidified itself in my top three favorite cities in the world. The harbour ferry to Manly beach gave us a great vantage point of the city. After walking the Harbour Bridge and going to Manly beach, we decided to venture out to Olympic Park. This park was quite the journey to get too. In the end we tried to catch a ferry back, ended walking until dark in some mangroove park, not finding the ferry dock and hitch-hiking back to olympic park train station.

Thoughts: Why don't Americans travel as much as other people? England is a 24hr flight and other parts of Europe are obviously closer.. they are all over this place. We haven't met a single American traveler.

Google Images: Harbour bridge

Sydney

We made it! Yep, crossed the pacific... in 14hrs I mastered all the video games on the plane, watched all the family guy episodes and watched Wanted (it was okay, a good plane movie). It's interesting because we arrived on "Day 3" of our trip, but since we crossed the international date line, it became this giant day. We arrived at the hostel and decided to venture out to the famous Bondi Beach and make a "tramp" (or a hike) to Cogee (sp?). It was "redonk". That's all I can really say without posting pictures.. amazingly beautiful, sun was shining, beautiful people and a beautiful place. The hike hugged the rugged coast and the water was crystal blue... can't ask for more.

Currently, Netto and I finished another exhausting tramp around Sydney with some weird local rum and diet coke. We went to the train station and bought a day pass and then proceeded to take the train in the wrong direction fortunately... We ended up in China town and then stumbled into Darling Harbour.. continued to Hyde Park, Royal Gardens with a great view of the Opera House. Finished the day with a drink at Sydney tower...

Thoughts: The culture here is much like Europe, but the city life is much like the US. What I mean is that they work less, concentrate on what makes them happy, have great and healthy food, love to be outside but the city itself is big with wide streets, tall buildings all the amenities that US citizens love (and take for granted).

Google Images (since I can't upload): Bondi Beach, Darling Harbour

LA City

I think the weezer blue album is completely under rated... please download it and jam to it, preferably when you wake up in the morning, a good waker upper..

We arrived in LA about to go to Sydney and Nujj an I decided to check my email. A Tokyo free guide by the name of Yu Arafuka (not a joke, grow up) will be our free guide in Tokyo, i'm very excited. Otherwise, pretty uneventful... predictably, netto's 50lb backpack had to be checked along with mine, because i'm associated with him... but thats okay.

I have 3 mins left on this internet kiosk so i'm using it all, but really have nothing more exciting to say. Promise that more stimulating material will be posted in the future... if you want some cool pics and movies of my brother's trip in India, check out www.nikeshindia.blogspot.com

peace

Charleston, SC

This is our beginning - Charleston, SC. We will return on March 1st. I was sitting at home with my Dad thinking how I was going to bring up the idea of traveling around the world in February, one month away. I finally said I was going to travel in February...

Me: I'm traveling in February Dad.
Dad: Where are you traveling too?
Me: ...hmmm... well, around the world
Dad: What do you mean around the world!?!
Me: Well Dad, the world is round and so if you keeping going in one direction...
Dad: Alright, don't get cute alright

...We are going in one direction until we see our foot steps