We are staying in the lovely Kings Cross area of Sydney, it is generally nice although a bit seedy in parts at night. It is always interesting when you see scantily clad ladies beckoning you into their strip club.
Our hostel is aptly named the Asylum. When we arrived we were shown into the smallest 6 bed dorm we have ever seen, there was bearly enough room to put down our heavy rucksacks. My facial expression obviously conveyed my thoughts because Alan prompty spoke to the manager and we upgraded to a private room for a couple of nights. The view from our room and the dorm was amazing! The Sydney skyline is awesome and I spent many hours watching and filming it, whilst watching mindless TV.
The hostel also provides breakfast and dinner (although we can upgrade to a better menu for $5) which is very nice and means that we don't have to do any cooking or washing up for a bit. There is also a hostel night out - mad monday, for $15 we got a t-shirt for people to graffitti ( I got 2), dinner from the nice menu, free goon (wine in a box) and free drinks in 3 bars in Kings Cross. Needless to say we got completely trollied and had a fantastic night out.
Our first whole day was spent exploring Kings Cross and doing our washing. Whilst we were in the launderette, I got a bit cold so went for a hot chocolate in the cafe next door. Alan started acting a bit weird, when we got outside it turns out that he was getting checked out by 20 or so fellas in the cafe. I laughed and laughed and told him if he didn't behave himself I'd send him back in.
We have walked pretty much all the streets in central Sydney now, due to our long 2-3hr walks a day. We have visited the Harbour bridge, the Opera House ( looks like a giant armadillo), the botanical gardens and Darling harbour.
