Unfortunately, these past three posts did not come out in order.. so the whole trip is kind of confusing. This is the first post, then the Rafting and Roos, and finally The End. I had to break up the trip because we did so much stuff!
Well, we took a 5-day trip to the city of Cairns, which is where the Great Barrier Reef is located. The plane ride took 3 hours and when we got there we checked into the Bohemia Resort Hostel. This is Mike and Liz in our hostel room..
The next morning we got up early and got on a boat heading out for the reef. The boat ride took 3 hours and it took us to a few little islands where we snorkeled and scuba-dove. I had a cheap underwater camera so my pictures aren't that great, but better than nothing!
This is the the first island we came to and the glass-bottomed-boat that we took over the reef. They had these suits you could rent for the day to protect you from jelly-fish and the sun, but I didn't get one (I was too cheap, plus I wanted the sun!) .. so I look a little out of place!
Sea turtle! You had to look close for them because they kind of blended in.
This is the front of our cruise boat that took us to and from the reef. The rides were long, but the weather was perfect and the scenery was beautiful. It was a good chance to relax and get some sun. The boat crew would also periodically throw big shrimp into the water and these gigantic black fish would come up and eat them right when they hit the surface. We also geared up on the boat, snorkeled right off the back, and ate lunch on it.
That night, when we got back from the reef, we were all exhausted and starving. We took quick showers and headed to this restaurant that served heaping plates of home-cooked food. It kind of reminded me of Cracker Barrel. I tried somebody's crocodile meat that they ordered but I ordered the chicken, which turned out to be an entire bird, it was great! We also ordered this massive desert, but we didn't have any trouble finishing it at all. The first day of our trip was a huge success.
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