what broad shoulders. they make excellent bag carriers :)
stephen wrapped up in the v australia blanket. i think it makes him look like a jedi, haha.
"elevated" entertainment
whole row all to ourselves :)
13 hours!
stephen not liking the chicken flavored australian chips
it actually tastes like asian chips
masquerading as a fob. i like the chicken flavored chips.
view of darling harbour from our room
pip
huge australian flag
barramundi and chips at the fish market
with our hotel in the b/g
old wooden steps on the subway
huge milk carton advertisements
i guess their post boxes aren't as interesting as i first thought when i took the picture
imagine him with a can and top hat, i guess
stephen and the sydney harbour bridge
stephen took this picture and forgot to smile
we may not have gotten all of the opera house, but at least we got our smiles :)
third time's the charm?
sydney opera house: some say seashells, some say turtles mating
stubbornly out on the rooftop beer garden in the rain
where to next?
drinking coffee through a tim tam. according to stephen, these next few pictures look like we're snorting cocaine. haha.
it got a little messy :) but his sweater smelled of sweet coffee for the next 10 days, haha.
stephen apprehensive of the green on his meat pie with mashed potatoes and peas at harry's cafe de wheels
almost every tourist guide will tell you to go there. let me tell you now, it is not good. do not go there.
the british may have their jelly babies, but australians opt for chicos instead. he looks more like a black baby then a mexican boy to me though. haha.
din tai fung puts bags over your sweaters if you hang it on the back of your chair. i think it's so they don't spill anything on it.
so good.
many thanks to our chinese ancestors for discovering this ingenious way of cooking
pork dumplings with crab meat and roe
did much better than me as first timer (read: no dumpling juice stains on sweater)
they had 85C in australia! the best coffee i've ever had.
g'day mate!
chinese frienship garden
rocks in a pond. they are supposed to look like a phoenix (left) and dragon (center).
such a tranquil garden in a hustle-bustle city
this one is supposed to look like a turtle (center left)
contemplating?
waterfall
nice reflection of a ferris wheel just outside the garden walls
bananas!
more of a water trickle than a waterfall
big fat bulb tree in the royal botanical gardens
opera house and bridge at sunset
view from the royal botanical gardens
sydney so pretty
finger-y pine tree in the royal botanical gardens
is it a vine growing into the ground or a trunk wrapping itself around another tree?
at wagamama for some tasty ramen :)
espresso martini at the opera house
