recharging through barging crowds and traffic

well first day after a good sleep. went out on the town with some of the people here at maze last night and got as far as midnight and did a classic smoke bomb.
i've been trying to set up some of the essentials like a bank account, getting electricity adapters, setting up my cell phone again, stuff like that and i'm really getting caught up in the incredibly fast pace of this city. people fast walking everywhere, traffic speeding around nearly hitting pedestrians all the time. people pass you on the right like the traffic flow here is more confusing than it seems. instictivly for 28 years i've been used to looking for traffic a certain way now it's a thorn in my side.
i had my first jam with an asain guy busking on a street corner downtown playing this weird single string instument with a wooden can looking thing on the bottom and playing it with a bow. he didn't really speak any english, so i just pulled out my xaphoon and he nodded and we started playing together.

did some bike shopping today since i'm getting tired of walking everywhere. there's a GL1100 (honda goldwing) on the edge of town im going to check out tomorrow and another 2 VT750's (honda shadows) at a dealership right by me just waiting. hopefully i'll decide between the 3 tomorrow and have wheels for next week, that's the hope anyway.

down under time

it was pretty amazing flying over the pacific ocean this morning. in the boeing 747 we were flying 900 mph away from the sunrise which made it last for about 2 hours. for those of you concerned with the trials of my ear explosions, as i expected the decent into san francisco was again the most painful of my life (sorry marco i chewed a whole pack of gum and it didn't do anything). almost luckly though i don't think i re-pressurized before i was in the air again so that made the sydney decent alot less painful. fyi about 3 hours to san fran 14 hours to sydney not quite 20 but long enough.

so now i'm set up at nomad's maze hostel, and honestly after that long a flight , jet lag setting in, maybe an hour sleep, this place is huge and very much a confusing maze. seems to be alright though.

oh yeah , get this. so right before i leave cow town with my buddy rich, the car we're riding around in gets towed! luckly my bags and passport we're yet to be loaded in. all i am missing is my last paycheque and the international DL i got that day. oh well it'll all work out and could have been much worse.