Australia!

So I finally arrived in Australia. I got out of the airport at about 11:15pm, it took a long, long time for me to get my baggage, it seemed to come out last, then I had to go through customs etc. Finally got to use my Australian passport though, which was awesome. Got picked up from the airport by the people I am staying with until I find a job/somewhere to live, which shouldn't be too long hopefully.


Anyway, the next day we went into Perth, and boy do I see what they mean about a small city, it's bloody tiny! Although, being the country bumpkin I am, I was still wowed by the tall buildings. We went about town getting things done, such as saying hi at the bank and applying for an ID that isn't a passport. I walked back into town after we had some lunch, and bloody hell was it hot. Apparently it wasn't that hot (29C???) so the summer will be fun for me. Anyway, I had a wander about looking for things I needed and it was nice just browsing the shops, getting to know the place, and trying out my ozzy salute. I ended up spending about $370 on a new phone, some thongs and sunglasses. The phone is awesome! I'm used to phones that barely do more colours than black and grey, so a phone that has full colour screen, and internet access (facebook, skype, the works!) is like the holy grail of phones to me. Pish to your iPhone malarky.



Hong Kong was pretty good. I spent saturday wandering around kowloon and a litte bit on the island (didn't take the ferry :() and made a visit to the HK science museum too. The shops in kowloon were pretty cool, some things there were pretty cheap, but some of the things (like watches) were bloody expensive. I didn't end up buying anything but food, which is good since I like food. Back to the hotel to sleep from 5pm until 11pm, and waking up starving. Luckily enough there was a 7/eleven open and I got some fudz.



Sunday was a lot more enjoyable - I took the (very, very efficient) rail system to HK island and took the tram up to the peak. The views were pretty awesome, although it was marred by the pollution, there was a thin haze covering everything so you couldn't see as far as I had hoped for. I had a wander round the routes they suggested you take and they were nice, although going up the hill was a struggle in the hot weather. I'm uploading the pictures I took to photobucket, but they're all about 4mb so I guess it'll take a fair few hours to upload. Here's the album if you want to have a look, but give it a few hours from now because they won't have uploaded.



Bye for now!