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The Week #282
by James- π¦πΊ I traveled to south of the equator for the first time to Melbourne. It seems like a pretty great city β though the lack of a train from the airport to the central business district is a shame. Having your (my) introduction to the city be taking an Uber along a massive highway to some massive 7 lane roads really reminded me of being in Houston more than London. Living in Japan and mostly visiting places with excellent public transit, going to a car centric city is always a shock to the system.
The trams do exist, but the barrier to riding them as a visitor is quite high. They're free within the central business district, but if you leave then you need to pay using a transit card. Which you'd then need to charge or something. They're in the process is upgrading so you can use a credit card / your phone, but it's not there / everywhere yet.
Food and Coffee has been great though. I am looking forward to drinking as much coffee as I can while I'm about. - π¦ I have yet to see any kangaroos.
- π§ I charged up /synced my iPod Classic and so glad I did. Traveling with your entire library on a device that works without internet access is so good. On the plane listening to Green Day's Dookie album reminded me that I did the same exact thing as a kid flying between California and Colorado. Except the only album I had with me was Dookie and it was a (not Sony) Walkman. I must have listened to it 3 times in a row. The opening of the album remains my favorite of all time.
- π¦πΊ I traveled to south of the equator for the first time to Melbourne. It seems like a pretty great city β though the lack of a train from the airport to the central business district is a shame. Having your (my) introduction to the city be taking an Uber along a massive highway to some massive 7 lane roads really reminded me of being in Houston more than London. Living in Japan and mostly visiting places with excellent public transit, going to a car centric city is always a shock to the system.
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Checkin to Pillar of Salt
Quick breakie -
Checkin to Taco Bill - Russell St
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Checkin to Terminal 3
Transferring -
Checkin to Tokyo International (Haneda) Airport (HND) (ζ±δΊ¬ε½ιη©ΊζΈ― (ηΎ½η°η©ΊζΈ―))
Brb. Popping to Melbourne via Singapore. π¦πΊ
