Last Full Day In Sydney

Sydney, Australia May 7 to May 14, 2005

Friday May 13th 2005. Last full day in Sydney.

Tomorrow will be the day we fly back home. We have today to do or see anything we did not manage to do or see so far, and there were many really. I went for my morning jog around Darling Harbour before breakfast.

After breakfast we went out to an area north of the city. After a short walk Ram did not feel too well and decided to return to the apartment. I left her to rest in the apartment and went for Friday prayers held in a hall within walking distance from the apartment. I got directions to this hall from one of the guys manning one of the many Sydney Convenience Stores. Almost all of the Sydney Convenience Stores are run by Muslims and they are everywhere in the city. The hall was full and there were about 300 people praying in one session. Apparently they hold two prayer sessions to accommodate the big crowd and this location is one of a number of locations in the city centre where Friday prayers are held. That tells on the number of Muslims in the city.

In the afternoon I went out alone in the city and explored parts of the city that we have not yet seen and returned by 5pm. After dinner, Ram felt much better. We went out and got some souvenirs to take home and was back in the apartment by 9pm. We started packing our bags to get ready for our trip back home.

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Sydney, Australia