On our way to East Timor, boss Nathaniel and I fly to Sydney. In a few hours we fly to Darwin, Australia, and then on to Dili, East Timor the next morning. All told, about three days in transit.
After 18 hours of night, the sun catches us and we land in Sydney at dawn on Saturday. We'd boarded Thursday evening.
Sydney on approach. A bit blurry from the jetwash.
El Pacifica!
Our first stop in Oceana, Nathaniel buys a donut. Authentic Australia!
We spent the day wandering around downtown Sydney.
Taking pictures of black people is a popular tourist attraction in Australia. That entire crowd was standing around watching him play music. G'day, Aborigine!
Opera house. Person added for scale.
Obligatory birds. I think the one in the upper left was trying to eat the baby (center). Mom (lower left) moves to intercept.
After 18 hours of night, the sun catches us and we land in Sydney at dawn on Saturday. We'd boarded Thursday evening.
Sydney on approach. A bit blurry from the jetwash.
El Pacifica!
Our first stop in Oceana, Nathaniel buys a donut. Authentic Australia!
We spent the day wandering around downtown Sydney.
Taking pictures of black people is a popular tourist attraction in Australia. That entire crowd was standing around watching him play music. G'day, Aborigine!
Opera house. Person added for scale.
Obligatory birds. I think the one in the upper left was trying to eat the baby (center). Mom (lower left) moves to intercept.
2 comments:
Jonathan, thanks for the obligatory bird pic. That certainly is a tradition on this side of your family.
Hallo mate! Love the blog - can't wait to see pictures of Timor.
Nashville is chilly and gray, but I'm so happy to be here. I'm reading Nancy Drew novels and going shopping. Which is almost, but not quite, cooler than watching Real Live Aborigines play drums.
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