Day 1: City Tour // Sydney Bound | 20140831

Hola.

Finally had the mood to start blogging about my Sydney trip.

So glad that everything turned out to be pretty well.

I was never the planner and thank goodness, this trip didn't involve a big party either.

I booked the flight ticket exactly one week before my trip to Sydney.

I planned my itinerary the day before the trip LOL. But we manage to cover most of the places that I had plan on going, or I must say I went more places than I wrote down in my memo. So so proud of myself. Okay I should totally shut my mouth on being so boastful about myself heh.

Meet my Sydney travel partner!

The gorgeous harbour bridge too along with the fluffy clouds.

Sigh. Missing Sydney.

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So on the 30th August, we arrived Sydney airport around 10.30pm and we got ourselves straight to our backpackers hostel which is 10mins walk away from Sydney central.

Nomads West End backpackers.

Well, it's affordable but kinda dodgy for me hmm.

Maybe it's my very first time staying at a backpackers hostel so I was feeling slightly uncomfortable even though me and my travel partner were sharing a unit all by ourselves.

But the location of this hostel was pretty convenient for us first timers in Sydney.

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Randomly walking ourselves with the free map given.

And yes, reading map is pretty hard and one of the lesson I gained from this trip is I am able to study the map well enough now!

The anzac memorial of Sydney's.

Strolling along Hyde Park.

@ Archibald's Fountain.

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Gorgeous St. Mary's Cathedral.

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State Libray of NSW.

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Royal Botanic Garden

I still remember the excitement after spotting a cove from far.

Spotted Harbour Bridge! That's the destination we're aiming to go.

Parliament.

Spotted the famous Sydney Opera House!

Not just from the Finding Nemo animation, I get to experience it with my own eyes <3

Oh-so-gorgeous harbour bridge!

And yeap, I just found out that they have patterns on top of the roof. Forgive my jakunness.

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First time trying the Hop-on-Hop-off bus!

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I was still in the midst of learning how to read a map so we simply got off at Bourke street and we saw this tuck shop call MissChu!

Had some snacks before we get the main meal of the day.

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Fried Chicken Waffle with ice cream!

Amazing huh?

It looks pretty ordinary from the menu and me & sumin agreed right away when we spot this dish.

It was surprisingly alright and nope, it ain't weird at all.

The fried chicken was really good and you had it with the vanilla ice cream it just made this even better! 

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Sydney Musuem.

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Strolling along George Street. Where all the shopping happens.

Pretty Queen Victoria Building!

Oh Laduree. One small size of macaroon that cost me 3.80AUD :O. 

I had the Strawberry Candy Marshmallow by the way.

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Darling Harbour :D

Romantic Merdeka Dinner with sumin @ Hurricane's Grill.

It didn't live up to my expectations :/ 

But it has a pretty crazy crowd.

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The Star casino.

Still prefer Melbourne's crown!

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Enjoy the night view of Darling Harbour and Circular Quay after that.

Oh Sydney, take me back!

Till then xx.

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