At the risk of seeming a little too much like a character out of “The Beach”, I am at a Web-basement in the Civic Center area of Sydney.
My trip went remarkably well. The row I was in (one of the 3 seat ones) had no other passengers so I got to curl up and sleep for the first 8 hours of the trip After that I intermittently napped, ate, and read magazines.
I landed in Sydney and then went through the customs process unaccosted. I toox a cab to the Sheraton on the Park. It’s very impressive and the overlook of the park is very nice. Regrettably, they hadn’t time yet to prepare my room so I had to kill some time on my own - I’ve been wandering about.
It appears that the American corporations and doing a fantastic job of colonizing .au. I have seen Burger King (“Hungry Jack,” same logo), Subway, and a gazillion McDonalds as well as the PepsiCo triumvirate of (KFC, PizzaHut, and a, thus far, absent Taco Bell).
I liked it better when it was called Kentucky Fried Chicken.
So this Web basement is dimly lit and I see the usual collection of web chess adolescents, LAN gamers, and hotmail girls.
I’m dying for a shower. I’ve not had any luck syncing up with my buddy BIG AL. The arrivals section was a disaster and I’ve not succeeded in reaching him on his mobile. Pity that.
December 30th, 2003 at 6:00 am
haha..hey Steven, my name is Lisa and for some bizarre reason i have stumbled across your page and let me tell you..i had a giggle to myself, it was really well written and i can just picture this forienger wandering around the streets of sydney with his head in the clouds, neck yanked back…true tourist style, counting the number of various take out eateries…im impressed. So, on a second note, let me say welcome….i realise you wrote this just over four weeks ago so i take it you have probably stumbled across Taco Bell eh? (YAY!) but im curious what the next chapter is…let me know, Lisa xx