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angharad_gam...anyone know anything fun to do at Sydney airport?
Apart from drink lots of tea because this coffee shop appears to be the only place in the whole airport with a power point?
Actually, I've ridden out most of my stopover time here already, and I only have an hour-ish until I can board my flight. I don't envy the person sitting next to me. It is now about 48 hrs since I had a shower and it was awfully hot in Ottawa before I left (as I believe I have already mentioned). However I'm not too tired as I managed to get about seven hours sleep on the plane from Vancouver. Over all coming back seems to have thrown me out far less (so far) than going over. Not sure if it's inherent in the direction of travel, or just the timing of the flights - the flight from Vancouver was both late night/early morning Canada time and evening/night Australia time so by either clock it was a reasonable time to sleep.
I have made it this far relatively unscathed. I was a bit worried about the zip on the front pocket of my suitcase because I stuffed it so full of books that it broke when I tried to close it (serve me right for buying a cheap suitcase - to add to which the handle broke when I pulled it off the carousel here in Sydney). However I fixed it and it seems to have survived thus far. Only two more baggage-handling crews to get through. Maybe I should get a Kindle. The only other problem so far is that I left a packet of stuff on the plane that mostly contained receipts and other non-vital stuff. Well, the receipts are important, but not urgently so. By the time I discovered this I was already at the Sydney domestic terminal and I couldn't face going back (it would involve leaving the domestic terminal, getting a bus back to the international terminal, possibly going through security again, leaving the international terminal, getting the bus back to the domestic terminal, going through security again...I probably had the time for it, but so not the motivation - I just want to go home!). Anyway they will mail it to me, so that is ok. And I will just have to fob off the travel people reconciling my receipts and so on for a few days.
Okay so maybe I lied about the tired. I'm just not as tired as I know it is possible to be...
Apart from drink lots of tea because this coffee shop appears to be the only place in the whole airport with a power point?
Actually, I've ridden out most of my stopover time here already, and I only have an hour-ish until I can board my flight. I don't envy the person sitting next to me. It is now about 48 hrs since I had a shower and it was awfully hot in Ottawa before I left (as I believe I have already mentioned). However I'm not too tired as I managed to get about seven hours sleep on the plane from Vancouver. Over all coming back seems to have thrown me out far less (so far) than going over. Not sure if it's inherent in the direction of travel, or just the timing of the flights - the flight from Vancouver was both late night/early morning Canada time and evening/night Australia time so by either clock it was a reasonable time to sleep.
I have made it this far relatively unscathed. I was a bit worried about the zip on the front pocket of my suitcase because I stuffed it so full of books that it broke when I tried to close it (serve me right for buying a cheap suitcase - to add to which the handle broke when I pulled it off the carousel here in Sydney). However I fixed it and it seems to have survived thus far. Only two more baggage-handling crews to get through. Maybe I should get a Kindle. The only other problem so far is that I left a packet of stuff on the plane that mostly contained receipts and other non-vital stuff. Well, the receipts are important, but not urgently so. By the time I discovered this I was already at the Sydney domestic terminal and I couldn't face going back (it would involve leaving the domestic terminal, getting a bus back to the international terminal, possibly going through security again, leaving the international terminal, getting the bus back to the domestic terminal, going through security again...I probably had the time for it, but so not the motivation - I just want to go home!). Anyway they will mail it to me, so that is ok. And I will just have to fob off the travel people reconciling my receipts and so on for a few days.
Okay so maybe I lied about the tired. I'm just not as tired as I know it is possible to be...
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Date: 2012-06-22 02:25 pm (UTC)Depends whether you want to be arrested as a terrorist or not?
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Date: 2012-06-24 05:45 am (UTC)I did get frisked in Canada because my jewellry set off the metal detectors (they must have had them set to ultra sensitive because it doesn't usually) and since my ankle was beeping I guess they had to check if I was wearing a clutch piece (actually it was just a couple of anklets).
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Date: 2012-06-24 05:45 am (UTC)Ps. Kindles are cool when you are travelling. As many books as you want no excess weight. The only downside is they won't let you read them on the plane during take off and landing.
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Date: 2012-06-24 05:52 am (UTC)And would you believe I was in Canada for two whole weeks and didn't see a single Mountie?
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Date: 2012-06-24 05:59 am (UTC)Am thinking on my trip in August I will take a plane book and the kindle.