Monday 7th January 2008

We woke up at about 9am this morning, and we thought we'd go and see Hopper - just to check that he'd booked us in for the next four nights and, if so, to pay our bill... d'oh - he hadn't! Because he knew we'd come to him on Friday asking to stay, he said he'd sort something out for us... and arranged for us to go and stay at his other hostel - the Emperor's Crown. He said he'd even drop our big bags off this afternoon for us. So we checked out and walked over with our smaller bags. We're so lucky - the Emperor's Crown is lush, more like a hotel than a hostel and we've got a double room with a TV, dvd player and fridge, but instead of paying the proper price of $88, Hopper has given it to us for $70... yippee!

This afternoon we caught the bus over to Cottesloe Beach, to have another look around. As soon as we got off the bus Nikki bought a sun-hat and then we went and got fish & chips - they weren't bad. Afterwards we went and sat on the grass next to the beach, where we spent the afternoon chilling out in the sun.

Tonight, we thought we'd go to the cinema, to watch I Am Legend, starring Will Smith. We had to catch two buses - one from Cottesloe back into the city, and then another out towards Scarborough Beach, because the cinema on the way had GOLD Class, which is big comfy seats and meals served throughout the film - and Wilksi and Vicky recommended it when we were at home... but we didn't expect it to be so expensive. When we got there we found that we only had enough for the seats and so it seemed like a waste of time if we couldn't get anything else. So, for less than one GOLD seat, we got two tickets in the 'cheap seats'. The film was still pretty cool though... and so was the popcorn we bought with the money saved.

Sorry Wilksi and Vicky... we couldn't afford GOLD Class like you guys!