About Cairns~...

Okee...now an update about my Cairns trip (which happened about.....2 - 3 weeks ago?)

Alrighty...

191107 (1st day) - WOKE UP LATE. Haha... I only had 10 minutes to wash up before the taxi came. Lucky thing i packed my stuff the night before. Still, i managed to get myself into the taxi on time. Hurhur~.. thanks alicia~... for waking me up 10 minutes before the taxi came.

Anyway, virginblue seats sux. Take Jetstar next time. Well, reached Cairns early in the morning at 10 plus. It takes about 2 and a 1/2 hour from Brisbane to get to Cairns. Weather was NO GOOD. Drizzling and cloudy. Prayed desperately for good weather. Cabbed to our motel (hehheh... upgraded from our Sunshine coast trip - Youth hostel to motel = ) ) At least we get our OWN BATHROOM. No need to SHARE. Walked to Cairns central, had lunch there.. Shopped a little and walked to the pier. Familiarize ourselves with the pier, since most of our activities start at the pier.

201107 - Woke up at 4.45AM to get ready for our first activity. TULLY RIVER WHITE WATER RAFTING!! Pick up was at 6.30am. It takes about 1 1/2 hours drive to get to Mount Tully. Tully River is a grade 4 river... But to me - not much kick. = P My thighs and arms are burnt though, and my limbs are peeling now. Only after 3 weeks?! Think my skin turnover is sloowwwww....

211107 - Alicia and Yan xia went for bungee.. i didn't. Not because i'm scared, but because i've already done it before in New Zealand. Therefore, i had 3 hours of free time. Went for shopping at Cairns central. Well, Cairns is really a 'dead' city. All the 'happening' activities happen outside of Cairns. Make sure you are occupied with activities and maybe set just 1 day for shopping. If not, you'll get bored.

Had dinner at the pier. View was good. See the pics.

221107 - Great Barrier Reef! ARghh... the ferry ride was baddd.... made me and alicia seasick. The waters was so choppy! Then, we decided to stay up in the sundeck... definitely felt much better. Well, the reefs are dying. Better go see them soon.. before they're gone. The waters are beautiful.. the marine life are damn cool.. Parrot fishes, dory fishes... It's the first time i'm snorkeling... took lots of advice from Alicia, so i managed to pick up snorkeling quite fast. Thanks babe. = )

231107 - Fitzroy Island! The water was soooo BEAUTIFUL! Was so tired after 2 days of activities.. so i didn't join them for kayaking.... Was relaxing on the island.

241107 - Home bound. But before that... heard some bad news. Glad that everything was alright.

xoxo Ei Leen xoxo