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Cairns, Australia
16° 54' S 145° 45' E
Oct 04, 2006 03:29
Distance 1900km

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not much time for recovery after the blue mountains. the next day we fly from sydney to cairns for one night on land before getting on the dive boat tomorrow. tonight's plan includes getting the most out of our 'free' meal ticket from the hostel (which translated into discounted t-bone steak plus a baked potato AND 2-for-1-beers....cairns may be cheesy-touristic, but obviously it has its good side). and did I mention being surrounded by 20-something year old backpackers? feels like south america all over again...

alas, for once opted to not go overboard on the beers since we leave for the boat at 6-freekin AM tomorrow. and I've never spent this much time on a boat (heck, the only time I've slept on one was that night in uber-tranquil ha long bay in viet nam - that hardly counts as sea-sickness inducing) let alone with this much diving. that I paid bucket-loads of money for. and really don't want to miss out cause I'm pukin my brains out for 3 days. so to play it safe, we just say no to more beers, pop the first of many motion-sickness pills, and head to bed.

(btw - it's super warm here. boy do I miss the tropics...)