Back in Sydney for the last time

I'm writing this on the eve of my flight to Indonesia having spent the last two days in Sydney again.

Firstly, some good news being that my phone has revived itself, with only a little help from a two metre fall from my bunk. Should you feel the need to call me, I will actually be able to hear you. Okay, maybe good news isn't the best phrase... And secondly, my ipod dock broke. I had the idea of making a new one myself by connecting a usb plug (which I happen to have) with a 3.5mm jack (which I happen to have), because, as far as I could tell, that's all the original dock was. I asked the guys in the big Apple store in Sydney of this would work and got some strange looks, followed by an offer to buy a new one for $48. No thank you. Anyway, long story short, it doesn't work, so I was faced with the choice of no music for the next two months, which I'm sure you'll agree is totally unthinkable, an overpriced dock, which once again, I wouldn't sink to, or for an extra $15 a whole new ipod shuffle, which would include the dock and a handy extra pair of headphones. So I'm going to be looking for buyers of a two month old, slightly worn blue 1gb ipod shuffle when I get back home. Any takers? I'll throw in whatever random Thai music I happen to pick up in internet cafés free of charge.

I honestly never thought I'd write a whole paragraph about an mp3 player, but there we go. I'm sure you all enjoyed hearing about it.

Last night, a girl called Debs came round flaunting (don't worry, it's not that bad...) pieces of paper entitling the holder to a meal for $6 and pints for $3 at Madame Debiers. Sounded good and about twenty odd people were going from our hostel alone, so I figured why not, and tagged along. There was an open mic later that night which two people from our hostel would be performing in and they were actually pretty decent. Anyway, a good night was had and a pretty horrible morning followed.

I dragged myself up anyway, because I had planned to go to Bondi beach, since it was my last day in the country and therefore my last chance to go there. It takes about 45 minutes from the city and really isn't worth the effort. It's just a beach. Quite a nice one, but still just a beach. Maybe it's better in summer. Nonetheless, I spent a good hour or so, lying in the sand, reading the Lonely Planet guide to SE Asia, scared myself shitless about various diseases I'm going to catch and figured I'd be best off going to have lunch somewhere to take my mind off it all.

If there was one redeeming factor to Bondi, it was the fish and chips. Almost as good as those back in east London.

Anyways, I left at about 3 o clock to head into the city to buy the aforementioned ipod and on my way home decided it'd be nice to watch the sunset again from Mrs Macquaries Point. And if only I'd taken my camera... it was spectacular! Better by miles than last time I was there. Ah well... I'm sure there'll be plenty in Asia for me to get.

Since then, I've been sorting clothes out, charging things and generally making myself ready to fly out of Australia tomorrow. So this will be the last blog I make from anywhere vaguely western, but if Lonely Planet is right, they've got computers and things in Thailand now, so I should manage to keep you all informed of my antics and their whereabouts.

So goodbye for now and hopefully hello to some swealtering heat and sandy white beaches for me :)

Hope you're all nice and jealous.
Lots of love
Matt
xxx

Once again, no photos to show, but all my Blue Mountains ones are now up if you take a peek at my flickr