Monday August 4th:
Today I got up at 6:30am and went on a run. I ran 8miles and got to run on the
beach, it was sweet! Afterwards I showered and then ate breakfast that Ryan
cooked for us. Then we got ready and headed to the beach. We were there for an
hour and a half but it got really cloudy and cold. So we decided to go to
Cairns to shop. We went to the mall and ate first; I tried sushi from the sushi
train. I got the tuna roll and the salmon avocado roll. It was pretty good!
Then we walked around town. Ryan and I went and got a message, it felt amazing
but it definitely wasn’t as good as the one I get at home. Then we walked
around and looked at lots of the little shops around town and met up with
Amelia, Jazmin, and Carolina to go eat. We ate at Outback Jack. We got kangaroo
and crocodile meat as an appetizer. Then for the main meal I got a burger!! Ahh
it was soo good to have a good beef burger!Then we headed to the tourist shops. We got back to our room
around 9:30pm. We were pretty exhausted and bus sick, so we showered and went
to bed.
Tuesday August 5th:
Today I got up at 5:45am to go run.We had to be to the bus by 7:35am for our cruise. We all got
ready and grabbed breakfast to go and went and waited by reception. The van
picked us up at 7:40am. We then took off for the marina where we would get on
the big cat green island cruise boat. There was a wind warning out for the day
so the waves were huge. Thankfully, they handed out free ginger tablets on the
boat, so I didn’t get too sick. When we got to the island we got on the
submarine and went and looked at the coral and fish. We saw some sea
turtles!! Then we got back and went on the glass bottom boat tour of the Great
Barrier Reef. When we got back from that we headed to the island to eat dinner.
After dinner we headed to the beach to snorkel. While we were snorkeling we
swam with two different sea turtles. It was sweet! Half way through snorkeling, Carolina cut her hand really bad. Amelia and she went to go get that wrapped up and when they got back we
just walked around the island and looked at the tropical trees. When we got
done with that it was time to get back on the boat and head back. We got back
to our hotel around 5:20pm and Ryan and I attempted grilling sweet potatoes and
lamb chops. The lamb chops came out great but the sweet potatoes not so much.
After supper, we cleaned up and went to get internet.
Wednesday August 6th:
Today I got up at 7am and ran 6miles. After showering, Ryan and I made peanut
butter pancakes, eggs, bacon, and apple syrup. It was a great breakfast.
Afterwards we went back and changed and went to the beach. Except it was super
windy and cold so we went back to the pool at our resort and laid out until
2pm. By that time we were all fried so we went back to our room and played go
fish, old maid, and BS. After playing for a while; we watched pitch perfect.
Then Ryan and I made supper. We attempted making spring rolls, except they
didn’t turn out so well. After supper we showered and hung out and went to bed
around 11pm.
Thursday August 7th:
Today we all got up at 5am and got ready for our trip. The van picked us up at
6:10am for our white water rafting trip. We got to the river around 9:30am. Our
group of five went with another American couple and our guide. Our guide was a
young guy who was super lax and a lot of fun. We had a lot of fun down the
river. To start, there were quite a few rapids. After 2.5hrs we stopped for
dinner. They served us brats and burgers. It was absolutely freezing but we had
fun with it. We were all shaking during dinner because it was rainy, windy, and
very cloudy all day. After dinner we took off and everyone was hyper. Jazmin
started singing let it go and everyone joined in. It was hilarious. At one
point the guide let Ryan guide us through a rapid and he did a good job. After
we got through it though everyone wanted me to guide the boat and started
chanting my name until I did. So I did it through the next one. Then after the next rapid we came up to a cliff and
got to jump off of it. Then we were at the end. The rafting was very fun!! The
only thing bad about it was it was super cold!! We left and got back to our
room at 6:30pm. We then made supper. After supper we went to the c-store and
got slushies, ice cream, and tim tams. Then we went to go get internet. Once we
got back we showered and then watched pride and prejudice.
Friday August 8th:
Today I got up at 6:30am and ran 7miles. When I got back Amelia was showering
so I texted the family while stretching. Then I showered and headed down to
help Ryan with breakfast. We had breakfast burritos. After breakfast Ryan,
Amelia, and I went to the grocery store to buy snacks for the train ride
tomorrow. When we got back we went to the pool to lie out and tan. Then we hung out
in the room, watching movies, sleeping, and cleaning up. We ended the day by watching movies and hanging out.
Saturday August 9th:
Today we got up at 5am and packed everything up and put the room back together.
We then had a maxi taxi pick us up to bring us to the train station. It costed
$80 to get us there. Our train left at 7:15am and won’t get back until 2:30am.
Ugh!! This train is not as nice; it doesn’t have Wi-Fi, movies, or plug ins. Ryan and I went to go get coffee from the club car and on our way back
we ran into Emma! So she came and hung out with us for the ride. We both told
each other about our vacation. She got a lot of good pictures of the Great
Barrier Reef. We then watched pitch perfect and played tic tac toe and hangman.
Then the club car was playing frozen, so we went and watched that and made
friends with three little kids. After the movie we went to our seats to sleep
but I couldn’t so I read my book for Isagenix and listened to music. We got
back to the dorms around 2:30am. I then put everything away and showered. I got
to bed around 4am.
Sunday August 10th: I
got up at 8am and went to breakfast. When I got back I attempted to do homework
but my wifi wouldn’t work on my computer so I had to do things from my phone
which didn’t work so well. Then after dinner Ryan got my wifi to work on my
laptop so then we went to the academic centre to work on homework. After supper
we watched movies.
Ryan, Amelia, Carolina, and me
Ryan and I in front and Amelia and Carolina in the back.
Ryan, Vanessa, Jazmin, and Matt the guide on the far side.
Nathan, Amelia, Me, and Carolina on the close side.
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| Snorkeling at Green Island on the Great Barrier Reef. |
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