Beverly Hills and the beach..
We went to Beverly Hills (90210), where the celebrities live and shop on the expensive Rodeo Drive (video below with the motorcycles). We had a trendy matcha. Then we went to Venice Beach, with its skate park.
Category: Beach
Tauranga..
We took the InterCity (a kind of Flixbus) from Auckland to Tauranga, staying in a hostel. Christmas Day! We visited the town, and then went to Maunganui mountain and beach with another girl, made friends! Meanwhile, we booked the next buses, and also two cabins at...
One last surf
December 5th, two days before departure. One last surf lesson at Bondi Beach (pronounced bon-dai), in Sydney's east, about an hour's bus ride away. Bought a new sunproof hat.
Oct 17-21: Tiling in Sydney! <3 ..
Oct 17: In the morning, I was a bit rushed to the pharma tutorial because I left a bit late, oops. The tutorial itself was fine, but took quite a while. After fifteen minutes, we had already divided up the group work, so after that, everyone did…
Kiama blowhole..
Didn't do much yesterday. Today we (Cynthia, Cailene, Angela, Sunny, and a friend of Cynthia's) went to Wollongong and Kiama, a bit south of Sydney. A two-hour train ride. I got to the train on time, but the...
Cairns: Crocodiles and Rainforest
In the morning, I went to "The Hat House," a shop owned by the mother of a friend of ours. It was quite a nice shop, with all sorts of artwork, plants, hats, of course, and souvenirs. I have a crocodile magnet with a place name on it...
Tour guide day 2: Manly, Opera House and Chinatown
At 10 a.m., the little ones were at my place, all of us taking the bus to Circular Quay (pronounced like the English "key"). Mom isn't used to buses, I noticed, haha. We took the ferry to Manly. That ferry goes...
September 14-16: Bondi Kite Festival, university, archery
September 14: Worked on my chemical biology poster this morning. At one point, I had to stop because I really wanted to go to the kite festival at Bondi Beach. I took my laptop with me for the long bus ride, though…
Eagle Rock hike and Rose Bay sunset dip
This morning Cailene came over to my house; she wanted to hear me play guitar and see if I could teach her something. It was fun! We didn't stay that long, though, because we had to catch a train. She did say it was her...
La Perouse + Darling Harbor drone show
Today I went to La Perouse (a bit further south in Sydney) with Cynthia, Sunny, Angela, Cailene, and Cindy. We all had a picnic there with some snacks and games. We also walked around the pier and coastal rocks. Big waves and...