The tram entered Sydney’s Central Station
under a bunch of silent hoo-hoos. We were earlier than the predicted 7 o’clock.
The hostel policy seemed to be working here in Sydney, too, no check-in before
one in the afternoon. I was so tired and in need of lots of sleep at the
moment, I had been like awake throughout the whole journey and felt like
collapsing any minute.
The weather was even colder than in
Melbourne and the station seemed like a wreckage, that’s my first impression of
Sydney the second we stepped down Countrylink. I was already wearing three
coats and still freezing from the cold, man! And they don’t even supply the
tourists with some city maps here unlike the former two cities we had been too.
If this didn’t turn in a better direction soon, I’m afraid that its rank might
come in last compared to Perth and Melbourne.
We sat on the bench breathing out white,
cold smoke waiting for the time to pass. I was afraid that we will be sitting
here from 6 to 1 in the afternoon… there was a Hungry Jack’s at the rear of the
station so we decided to check it out, maybe buy a drink and sit in the house
for warmth or something. Too bad, this fast food restaurant was opened in
public and they only provide people with outside benches and tables… that left
us to no option but to drag our luggage and headed for the CBD. Two small
Asians with a bunch of big luggage walking on the streets early in the morning,
that’s our first day of Sydney.
Not many people were seemed on the roads and
the traffic wasn’t at all dense. The streets had a much different look than the
ones in Melbourne. Less antiques and more modern skyscrapers. But the first
thing in our mind is to find somewhere warm and hang up our feet.
We past George Street than took a turn on
Hay Street where we finally got to Goulburn Street. Starbucks was still closed
7 am in the morning. We ran by Maze backpackers, the place we would be staying
for the rest of the week by accident, I walked in with a shot of early check-in.
The receptionist said that since we had an early booking and the room was
vacant and cleaned at the moment, it’s fine that we checked in! Oh my god, this
is the best thing that could have ever happened to us at that time and we were
both thrilled. I paid the fee and climbed for three floors and carried all the
suitcases up, since there was no elevator in Maze… the room was okay, small but
cozy. We lined our stuff against the wall and swam into the quilts for a good
period of sleep.
It was already afternoon by the second we
got up, I felt great and full of strength. I started making points and
highlighting places on the map. Sydney was huge! Unlike Perth or Melbourne,
there were so many famous tourist spots that we would love to cover! After
making a rough schedule about our afterward days in Sydney, we headed outside.
Roxie brought the both of us to China Town and it felt pretty much the same as
the one in Melbourne, full of Chinese people and fancy seafood restaurants.
After that we made it to World Square and it really was full of stores and
booths of every countries and cultures. We bought some food at Coles and some
cornflakes, since we mainly fed on toasts and ham and eggs in Perth and
Melbourne for breakfast, it’s time to make a difference: )
Maze provided the backpackers with free
dinner at 7 in the hostel, people said it was the Australian Christmas in June.
We lined up for 3 pieces of roasted beef with gravy and some potatoes plus
sweet potatoes… they tasted amazing and I was pretty full after that. Most of
the backpackers in Maze were white and I hadn’t seen any Asians yet, pretty
much unlike the situation in Britannia or Greenhouse.
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