Monday, July 21, 2008

Australia. How do I begin? Well I arrived just in time to see the sunrise at the airport. I couldn't have asked for a better way to start off my adventure. My group had our orientation up in the city of Cairns. It is an amazing little party city. All there are are college aged people and tons of bars and clubs. The streets were packed every night. 

Aside from my alcoholic adventures we got to go to a rain forest park and see native animals and learned about the native indigenous culture. We also got to go out in the Great Barrier Reef and see some cool shit. The nightlife was by far one of the best things about orientation though. Ridiculous drunken debauchery and dancing is the best way to describe it.

I have realized 3 things already while being here: 
1. Australians are much nicer, friendlier, and better looking than Americans.
2. Australia is ridiculously expensive, Sydney us by far the most expensive city I have ever been too. (Beating NYC and any place in Europe).
3. It is much harder to remember to look the opposite direction while crossing the street than you think.

So far Sydney is great, moved in to my place, it is a dorm style building that holds 30 people.  One giant kitchen to cook, and a shared bathroom for each floor. Not exactly what I had hoped for, but I will make the best of it. Hope all is well back in the states. Ill be updating again soon once I meet more people and school starts next week.

Here is the deal with pictures: For some reason it takes way too long to load pictures, so you can look on my myspace and facebook for a few of them until I can figure out how to do it. 


5 comments:

Unknown said...

Nice. I know the street thing (looking the right way) is hard, but you get use to it.

Another thing you might notice is that everyone has sun screen with them most of the time!

later,

B

Anonymous said...

I am way jealous and wish I was in Australia this very moment. I'm thinking school over there just might beat out summer school here in SLO.

I saw some of your pictures on facebook this morning, and I couldn't help but notice you are surrounded by beautiful ladies :) Lucky you Mike.

I'll look forward to hearing more about your trip! Btw, Stephanie's wedding was amazing and you should have crashed it with Chris and I...

-Kevan-

Anonymous said...

How Exciting!! Don't forget to go to school... and send pictures!
Sarah (Brendan's) :)

Anonymous said...

I had a friend who got hit by a car because when he was crossing the street, he didn't look the right way (when he was in a country that drove on the left).

BE CAREFUL!

Jealous of you!

Peace and Love,
~jenny~

Anonymous said...

Hi Mike. Glad you are having such a good time. I think Australia is a pretty nice country. I think you'll like Sydney. It's a cross between SF & NY but much mellower than both. BE CAREFUL crossing the street cause you'll naturally have trouble remembering to look the opposite way. Let me know when I can call you on skype. I want to hear about your adventures from you live! Love you, Dad