Alright, we're back from our 4 day road trip and its our last real day on vacation. Its a lovely day and a great time to be at the beach but we are taking it slow.. hence the blog post :)
Here's the view we had from the Manly ferry this morning

App at the beach near Trial Bay Gaol, South West Rocks. This beach was almost surreal with crystal clear water, almost white sand and very few people (there were actually more bird marks on the sand than foot prints)

White lillies bloom along the river in Bellingen. We were lucky, these flowers only appear in spring. This was the same place that we canoed to in the moonlight, the night before.

A sunny moment in the rainforest at Dorigo National Park. The weather was actually pretty crazy, alternating between light/heavy rain and sunshine.. the region isn't called New England for nothing.

Here's a picture from Day 2 - from the YHA in Bellingen. What you're seeing is a chicken that seems to grow fur! The locals called them silkies..

A little summary of our road trip - this pic is from day 1 at the Tyrell's winery in lower Hunter Valley.

Here's the christmas tree at QVB - the picture is blurred but you can see that the tree is *huge*.

Well it looks like the blog has turned into a photo blog of our visit to Sydney. So here I unleash more pics! This one is of App playing the piano at the QVB, she was quite the entertainer.

A chilly & windy day at Cronulla beach. Today was fare free day for CityRail Sydney; the furthest we wanted to go was to Cronulla. I would love to visit this beach on a brighter day, it was beautiful even today.

Another pic from earlier in the week - this is the walk from Bondi to Bronte.

No trip to Oz is complete without a Koala pic - here's ours!! :)

Halfway through our vacation here down under, we are loving it! Apologies for not posting before but we have been busy.. Over the last 3 days, we made a 2 day trip to the Blue mountains (west of Sydney) and the Jenolan caves. Yesterday we were walking about the city, went to the Queen Victoria Building and also walked about the Rocks and the Oxford St / Kings Cross area. Here's a picture of the 3 of us from a lookout along the blue mountains.

Today we visited Sydney's popular Bondi beach and found it very enjoyable. Apparently, it gets crazy crowded on weekends so we did the right thing by going today. We also managed a nice walk along the water towards Bronte. More pics from that later. For now, enjoy this view of Bondi.

I'll have to post a higher resolution panoramic pic later. Its 1:15 AM here right now, but here's another picture from tonight to keep you satisfied for now.

We had a wonderful first day in Sydney. Relaxed in the morning, then went to the city to enjoy the wonderful weather. Here's one of my first ever panoramic photos. It took a bit of effort but I'm happy with the result!!

Finally Sydney!!:)

We landed safely in Sydney yesterday night after a loooooooong flight. I had severe stomachache problems in the flight. So was lying down most of the time.



Here, arjun's place is nice. ppl are really friendly. Arvind and arjun spent most time bonding(meaning spent time on installing gadgets). This place reminds me of England sooo much. Its nostalgic. Arvind and arjun went up now to take shower (that was atleast 20 mins ago and they are still talking about music system). May be I will sleep for sometime, it will be atleast an hour before these guys get ready.



We are planning to take it light today and just go see the city and return back.

So today there was this posting on Slashdot about photo blogs and their increasing popularity and that reminded me that it is time to unleash another photograph from our collection onto the unsuspecting world! (that would be you)


This one is of App in front of the mission at Santa Barbara from a couple years ago.

Election night

Nothing much by the way of updates over the last weekend. It was a quiet halloween, played Laser tag and watched 'The Grudge'. Apparently, watching a scary movie for halloween is a very 'couple' thing to do so it was a little weird when 4 guys (us) walked into a cinema filled with pairs (the women literally clung on to their boyfriends).

Tonight is exciting because it is Election Night. Bush seems to have a majority right now but it should still be a close race, given the situation. California is still voting.. I, unfortunately, have never voted anywhere but I am supporting the democrats. Go Kerry / Edwards!

2 more days to go....

i'm stressed with all the things going on. Two more days to go. can't wait to see arvind =)