chase the light

On our flight out of Fiji at 3:00AM or something we were greeted by a spectacular sunrise behind the wing of the plane. We had a bit of a layover in Auckland where we slept, then hopped our flight to Sydney. Since we were only going to be in Sydney for a day we hopped a cab down to the harbor and took a cruise. Eiffel Tower, check. Golden Gate Bridge, check. St. Louis Arch, check. Sydney Opera House, check. Yeah yeah, I know, but you can’t help it when you’re here. We took a water taxi around the harbor and got off at the extremely touristy Darling Harbor. For dinner I had some prawns that were so big I think they were actually lobsters. The Gay Games were also going on in Sydney, so the only hotel available was right by the airport. The Hotel Ibis also has a serious problem with the fire alarm going off at some ungodly time in the morning. I did come to the conclusion that if you participated in the Gay Games, you got a medal. I overheard a 5’2 woman at the airport talk about the medal she won with her basketball team! The two guys she was talking to won medals in some track event. One was kinda overweight. Even George’s neighbours in New Zealand won medals for some other event. Ok, the competition was probably lacking, but I heard it was fab-u-lous time for all.