Thursday. 1.12.06 11:55 pm
It is a long trip from Hong kong to Adelaide, because we transfer at Melbourne. Although not the longest trip in my life, it is longer than my recent trips, e.g. Sydney, Japan, etc.
It took 9 hours from Hong Kong to Melbourne, Qanta's in-flight service and environment are much better than before, at least their breads are no longer hard and cold (sorry, the breakfast one was still hard as a stone), the food was acceptable, and had many choices of movie. However, I am more like Cathay pacific and JAL.
Some of the drink powders were not allowed by the custom, they didn't throw in the large bin that they usually do, but in a drawers. I don't want to think this way, but I doubt they will drink it instead. One thing I don't understand, in which way it'll affect Australia if the drink contain milk powder and made in malay?? Is it because as I drank it, and the excrement will affect the country?? And what'll they do to the drink, I believe it will affect Australia too if they bury them. I think Australia Government should do some promotion to let travelers know what they will do to those captured goods, and how they will affect Australia.
We passed Custom, and took 45 mins from Melboure to Adelaide, i was disappointed when I look through the flight window, it was all yellow-ish lands and trees, and I couldn't see any high rise building. I worried where I can find a place to live?
Adelaide is even hotter than Sydney, it is Januray, the hottest month of Australia, but I couldn't breath because of the hot. A university staff pick us up from airport to the place we'd live, she drived the bus around city and introducing the city, I was too tired to listen and talk to her. That was no much on the street, this was the other things that worried me. When we arrived the service apartment, they told us that the room was not ready, and asked us to leave the suitcases there and come back later (crying, sleepy, sleepy, sleepy), but I have chance to see the real Adelaide, finally. It is a beautiful green city (just too hot), and see the parks everywhere.
Felt so tired after the long trip, natalie brought us to Chinatown and Central Market, we walked around and find some funny shops. Actually they are organic grocery, and they sell rices, beans, flour, etc., you can pour whatever you need in bags, and pay in cashier. I raised up in 80s, I went to market with mum when I was child, but I went to supermarket in the last 10 years, and I haven't see this kind of grocery for long time. It may not be strange or interesting to some people, but it is new to me.
I was too tired to walk, so we had lunch and bought some necessary stuffs from supermarket, and back to the apartment to get the key. It took us some time and energy to move the suitcase from the reception to the apartment we'd lived, anyway, we arrived and sleep till evening.
Categories: Adelaide life [t]
No one's on the fly-besieged streets cuz it's too bloody hot. Everyone's hiding at home or in air-conditioned malls or in roadside cafes.
» theZEBRA on 2006-01-18 11:08:01
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