Day 12

Jan. 31, 2012

           After we got off the plane, we all rented a hotel for the night and caught up on our much needed sleep. We managed to wake up early enough to do the final event we saw! A taxi driver told us about the Sydney/Bondi Hop-on and Hop-off tour, so we figured we would go. I figure taxi drivers must get pretty tired of tourists asking them questions on where to go.


           Basically, the Sydney and Bondi Hop-on and Hop-off tour is a glorified tour of the city. It's on a double-decker bus (you might have seen them in shows about England) and you can 'hop-on' or 'hop-off' whenever and wherever you like. There are tours for certain places of the town outside of the town and they take about 90 minutes each. Highlights of the tour include the Sydney Harbor Bridge and Sydney Opera House (we've already been to both!), Sydney Aquarium, Darling Harbor, and Bondi Beach. The tour will last up to two days, depending on how long you want to stay on the bus for. However, we are only going to stay for the rest of the day.

Darling Harbor!

        All in all, the tour was a good time. We met a lot of different tourists; many of them were couples or groups like us. We only stopped to tour the Darling Harbor; David suggested we compare it to the Sydney Harbor. They were both a lot alike; there were many large buildings and bright lights in both. The shopping centers were a lot better in Sydney Harbor, though. 


        We waved goodbye to the city, since we wouldn't see it again for a long time or maybe even never again. It was depressing to have to leave the country where we've had so much fun and made a lot of memories. Even if it was hot during the whole trip, thanks to Australian summer, this was one of the best experiences I know I have ever had. Hopefully, we'll get a chance to experience something as enjoyable again.