finally we have made it to the 2nd country in our trip! Melbourne Australia! it was a short little 4 hour flight from Auckland to Melbourne. We got to fly with the "Tall Blacks"...the New Zealand Basketball team. not as cool as the "All Blacks"...but they work in a pinch.
We flew right through customs! no problems at all!
Australia is alot like New Zealand. same amount of Asians. i know how bad that sounds...but its the truth. once again we have been dropped in the heart of "china town". its a nice hotel. 27 stories. Lots of shopping around. I finally got my AUS cell phone and my own internet. its slow but it works. its so weird going from a Droid smart phone to a small plastic simple phone. takes some time to get used to. especially when we all have the SAME phone! but for $20 you cannot go wrong.
everything is expensive here! $6 for a 2lt of coke! but thats what it is..so im drinking it like it was a fine wine...lol! 97c Walmart Coke...how i miss you! food is amazing here. so many choices! had a great char-broiled chicken sandwich yesterday for lunch. forgot about dinner...oh well. i had the chance to wander around town with Cori for a while. we checked out some really unique stores in search of a jacket for her. we did find a wonderful jacket in this basement store. it was so hip! she also ended up getting this dress from a high end clothing store i had never heard of...but i havent heard of most of the brands here. but dont fret...there is a KFC down the street...a 7/11 across the road and a "Happy Jacks" down a few blocks. Happy Jacks is a clone of Burger King.
last night i found myself in a really cool jazz club. middle of nowhere...down a back alley...through a door with no writing on it. creepy but weird. the place was so tiny. the band was ok. nothing to write home about. but i was proud...i stayed up till midnight and slept till 8am! the night we got here...i was passed out by 9:30 and up at 4am!
now im off to get some grub. we went to see the theater yesterday that is in St. Kilda. its beautiful. built in the 20's. but they JUST started renovating it. the drapes were all still on the wrapping from the company...wrapped in plastic and on skids. there is no main curtain...it doesnt work. all brand new line-sets. they are silver...look more like ladder truss than pipes. even the line-set weights are brand new...they are still on skids by the rail! but there is a HUGE poster of us out front. 2850 seats. first night is almost sold out...2nd night is a total sell out! HERE WE GO!
more to come later!
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