Australian Photographer

So, here I am in the city of Seattle. My first couple of days here have actually been rather "Sleepless". The flight over wasn't the most pleasant. I was sitting in the window seat next to a rather large lady who slept like a dying whale thrashing around all over the place.

Anyhoo, my hotel room is quite nice (see below). It's got a decent work area with a desk and office chair and the high speed internet connection is good. I'm staying at the Courtyard Marriott Southercenter. It's aimed at long stay business travelers and is very nice.

The picture on the left isn't the best angle but you can see I've got a decent amount of room to work.

Cable TV over here is just as boring as it is in Australia, although I've been watching this cool show called "The Worlds Dirtiest Jobs" in which the presenter travels the U.S. looking in search of the dirtiest jobs and then spends a day doing whatever it is the job entails. This morning's episode had him working with a pest extermination crew de-infesting a house that was absolutely swarming with German Cockroaches.

Another thing I've noticed here is that everything is big. I walked in to 7-Eleven this morning go buy some Bananas (yes that's right, 7-Eleven have a fruit section) and I passed a couple exiting with absolutely enormous slurpies. No, not one between 2 but 1 each! They were huge. A conservative estimate would put them at around 3 litres, however, they may have been bigger. 3 litres!!! That's ridiculous. No wonder diabetes is on the rise, it should be a crime to sell a sugar drink that large. No wonder every second corner has a dentist and every other corner has a doctor. They must be busy.

I drove into the city last night and went for a little walk. It's actually quite a small CBD area maybe about the same size as Adelaide.

It's a nice little city. I went and had a brief look at the "Space Needle". The whole area surrounding it struck me as a left over from some 70's "big idea" that the local council is trying to keep alive even though it's had it's day. However, there is a Science Fiction museum just below it that might be interesting. 

Anyway, there's not too much else to say so I'll leave it there.