Ten Days in Sydney - Trannys, HQ and Lots of Alcohol.

Okay, So this is another shortcut. Here it goes....

In Sydney I stayed at a Hostel called the Backpackers' HQ in King's Cross, Sydney. If you like nightlife, this is the place to stay. Most of the guys there are long-termers, so it's so safe and secure. HQ also had an activity organised every night, either a visit to a bar or the legendary Sausage Spectacular on a Friday night where, for a mere $3, you can get all you can eat sausages and all you can drink goon (box wine). It is a great laugh, and everyone got pretty drunk. There was a rumor that one swiss girl got so drunk that she couldn't see and had to get helped to bed. There were a few highlights of my time in Sydney that weren't alcohol related, but I'll get to the good parts first! I did have a few good nights out in Sydney, and here are the best bits. On nmy first night out we visited the Old Fitzroy theater. There was free pool, cheap food, and $3 beers. Need I say more? I ended the night by having to get Jo (one of the guys from the hostel, from england) To escort me to the nearest McDonald's, and then back to the hostel. Another place we frequented regularly was the World Bar. One memorable evening was the karaoke, with free drinks for the singers. I teamed up with a Swede and an Aussie and we completely ruined the Queen classic "We Are the Champions". And of course, the most memorable of all the nightlife in King's Cross has to be 'Tranny Bingo' at the King's Cross Hotel. They were taller than me! Some of the calls were very un traditional. 88 became two fat s**ts, and 1 is a skinny b***h. Right, not for the less alcoholic highlights. First there was manly beach, a ferry ride away from the city. It was quite nice, but it was too windy and cold to go swimming on the day we went. Next there was the Harbour Bridge and Opera House. This may seen strange, but they are a lot smaller than you think they are, and because you've seen them before, you don't really get that sense of 'wow'. But in my eyes, the best highlight was the trip to the Blue Mountains. We took a 4 hour walk though the valley, and the views and waterfalls were immense! There was a bit of a slip-up, where I accidentally put my foot straight down a hole which was full of water. My trousers got soaked right up to the knee. All I can say is, thank god no-one else did it, because they'd probably have ended up waist deep in water! Another highlight of the day was the 'adventure lunch'. we took our pies and salad out to a rock hanging out over the valley, with a 200ft drop on three sides, and no safety barries, nets or others. Now that puts a whole new meaning on 'al fresco'. So that's a quick summary of the best bits of Sydney, and you wouldn't have got much more anyway, because i was pretty drunk quite a lot of the time, and the rest is a bit blurry. So - to give a briefer do and don't. Do - go to the Blue mountains, and do stay at Backpackers' HQ. Don't - expect to be overly wowed by the Opera House or the Bridge and don't drinkk too much goon in one go. It's not good for you. Now this shall be the end on the 'Diaries' Blog for now. I'n now gonna go onto a Sub-blog, The Flying Scotsman's Travel Journal.