[Photos above: Sydney Opera House, Sydney Harbour Bridge, view from "walk"]
The torrential downpour continued last night. Heinz & Pirkko will be happy to know I took a cab to the casino. It was under $9 as the casino was so close. It was great to stay dry. Unfortunately the cards were not good to me. I'm still up for the trip but barely.
My taxi driver told me that it was supposed to rain all day Sunday. Greeeaaat...Luckily the morning skies were clear so I did not need to change my plans for the day. I took the ferry over to Manly Beach. The views of the harbour and both the Sydney Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge were amazing.
At Manly I walked across Corso to the surf beach and spent the morning walking the length of the beach and over to another nearby beach in a protected cove where there were lots of people scuba diving. I had lunch on a rooftop patio overlooking Manly Beach - Corona and calamari - this is the life.
After lunch I visited a little street market and bought myself a beautiful coral ring. It's an oval shape and the colour of the coral is magnificent. I then spotted a nail place offering cheap mani-pedi's and I couldn't resist. The colour I chose had something to do with Ayer's Rock. I guess OPI customizes their names to countries. It's a reddish coral and looks great with my ring.
After stopping in a couple shops (surf shops and souvenir places) I embarked on the 10K "walk" my guidebook recommended. A strenuous hike would be a better description. I am soooo glad I wore running shoes today. The walk started off on a wide paved path that took you along harbours and beautiful residential areas. It then became a scramble across rocks and up rock formations so high that I looked way, way down on cliffs. The walk took about 5 hours. Phew! Thank goodness the views were spectacular. I got lots of photos I'll have to go through, perhaps on the plane tomorrow.
The rain held off though. I only had a few drops as I waited at a bus stop to come back downtown. This time we crossed over the Sydney Harbour Bridge. The bus took me to Wynyard station from which it is a short walk to the hotel.
By the time I got back to the hotelI was wiped. I must have walked for over 8 hours today. My feet ache. My arms and chest are giving off heat as I did not use enough sunscreen. I am having a quiet relaxing night in before my journey tomorrow. I'm lying on my super comfy king bed watching TV. Oh yeah, the toiletries at this hotel are great too.
I hope you have enjoyed joining me on my travels. Stay tuned for more adventures soon. :)
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