So the time has finally come - I'm now without travel buddies, doing the whole independent travel thing toute seule. Curly girl (aka Sarah) departed these sands yesterday to fly back to Nottingham. A real end to an era for me now and I was sad to wave goodbye as I got on my bus to Port Douglas a few days ago. Hope she gets back in one piece..I'm sure the remaining bras she owned were the first thing she packed before leaving! Not forgetting of course her beloved rubix cube, which she bought whilst away with the challenge to complete it (and successfully mastered, record time 3.5 minutes!). So ta ra duck, say hello to Nottingham for me, tell my brother to stop drinking so much and good luck with the lights!!
So, what have I been doing. I spent about 10 nights in Cairns before finally getting the hell out of there...it really wasn't that great a place for me, but I did enjoy hanging out with Jon and Sarah, our various nights out and the occasional barbeque and the great day on the Great Barrier Reef. It was also a good time to be in Cairns as there was an arts festival going on, so there were several street performers each night and lots of art exhibitions and installations to keep me happy!
The three of us went on a trip to visit Cape Tribulation, which isn't too far from Cairns but the tour involved a few stops at a zoo where we saw some crocodiles, one very shy dingo and a cassowary bird, and some walks through parts of the rainforest and a river boat tour on the Daintree. Nice. Cape Tribulation was very quiet and secluded with a lovely beach - hooray a beach! Cairns did not actually have one, just a nice but (sadly) man-made "lagoon", basically a huge and busy swimming pool. So we enjoyed a spot of sunbathing at beautiful Cape Tribulation, thankful of the peace and quiet. We couldn't go for a swim in the water though due to stingers and crocs this time of year - eek! Two nights were spent here, not doing a lot which I enjoyed, but I think Jon and Sarah were grateful to return to Cairns, whereas I didn't want to go back in a hurry so I stopped overnight at Port Douglas by myself, catching up with them a day later.
Port Douglas is great! A small coastal town with lots of expensive restaurants, which apparently attracts celebrities on holiday (not that I have seen any yet!). There's also Four Mile Beach which is lovely and this time, you can swim in it! I liked Port Douglas so much that I decided to collect my rucksack from Cairns and head straight back. Jon is on his way to Sydney so we're probably going to meet up again in November and head to Perth, can't wait!
Since being in Port Douglas I have been working in the hostel I am staying at, doing five days a week housekeeping shifts in return for seven nights free accomodation and breakfast. Nice to be saving some money. I'm in the process of sorting out a paid job at a holiday resort down the road, so soon I should start topping up the funds. I can breathe a sigh of relief again!
I'm sharing a dorm room with five German girls, so I'm loving listening to them twitter on. Last night I learnt a few new phrases to add to my current list of "hi how are you?" "excuse me how do I get to the church" and "he's a horny pig". I can now say "weather's good yes" plus a good selection of swear words (I would list these but I'm told my Grandmother reads these blogs). I believe last night I was taught me how to say "I'm a hussy" in Italian, which would have been great to remember but due to excessive 'wodka' consumption this was not stored in the memory bank!! Ach nein.
So ja, ich bin in Port Douglas, ich habe les nouvelles amies, ich trinke beaucoup mais je suis heureuse. Think I'll reste ici for a while. Oh and I have a slight tan, bien!
Ciao!
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