Thursday after school we were going on the second and last weekend trip organised by the school. This time we were heading for Cairns - the tropical north of Queensland.
When arriving at the hostel in Cairns at 10 pm many of the young backpacker guests were standing at the reception dressed up like dragqueens and very drunk, and suddenly they started clapping and welcoming us with "cheers" as we were entering the hostel - every weird but fun though!
Friday morning the alarm woke us up at 5.30 as we had booked a boat tour for the whole crew at 8am. The weather was very cloudy and rain appeared now and then, but it did not stop us from going out on the Great Barrier Reef to do snorkeling and diving. It was a great 9 hours boat trip, on which many of us got very seasick because of the heavy waves making the boat swinging!
Afterwards we all showered and went out to a steak house near the hostel to eat a good beef on the top of all the swimming we had been doing all day.
The Danish crew going on board From left: Laura, Mathias, Sandra
Niclas shooting with his GoPro camera Hello from me under the sea!
Getting ready to snorkeling Sandra and I
Afterwards we all showered and went out to a steak house near the hostel to eat a good beef on the top of all the swimming we had been doing all day.
The Danish crew going on board From left: Laura, Mathias, Sandra
Niclas shooting with his GoPro camera Hello from me under the sea!
Getting ready to snorkeling Sandra and I
Saturday the weather was all cloudy and rainy like Friday affecting the enjoyment of doing extreme sport as Cairns is all about. So the plan about going skydiving was cancelled, however the students doing bungee-jump wanted to do it despite the bad weather! So 25 of us have planned to go Skydiving in the following weekend in Gold Coast instead - I'm getting a adrenaline kick just thinking about jumping out of an air plane!!
Victor doing his bungee jump!
So Saturday was pretty chill - Helena and I took the bus to Cairn's shopping mall to look for gifts to bring back home to out families. This evening we went out on an Mexican restaurant we got recommended from some of the guests at the Hostel - and they sure were right, the food was delicious! Sandra and I tried a dish called "Chocolate Chicken" which was a chicken greased with a chocolate sauce of chili, spices and cocoa - worked perfectly together!
Of course the sun was coming Sunday, when we had to fly back home to Gold Coast, so we all got up early to get as such sun as possible before departing for the airport. When coming home to our home stay Peggy and Don served BBQ for Ida and I - not bad at all.
A part of the Great Barrier Reef seen from the plane
Endnu en fed oplevelse, hold nu op i er heldige. :-))
ReplyDeleteHils Peggy og Don, tror du de vil savne jer, når I rejser hjem??
ReplyDeleteHvem vil ikke savne sådanne søde piger som os :-))
ReplyDeleteJeg vil ihvertfald savne dem og deres store gæstfrihed