Paddy's Market

Our second to last day in Sydney we decided to hit some of the classic tourist spots. The first was The Chinese Garden of Friendship. After a big pancake breakfast that left us a little over stuffed, we waddled over to the garden looking for some soothing atmosphere. Little did they know that they were going to charge some big bucks just to let us in the door! So we did what all good tourists do, we refused to pay and just took some pics from outside to park.

Then it was off to Paddy’s Market. The Asian souvenir mecca for all things Australian (or Asian). To say it was visually over stimulating would be an understatement. This place was filled with pretty much everything you would expect to find at a Chinese counterfeit market. Fake designers, fake jerseys, fake bags, fake cell phone cases, and of course the all time favorites, fake sunglasses and fake watches. It was fun to walk around and look at all the goods, although we did get yelled at for taking some pictures (can't have the feds seeing photo proof I guess.) It was a cool little day, but to be honest we are just getting super excited to make it back home!

proof we were there

the pics make it look like we were there but we chose not to fool you

small doorway is quite deceiving given the multiple costco's that could fit in there

an entire Ace's Hardware store in a 10X10 cell

predictable

wearing his new goodies- hasn't taken off that damn jersey since

drinks while watching the NBA finals