Chinatown, Newton, Tim Tam.
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luckykaaNeeded some more toothpaste and deodorant. Some Tim Tams fell into my basket. Ooops.
So I thought I'd wander round town. It's pleasant and inexpensive. Wandered into Paddy's markets. I have a voucher for a free bag but have no idea where to get that from. Walked into the mall and back to the Converse shop that was having a clearance sale. They'd miraculpusly spawned a pair of bots in a colour I liked, and only $40. Bargain. I handed a $50 note and was given my change with apology for the small denominations. As I walked out and counted the change something seemed wrong. There were four notes. They were blue. The blue ones are ten dollar notes. They were extremely grateful that I came back to correct things.
Next stop Chinatown. It seems a curious feature of the world that every city over a certain size has a Chinatown. I bet there's even on in Shanghai. Not that much to see there though.
Walked over to Newtown. Pleasantly studenty, with a huge used bookshop selling computer books just $2 each. Just in case you need to know how to configure Windows NT 4 or are having issues with Word 95. Stopped to see a very tiny sculpture garden. A piece of astroturf with some small models on and some students doing origami. Had an origami lesson and chatted to the students. Much fun was had.
Now I have one more night and a full day to use up.
Top tip - never take a flight leaving at 6am. Airport buses and trains don't run that late. You need to check in at 4am which given there's travel time and getting up time on top of that, this even makes sleeping seem a bit pointless.
So I thought I'd wander round town. It's pleasant and inexpensive. Wandered into Paddy's markets. I have a voucher for a free bag but have no idea where to get that from. Walked into the mall and back to the Converse shop that was having a clearance sale. They'd miraculpusly spawned a pair of bots in a colour I liked, and only $40. Bargain. I handed a $50 note and was given my change with apology for the small denominations. As I walked out and counted the change something seemed wrong. There were four notes. They were blue. The blue ones are ten dollar notes. They were extremely grateful that I came back to correct things.
Next stop Chinatown. It seems a curious feature of the world that every city over a certain size has a Chinatown. I bet there's even on in Shanghai. Not that much to see there though.
Walked over to Newtown. Pleasantly studenty, with a huge used bookshop selling computer books just $2 each. Just in case you need to know how to configure Windows NT 4 or are having issues with Word 95. Stopped to see a very tiny sculpture garden. A piece of astroturf with some small models on and some students doing origami. Had an origami lesson and chatted to the students. Much fun was had.
Now I have one more night and a full day to use up.
Top tip - never take a flight leaving at 6am. Airport buses and trains don't run that late. You need to check in at 4am which given there's travel time and getting up time on top of that, this even makes sleeping seem a bit pointless.
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Re: :)
Date: 2010-09-17 12:52 pm (UTC)Re: :)
Date: 2010-09-17 02:25 pm (UTC)Re: :)
Date: 2010-09-21 09:59 am (UTC)What can't you get there? How are you for Jaffa cakes?
Re: :)
Date: 2010-09-21 11:18 am (UTC)