A summary of my time in Sydney wouldn’t be complete without a quick description of the Sugar Mill–and No, it’s not a local candy factory.  It’s a bar/restaurant/club located in the heart of Kings Cross (aka. Redlight district) that offers specials throughout the week.  Our favorite night, oddly enough was the Monday night offer—all you can eat pasta or $10 steak, fries and salad, $9 jugs of beer or sangria all night (jug=pitcher) and $3 pints of beer from 6-9.  The food is what sold us the first time we went, and it really was an impromptu evening.  Ruth, Jenny and I decided to go, we mentioned it around the hostel and all of a sudden we had a group of about 10—and that was just for dinner.  A bunch more people joined us around 10pm when the ‘night club’ scene turned on.  And when one of the girls who worked at the hostel came ane got about 4 FREE jugs of beer.  It was another night that really started a whole bunch of friendships in the hostel.  The people that went that night formed a weird kind of family for the next couple of weeks and we definitely repeated this kind of night out quite a few times.  At the Sugar Mill we met a bunch of trannies (literally dressed up in drag)

 and there was an acoustic guitar player who played the best mix of songs that really got the crowd going.  We went back to the Sugar Mill every Monday night we were in Sydney, and a few random nights besides—and of course it was where we went for my, Ruth and Jenny’s goodbye fiesta! (yes…we were that cool that we had a goodbye party).  In conclusion—if you’re ever in Sydney in the Kings Cross Area, especially on a Monday night…now you know where to go.

And these are just a few of the crazies…probably more for me to remember than you…

  Anders–probably one of the most attractive men I’ve ever ever met.

‘Irish Brian’ and Ruth..and Norwegian Thor in the background

‘American Bryan’–one of the nicest and oldest looking 21 year olds I’ve ever come across. and then of course Ruth.  My other half in this crazy down under adventure.

 Good ol’ Jenny.  She was supposed to be with us in more of our adventures, but I’m sure we’ll meet again.

 Thor (Norway), Anders (Denmark), and Bryan (US of A)