Sydney

After almost 6 months in India and South East Asia we kinda reached a consensus that to be perfectly honest we were a little tired of living like rats and deserved a good break in a nice hotel. The kind of hotel where a bloke in a cap opens the door for you on arrival and there's a suitable amount of bowing and scraping in the foyer.

I left it in Diane's capable hands and we arrived at The Four Seasons Hotel in Sydney at about 10.30 in the morning.

I advised the bell boy he might want to be careful with the bags I didn't want him soiling his clean uniform on the way up to the room with them. Blimey! 30th floor with a big window looking straight out to the Harbour Bridge and the Opera House, we just sat gazing at the view and the room. Never been 5 star before, not sure I ever will again but for I think we both thought 'to hell with expense'. For 2 nights we felt like rock stars :)

Anyway, after Diane had half inched all the posh L'Occitane shampoo, conditioner, shower gel and body lotion from the bathroom and stashed it in her pack we headed into town (honestly i couldn't believe my eyes, Diane was beaming at me "its ok" she said "we've bloody paid for that" Sure enough it had all been replaced by the evening. Kept us smelling nice for the next 2 months :)

Sydney was great, lots to see and do, and some nice architecture. I like Sydney; it's a great mix of old and new, very clean and easy to navigate. Wandered around the harbour, guys playing their didgereedoos and a right nice cafe style feel to everything. We met Di's friend, Emily (from Bristol but now living in Sydney) in the evening and she was determined to ensure we had a great welcome to Sydney. We had a good night out, plenty of beer, pizza, pasta and champagne. Head was a bit fuzzy in the morning for sure.

Room with a view !

Diane displaying her love for me :)

Thats the 4 seasons in pole posiotion !

End of the night we got back to the room and just looked at the view

Cheers everyone