Global warming, the topic itself, is covered in any kind of news paper, blog or other kind of media. Ad nauseam. However, every once in a while I come across with a nice approach towards saving energy. The idea per se isn’t new for me, since I tend to automatically soak up any San Francisco related news like a sponge (again I recommend Metroblog SF - in an all new design, btw). Here’s the deal: Cities around the world decided to host a huge event where they turn off all their lights for an hour. San Francisco did that last October with the Lights Out San Francisco event. They originally planned a Lights Out America version that happens to coincide with Earth Hour day. Sydney gets the credit for the initiating process of Earth Hour. So, now they’re going global. Earth Hour.

“Sydney - Perfect Match Of Nature, City Life and Culture”

Since the last week I’ve been staying in Sydney. I checked in at Eva’s Backpacker’s, a hostel. It turned out that it is in the red light area of Sydney. It’s very interesting to see a life behind this curtain. Prostitution, drugs, alcoholism,… But don’t worry. My hostel is very safe!

The first few days I spent my time on the most famous beaches of Sydney, the Manly Beach and the world-widely known Bondi Beach (When pronouncing the word, please make sure you say bond-eye, and not bond-e, okay?). Here some impressions. Tons of new pictures in the gallery…