"I come from the land down-under.."

So I am in Sydney at last...and oh so happy to be with my wonderful brother Tony for a couple of weeks for some fun in the sun...

It has been wonderful being in this vibrant city, filled with so much culture, beautiful scenery, and wonderfully freindly (and amazingly fit and healthy!) people...

Instead of writing much for this blog, I decided just to enter pictures in with a few captions...I hope it will give you a good sense of the sights and sounds that greet meet on a daily basis while I am here...

I hope you are all well..

hugs from Bondi Beach..
melina :)


me and my "baby" brother Tony...




at breakfast after swim practice..


me and my Greek/South African freind Basil....



Aussie lifeguards take their job ever so seriously !



the coastline the greets me every morning..





there is an amazing coastal walk for about 4 km that I walk along almost daily here..it is magestic, magical, and mystifying...


the friendly local parrots on the balcony feeding freely out of our hands !

a special "night flower" that only blossoms after the sun goes down..

local "sydneyites" on their way to a costume party..


cant help but feel I am in Hawaii at times with scenes like this !

the view from the apartment where I am staying at...tough life, I know...

I am off to Cambodia this Friday, followed by my trek up the Vietnamese coast...I am looking forward to share more soon..

hugs..