Red Light

From the airport I grabbed a cab to take me to the hotel I was to stay the first few nights at and once I got settled in my room, I took out the bottle of Jack and had a glorious glass of Jack and coke. I went downstairs and decided to explore the area around the hotel. I took the first step out into the city, breathed in a deep breath of fresh and and turned to head on down the road only to be treated with the warmest of welcomes by Sydney; a semi blind woman's seeing-eye-dog taking a crap in the middle of the sidewalk. Funny part is I knew she knew it was doing the deed because she was trying to continue to walk but the dog wouldn't budge It didn't take me long, mind you this is around 10am, to realize the neighborhood surrounding the hotel was clearly a vibrant red light district. Within the first few blocks I chalked up seeing sex shops, gentlemens clubs, transvestites, prostitutes, drug dealers and hobos. Seems to me those hotel reviews I read must have been from people who never ventured outside their room.

All in all I took it easy the first day, at one point I did find a pizza hut but they serve quite a different line up of pies. I eyed one that struck me, appropriately called 'The Aussie', and orded it. It had tomato, onion, bacon, chicken, mushrooms, but the unique part about it was the fried egg they put in the middle. I remember having something similar to this when I was in Italy with Jody my last R&R. It was delicious!

Woke up in the middle of the night, darn jetleg. I was hungry so I went out and found a Thai place where I got pad thai. As my luck would have it, they also had sushi! Great find!

Heading to the Harbor tomorrow. Can't wait!