{"id":1675,"date":"2011-07-17T01:47:38","date_gmt":"2011-07-16T17:47:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/melvynyap.com\/blog\/?p=1675"},"modified":"2022-04-24T23:42:47","modified_gmt":"2022-04-24T13:42:47","slug":"day-90-92-rest-days-albany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melvynyap.com\/blog\/day-90-92-rest-days-albany\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 90-92: Rest Days @ Albany"},"content":{"rendered":"

I decided to extend my stay in Albany for another three days simply because I love this town. Spent my time updating my journal, walking around the town, and just relaxing at the backpackers hostel. The weather wasn’t great, alternating shower and sunny so perhaps its a blessing I decided to stay for longer. Here are some photos of the hostel where I stayed:<\/p>\n

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The computer room with free internet access for all guests<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The living area, big flat screen TV and a decent collection of books<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The games room complete with pool table and foosball<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The kitchen 'cat'<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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This is slowly becoming my favourite home-made dinner \ud83d\ude42<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The view at my room window. My room is directly above a cafe and a hotel. Every morning I woke up to the smell of coffee and pop music<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Some interesting finds at the town centre:<\/p>\n

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Woof woof!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A wizard weather wane<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

One of the most interesting feature of Albany town is the seemingly random appearance (and disappearance) of decorated bicycles along the walkways. Made me smile every time I walked past one \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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The red bike<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The green bike<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The greyish blue bike<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The maroon bike<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The black-red bike<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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My favourite of all, the black bike with white roses. It doesn't always appear, in fact I only saw this bike once!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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