FInally

I am here.

Internet access is not great at all here...and is costly. I don't have my laptop up and running yet (I am on some computer terminal) so I can't upload all my photos yet.

Flight to LAX was alright. We then got on the Qantas A380 to Sydney. It seems like I was on it ages ago, but it was amazing! THe plane was huge, and it was weird to know that people were on a level above you as well. We werent allowed to go upstairs, which was dissapointing. So after 15 hours of watching movies/sleeping we arrived to people coming on to check for swine flu. 4 people or so got quarantined (sp?) so lets hope I do not come down with it. THat took half an hour. Keep in mind our layover was only 1 hour to go through customs and immigration as well as transport to the other terminal. So, long story short, we did not make it. Lines were long as anything and frustrating after such a long flight. We were then booked on the only available Perth flight for the day at 4pm. It was 9am at that time...so we said hey lets go into Sydney and check it out!

IT was awesome. Like a postcard, to be honest. We saw the bridge and the opera house, located on circular quay or whatever they call it. The clouds parted and it was a perfect (and unreal) few hours of sightseeing and jet-lag.

We then got back to the airport and made friends with 2 aussies at this surf related shop in the terminal. THey were really cool and gave us a lot of advice!

AFter another 5 hour flight we arrived in Perth and came to our hotel. I then proceeded to take the best shower of my life after having been traveling for over 40 hours.

I am running out of time on this computer (I put in a $2 aussie coin for half an hour...not bad) so I will leave this til next time. I have much more to say, for sure. Btw, everything is SO expensive here. We do get almost 2 aussie dollars to our dollar but it really is unreal. For example, it was 18 dollars for me to eat a simple ham sandwich and a sunkist at the airport. And you might say, sure, its the airport, but its like that everywhere thus far!

Tomorrow is orientation and a tour of the city!