The first day

Finally; after 27 long hours of flying and waiting I’m finally in Sydney and I don’t have to travel anymore. I have my luggage, I made it through customs (although a dog sniffed at me and they took me to some back room to further inspect my bags, and asked me very seriously "Are you carrying drugs sir?") and I can now go to my hostel and all I have left to do is stay awake for a bit so I won’t get too jet lagged :).

Or that’s what I was hoping for when I got through customs. Trying the ATM to get some money, apparently my bankcard isn’t working here. Seriously, not having any money whatsoever is a nightmare if you’re just arriving at the airport(nothing to drink if you’re thirsty/eat if you’re hungry, no way of getting to your hostel). After trying a ton of things and even getting advice from a local bank I decided to just walk to the hostel, with all my luggage. Having to walk for 15 kilomters with all your luggage is NOT something you want to do after a flight like that, believe me :p

However, there are also some advantages of my walk (I thought this up trying to cheer myself up when I was seriously pissed off of walking :p I didn’t know exactly how to get to the hostel and it took me nearly 4 hours):

-          I feel like a bad-ass because I walked 15 kilometers with all my luggage after flying

-          I saved 15$ by walking

-          I’ve already seen quite a bit of the town which I otherwise never would have

Once arrived at the hostel I remembered a news article I read a while ago stating that the Rabobank was going to turn off world-use of all bank cards automatically. At the hostel they allowed me to use wi-fi, and I managed to turn my bankcard on for Australia and the whole problem was solved:

 I never really had to walk.