Down Under

So I've just completed my first week in Sydney, Australia visiting the glorious Sarah (who also has a blog, Inane Ramblings, we are so indie) and I've had a whale of a time. Can I say that? Do people still say that? Either way, I have. I haven't done that much sightseeing as such because I got a pretty awesome view of Sydney when we went skydiving over it! I was the one in the corner freaking out when we first arrived, I started shaking, I went pale, I took up smoking again temporarily, I couldn't speak to anyone. Then four hours went past when we were waiting for the clouds to part and, frankly, I got bored. By our jump I was running around, punching the air, swearing to the high heavens and ready to "do this!" Sarah who had been completely calm up until that point got into the helicopter and suddenly went "I can't look down, I can't look down, I'm not looking down!" My skydiving bloke then noticed her leg strap had come undone which did not help her vertigo as her partner still didn't notice her prodding him going "uuuuh excuse me???" But she got to jump fully tied up and she had a great time. For me it was amazing, the view was incredible and the feeling of falling was amazing. I highly recommend it to everyone, although when he told me to fly the parachute after we released it I had images of me plunging us into the sea, but apparently he shared the same visions as he never truly let go. Plusthefact, I was so weak I could hardly change direction! 

We've had some days just relaxing on the beach, and some nights watching my burn turn into a good base tan which I am determined to top up on a daily basis! I have met some truly amazing people and had a hell of a lot of fun.

Like last night: we started off in a salsa club and I ended up on a cruise yacht stealing three bottles of wine and then sneaking off again to the admiration of my very poor friends. Now that we've got the booze sorted I think we can hit it again tonight.

I'm trying to think of sarcastic and funny things to tell you all but I've just had so much fun I can't make fun of any of it!