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Detailed travelogue on Australia and New Zealand

Detailed Travelogue on Australia and New Zealand

Larry
2006-05-27 03:23:16

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Upon arriving in LA, we were told that the rest of the flight
(which was to continue onto Chicago) was cancelled. Whether it was due to
weather (as they claimed) or aircraft problems, I don't know, but they had
no problem putting people on other flights to Chicago...

AUSTRALIA!

Within an hour before landing, there's an announcement that the plane
will be landing in Australia soon, and the stewardesses will be coming
through and spraying the plane with insecticide -- and, if you wish, cover
your mouth. This is apparently required by Australian customs in order to
keep foreign insects and bugs out of an isolated ecosystem. Still, it's an
interesting sight to see the stewardesses coming through the aisles,
spraying. As well, when you arrive in both Australia and New Zealand, there
are trash bins to dump any animal product, produce, or food you have with
you. These items are no-nos.

SYDNEY (Part I)

The flight arrived at 8:00am (an hour later than scheduled) and after
going through customs, I was ready to start exploring Sydney. I was lucky
that my foot started to feel much better on the plane, so by the time I was
in Australia, with the help of the cut insoles, I found I could actually
walk almost normally.
The first thing I did was check into where I'd be staying that night -- a
large, budget "hotel" called The CB Private Hotel. "Hotels" in Australia
are a bit different than those in the U.S. In old times, very few places
were licensed to sell alcohol, but "hotels" were. So a place that wanted to
serve alcohol would become a "hotel" in name (even if it was obviously just
a pub), and would have a few rooms available in order to make it an offical
"hotel", regardless of whether anyone actually stayed there or not. Even
today, you can find cheap places to stay for the night over ...

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