So as I was on my way from New York, it didn't really kick in that I'm going to Australia until my connecting flight in San Francisco. Once I went into the international part of the airport, a completely different section, and went to my terminal, saw how big it was, and saw the size of the plane, it started to kick in. When I arrived in Sydney, it was weird because I didn't know where to go. Once I figured it out and got to the hostel, I met other travelers (all from Europe). The next day, I went to orientation and almost every other traveller in this program was from Canada. In general, I haven't met many people from the US here. Most travelers are from Europe or Asia. Going to orientation was great though because it provided a support network and sort of home away from home.
On first look, Sydney is a nice city. In the first couple days, I've seen maybe 3 black people but a lot of Asians which was a pleasant surprise. The Sydney Central YHA hostel is actually near Chinatown in Sydney. I went to the mall and all places in the food court except one were of an Asian cuisine. A cool thing I saw at the mall was a few table tennis exhibition matches.
I have limited internet access and I'm having issues uploading pictures but hopefully there'll be some soon.
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