Tuesday, January 8, 2008

Passports And Boardies

We've finally arrived!
Before we arrived at the airport we decided that as long as we had our passports and boardies, we were good to go. AND surprisingly we weren't charged for our surfboards on our flight to Oahu or to Sydney. Gotta love the Aloha!
After a 9hr flight from Oahu, we landed around 4pm in Sydney. All we wanted to do was surf, but first we had to stop at customs and have the soil cleaned off Oren's running shoes by an officer, take a half hour train to the Sydney harbor to meet Oren's brother Mikey, then a twenty minute ferry ride to Manly beach.
His brother Mikey is the oldest of three brothers that moved to Australia a year ago from New York to work for a law firm. Mikey lives seven miles from downtown Sydney in Manly. He lives in a rediculous 12th floor apt. overlooking the beach. His morning commute is a five minute walk and a twenty minute ferry ride past the famous concert hall.
So now Mikey has joined our crew!
According to Mikey we couldn't have arrived at a better time. The waves are perfect, the sun is shinning and it's summer. I'll try to post some pics soon. Sunset surf last night, salmon mixed plate, morning sunrise beach run, surf, a little "howz it hangin," and more surfing.
i love auzzie!
gday mates!
ps. thanks boys for the "bamp bamps" (short shorts) i'll fit right in

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I am glad you guys arrived safe and somewhat sound minded. Lets hope all the pub chicks waive your bar tabs like the airline guys did for your surf boards! LOL Clearly you two found the digerydu dude at the station and are now surfing your asses off! Oren thanks for the pots & pans symphony and Gabe thanks for being the King of Chilaxin' -- Cheers Lance