Hola, ya de otro continente!!

Bueno yo ya estado en Australia, pero este pais es tan grande que no alcanze a verlo todo asique esta vez empeze en el estado de Queensland que fue lo que me perdi la ultima vez!!

En Cairns (al norte de Australia) tambien empeze mal!! Jetstar (como el easy jet de Australia) dejo mi mochila en Singapore. Asi k llegue de madrugada sin equipaje sin accomodacion (como de costumbre) asi k sin detalles donde mandar mi equipaje, pero amigos k conoci en Thai k ya estaban aqui me habian dado datos de donde ir y donde no ir, asique la situaccion no era tan terrible.

La verdad que todo fue un chocke pero el primer choke fueron los precios, page 8 libras para una cama en una habitacion con 5 otras, 8 veces mas de lo que pagaba en Asia por habitaccion propia con Julie!! Tambien era extranio estar en un pais tan parecido al mio, pense que iba ser un alivio pero la verdad esque prefiero paises con culturas diferentes a las de mi casa.

Mi primer dia no fue muy bien,heche de menos a Julie, me senti super sola y no se, como muy lejos de todo, mas encima no tenia nada enterminos de mis cosas. Sali me compre la guia de Australia, un cepillo de dientes y pasta k me quitaron en el aeropuerto y un sim card, ya tenia u telefono k me dio un chico en thai, cene y me acoste!!

El proximo dia igual sitiendome sola empeze hacer planes y organizarme. Mi resfrio de Thailandia volvio por k en Aus hay aire acondicionado en todas partes y siempre me enfermo con eso.

Me sente en una agencia, compre un billete de avion desde Brisbane a Sydney para el 29 de diciembre por k una cosa k tenia clara es k queria pasar el anio nuevo en Sydney pase lo que pase. Asi k tenia 2 semanas para disfrutar la costa y llegar a Brisbane. En la agencia conoci a Jo y Mark, los dos Ingleses y al final bukeamos todo juntos, ellos tambien hiban a pasar el anio nuevo en Sydney asi k nuestras fechas coincidian.

Tuve el mismo problema k en thailandia de busear con resfriado pero nada en el mundo me iba a parar de busear la Great Barrier Reef (no se como se dice en espaniol pero entienden) Fue una super experiencia, ademas page un poco mas y me llevaron desde Port Douglass donde se encuentran los mejores sitios donde no hay tanta gente y tiene mas vida marina (tambien es donde se murio Steve Irwin-el hombre de los crocodilos) El coral y los reefs son increibles,y vi un Tiburon!!!! Por supuesto k no era como en las peliculas, era como de mi tamanio pero igual fue fantastico. Hice dos buseos, pero ya al subir del segundo sali con sangre de narizes y cuado tosia me salia sangre de la boca!!! Bueno me asuste aunque no me sentia mal pero igual no hice mi tercer buseo. Tambien tenia ganas de vomitar asi k me quede en el barco tomando el sol por k hacia un dia de mucho sol y escuchando mi ipod!!! En la noche ya me senti peor pero lo positive era que la aerolinea trajo mi bolso!!

Una chica inglesa se movio a mi dormitorio asi k sali a comer a un sitio donde le dan comida gratis a los mochileros si compran una bebida, con ella y Jo & Mark. Pero me acoste temprano por k el proximo dia me fui a Cape Tribulation,aun mas al norte. En fin Cairns, busear es incredible,bueno dicen k es el major del mundo aparte de eso mucho calor, mucha playa pero no mas de verdad, es un sitio de verano.

Hey all,

Well im sure most of you know that Ive been here before. Oz was my first taste of tavelling back in 2002 when I well & truly caught the travel bug & have been totally unable to shake it ever since!! This country is sooooo unbelievably massive though that last time I missed out Queensland, so this time round I flew into Cairns so there was no chance that I was going to make the same mistake again!!

It was however a bad start to Oz. Bloody jetstar (aus's easyjet) left my backpack in Singapore so I had no luggage & no accommodation to tell them to deliver it to! Luckily some of y mates from Asia who were already here had told me where to stay so i just gave the name of the hostel & problem sorted, but still its a real pain in the arse being without your stuff especially when airport security confiscate the only toiletries you do have-thiefs!!

My first day in Cairns was awful, I felt sooo lonely, everyone I knew was in Sydney or still in Asia, I missed Julie & Asia sooo much & I was finding everything sooo expensive plus I had to live in dorms which I had mostly managed to escape in Asia and pay much more than I was used to! On to of that I had no bloody luggage!! I just went to the shops, bought a sim card, rough guide to oz &some toothpaste/brush & went to bed.

The next day I decided to get organised & actually plan some travels. I bought a flight from Brisbane to Sydney for 29th dec because then whatever happened I was going to spend new yr in Sydney which I had always wanted to do, plus Helen was there so I had a friend wooo hooo!!. So that gave me 2 wks to do the east coast which is of course no way long enough but thats the way it goes sometimes. I went to a backpackers & met Jo & Mark, a really nice couple from Bristol, turns out they had the same timescale & plans as me so we just booked everything together so I had friends yipeeee!!!

My bloody head cold came back with a vengeance because dorms have bloody air con here & unfortunately im always outnumbered massively when I suggest a vote to switch it off at night time (then the idiots all complain the nxt day when they wake up feeling rough-they cant believe its the air con-morons!!) Anyway as per usual when I have a cold I was going to dive the Great Barrier Reef the following day.

Diving the GBR is one of the reasons i learnt to dive in the first place so there was no way that a stupid cold was going to stop me!!! I paid a bit more & went diving off port Douglass rather than Cairns itself because I had heard that it was less crowded & the coral was in much better condition, it's also the spot where Steve Irwin died so there's tons of marine life. It did not disappoint. The reefs were amazing, there were little caves that we went in, sooo many fish, eels, sea snakes, I even saw a shark! Obviously not a great white shark cos I wouldn't be here otherwise but a reef shark, still it was bigger than me!! The visibility was great too & the coral is lovely so colourful & pretty.

After my second dive though, i came up with a bleeding nose & coughing up blood which freaked the hell out of me!! I also was sure that I would throw up,I cancelled my third dive & just sunbathed on the boat instead, I really perfected my lobster red look (forgot how harsh the sun was here!!) When we got back to dry land I swear i felt like crap & there really was no time to get sick I had 2 weeks full of activities planned.

A really nice girl from Kilburn moved into my dorm that night so I took her to dinner at a free dinner if you buy a drink place with Jo & Mark., I also got my backpack back so all was good! I went to bed very early though due to illness! Plus diving knackers me out!

In all Cairns wasn't half as good as I had been told, it was quiet too cos everyone was moving south but you know I was ill, homesick, missing Jules & Asia, plus I knew that all her friends and family were in Thailand with her so I was like ooh i wish my friends & family could come & see me -yeah generally feeling sorry for myself, oooh poor me in Australia( i know its ridiculous!)

Anyway till nxt time xxxx