Tuesday 12 August 2008


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australia day in sydney

Not long to spend in Sydney on Australia Day, a great shame, if we'd have known we would have changed our itinerary to stay for the evening celebrations too.

In the morning, after we'd dropped off our luggage at the station, and having coffee and toast in one of the town's cafes, we decided to get back to Circular Quay where we happily mingled in with the crowds, so many Australia hats, flags, teeshirts etc, and smiley faces! Later on, after a nice lunch of takeaway fish and chips, we headed back towards the station to catch our train to Adelaide. Fortunately for us the pavements were lined with vintage transport, where we were able to stop for a while to take photos, and take in some of the Australian spirit.

So we didn't miss everything!


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national orchid garden

Located within Singapore Botanic Gardens, which boasts a sprawling display of 60,000 orchid plants.

We visited here on part of the City Tour, somewhat being rather a rushed affair. We weren't given much time, I could have walked around for hours!

On arrival at Singapore Changi airport there were displays of large bowl shaped planters full of the most stunning, colourful orchids I have ever seen. What a greeting, and not surprising this airport was voted second best airport in the World Airport Awards 2008.


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hong kong by day

A view of Hong Kong by day, taken from the harbour in Kowloon.