"A good traveller has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving" Lao Tzu
So after the drama, with the dentist and missing teeth, we decided to rent a car and head out of the city, to the Yarra Valley and the wine region…. stopping off at a nature reserve to see Koala’s and Roos. The scenery was stunning especially as it was Autumn, with fantastic colours (something I had not seen since Canada a few years ago). Anyway pictures speak louder than words …. so please take a gander …
So this morning out to down town Melbourne and a visit to the dentist at 8am !!!, after walking down the street to have a x ray … the prognosis was …. take them OUT!!!!!! so yours truly ended up minus two teeth. Here I am just after having the surgery ( yes it did hurt, unlike the dentist in Bangkok and Hong Kong).
The rest of the day, I was in some kind of shock and so did not do much……..
Koala Count still nil
Kangeroo count still nil
Today was spent wandering around very quaint boutiques, and rather fine bars. However I broke my tooth … so now have to have an emergency dental appointment !!!!!
So after the flight via Singapore … I saw Melbourne from the air …. god it is flat no high rises and then on getting out of the plane…. COLD …yes its cold. Now I expected Australia to be warm, but silly me forget that this country is upside and its Autumn !! so temperature is around 14 degrees C and I have packed lots of linen clothes, from Mr Gu … bad move Chris.
So after L unch in this very fine eatery, the cool car is outside the restaurant Haveys in South Yarra, a few blocks done from where we are staying.
( http://www.harveysrestaurant.com.au/ ),
We decided to go … yes clothes shopping (here is a shot of Chapel Street in South Yarra.
Tonight off to a burlesque show ( http://www.burlesquebar.com.au/ ).
I really don’t know what is happening to me, it must be the two walk in wardrobes that I have, but I have gone clothes mad.
In preparation of the next Chris Tour adventure Mr Gu the tailor came round with a suitcase full of new clothes.
3 pairs of casual Linen trousers
10 shirts both casual and formal
2 pairs of formal trousers
2 pairs of formal linen trousers
and one Grey 1960’s style James Bond Suit (with two pairs of trousers)
also I raided the Herring Shoes web site and swiped two pairs of Church’s ….. so the suitcase is all packed with nice crisp new clothes, lucky I don’t need to learn any new phases, so I can pack my mandarin text books and get continue to learn while I travel.
Hi there thanks for dropping by, this site will show some thoughts and photos from the Chris Tour 09, already this year Chris Tour has visited
And now the trips coming up on the agenda are Melbourne and Singapore …