1:30ish Sydney Time, Thursday - This poor, backwards country. I'm surprised they have the internet at all.

• Price for in-room internet (100MB limit): $25AU per day.

• Price for use of hotel lobby Wi-Fi (100MB limit): $30AU per day, even if you already paid in your room.

I guess it just takes a lot more coal to ship all those packets down under by steamer tramp.

Also, I just paid $15AU for some slimy duck spring rolls that I could have gotten for $2 back home.

I'm sorry to tell you this, Australian Kotaku readers, but in America the greasy, fatty food is cheap and the Wi-Fi flows for free at even the lowliest roadside motels. I know you're a sovereign nation now and stuff, but maybe you should consider mounting a revolution anyway. I mean, you've already got all our fast food chains and penchant for too-tight clothing—might as well get it at our rock-bottom Yankee prices.

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