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2018 – Part 08 – Drive from Sydney to Blue Mountains

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2018 – Part 08 – Journey from Sydney airport to Blue Mountains (Katoomba)

We need wheels!

Our rental car was offsite, and once we found our pick-up location the shuttle arrived in 10-15 minutes. Although it was breezy, for 11am it was warm, over 20C. I could take the challenge to see if I could handle this kind of weather.

Once we arrived at the rental car location we were assigned a Toyota Camry, and could have any colour so long as it was white. It was fairly new as it had a back up camera and both USB and Bluetooth connections for the stereo. Once we remembered that the driver’s side was on the right side of the vehicle, we filled up the trunk with our luggage, and began our trek to our first stop, a mall!

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2018 – Part 07 – Garuda Indonesia Business Class CGK-SYD

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Garuda Indonesia Business Class Flight Jakarta to Sydney (CGK-SYD)

We took the first jetway and entered the plane through L1. As we approached our assigned seats I realized we had the crew rest seats. These seats had a curtain behind the window seat and a track for the curtain attached to the overhead luggage compartment.

Our flight attendant greeted us instantly and I was impressed (I’m not happy I missed her name and of purser, read on to find out why). She addressed us individually, crouched to our seated eye-level and talked to us quietly so that other passengers wouldn’t hear us. Class act, and this was within the first 5 minutes of being onboard.

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