Back to the Reef

We booked a snorkeling/ scuba trip through our hostel and ironically we booked the same boat I had already been on. On top of that, the night before in town I saw a guy I met, ryan, on the boat, and he was also going back out. So alexa and I got up bright and early ready to snorkel. The down side was the weather was pretty awful; it started raining as soon as we boarded plus the wind was making the seas really wavy. As a result, alexa spent most of the ride to the reef curled up in the fetal position with a sea sick bag in her hands at the back of the boat; she was definitely not alone either. I couldn’t even tolerate being in the inside, it was a tossup between fresh air or getting wet. Eventually Ryan and I ended up sitting on the top of the boat outside in the rain with suckers in our mouth (there supposed to help with sea sickness) to keep from joining Alexa.

Eventually we made it to the reef, and the clouds cleared up a bit.  It actually turned out to be a great day; I took one dive and then snorkeled with Alexa the rest of the time. Some of the passengers switched over to the overnight boat, so we said goodbye to Ryan who was going to work over there. The way back was just as rough as the way there but we were more prepared this time. Alexa and I sat with an Australia Josh that we met that day and a Scottish guy Cam I met my first time on the boat. We all took turns buying rounds of lollipops and trying to distract ourselves from the tousling of the boat. It actually worked pretty well, Alexa didn’t even grab a puke bag.

After we got some dinner with Josh and explored the town a bit. And by keeping in American Style, by explore the town, I mean get dinner then go search for Reese’s peanut butter cups (which virtually don’t exist in Australia), then go get ice cream. We basically converted him to a fatty American.

The next day was pretty lazy, we were hoping to head up to the Daintree Rainforest but there wasn't a bus and we couldn't find anybody who would rent a car to under 21 year olds. So we ended up just laying by the lagoon and taking it easy. I left in the middle of the next day, while Alexa was going to go back out on the reef and then leave that night. I, however, had a miserable 15 hour overnight layover in Sydney where I had to write a paper worth 10% of one of my grades due the next day (I seem to keep forgetting i'm over here for school). In the end, I finished and turned in the paper on time and managed to catch a little bit of sleep on the airport floor. The wierd part was how excited I was to get back to New Zealand, after only 2 months I was considering going back to Wellington as going home.