They are actually pretty damn blue!

The mountains that is. I've been in the Blue Mountains for a few hours now and they are breathtaking! I'm staying in one of the top YHAs in the country in Katoomba and it's like a hotel! About $30 (15 quid) a night too... not bad! Their claim of 'fast internet' is somewhat dubious though - 30 pictures to upload and it's taken 15 minutes to do 3%... this might turn out to be an expensive internet session.

I arrived soon after lunchtime today, having taken the two hour train from Sydney and went straight to a little café for some lunch. And what a place to start here... really nice food for pretty cheap and the place was deserted so they let me play the piano in the corner afterwards. It needed tuning and felt a bit horrible to play, but they were still impressed :) Apparently it hasn't been touched in months. Nothing compared to the $270,000 Bechstein I played in Sydney (don't think I mentioned it before, but I stumbled upon a hidden little piano shop in Sydney with that piano in the window. The owner let me play one of the uprights in the back, heard me playing Fantasie Impromptu and offered me a 'real piano' to play. My god that was nice! But anyway, I'm a) just showing off now, and b) getting quite distracted and deviating massively off topic).

So yeah, the Blue Mountains... After lunch I decided to dump my stuff in the hostel and go off and do the touristy walk past the Three Sisters in time to catch the fast approaching sunset. Amazingly, I managed to time it perfectly, despite the walk being at least twice as far as I'd thought it would be. The mountains are stunning. Normally I'd let you look at the photos, but they're still only 12% done and I've got 20 minutes of internet left. I think they might have to wait til next time...

I've just got back from Echo Point and I'm sitting in the hostel, waiting for dinner time, when I'll have to decide between going to the supermarket and cooking for myself or eating out. I'll probably end up eating out because it seems pretty cheap round here and I can't cook.

The hostel's pretty empty (only two people in my six share dorm), so I dunno what's gonna be happening tonight. Hopefully it won't be too boring.

Once again, I'm running out of things to talk about so I'll leave you with the few photos that have uploaded.