Saturday, October 22, 2005

Leaving Cairns (pronounced CANZ)


After an amazing day yesterday with 3 reef snorkels and a trip from Port Douglas to Cairns on a huge catamaran ferry, we settled in for another night at our hostel/hotel. We packed so we would have only 1 carry on, but we were still 50 lbs overweight and had to pay. That's what you get on a cheap airline (Jet Star, the Australian equivalent of Southwest). Anyhow, I'm now in
Sydney, staying a the HUGE Sydney Hostel that has a travel agency, video lounge, pool, sauna, cafe, and reasonable rooms.

We paid $9 extra to have the whole thing to ourselves. Great. I''m going to try and get tickets for the Sydney Opera which is having a Gilber and Sullivan festival. The weather is MUCH cooler than Cairns; I changed to a long sleeve shirt after a week of shorts and tee shirts. To be continued.

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