Tuesday, November 1, 2011 Secret community Before i begin, im adding My disclaimer here is that I'm typing from my iPod right now so no judging of errors please!Anywho, so I've been thinking a lot these past few days about what exactly it is that I (and so many others) love about traveling and I think I may have an answer. It's easy to assume that it's the newness of it all, the exciting adventures, amazing views, new sights and tastes, meeting new pe...

Sunday, October 30, 2011 Backpackers--My Love/Hate Affair So I've been in Cairns one week today and have enjoyed my time immensely. To be honest, Cairns is not my favorite place so far and had I not had a set flight, I probably would have left earlier. I LOVED diving in the reef and exploring the rain forest, but had I not done these things, I would have been disappointed.It's a very touristy town which is both good and bad. Bad--I don't feel lik...

Thursday, October 27, 2011 GREAT Barrier Reef Day 28 Wednesday, October 26, 2011 Today was FANTABULOUS!!!! We (the Swedes and I) went scuba diving in the great barrier reef today…and it is GREAT! Since I'm on a budget, I wasn't sure if I wanted to pay for diving since I had already done it once before in the Dominican Republic and sort of checked it off my bucket list. But, after asking around, we found a company that had a special this week so for the pri...

Thursday, October 27, 2011 "Once in a Lifetimes"… ALL the time Tuesday, October 25, 2011 I'm finding that the hardest part about budgeting on this trip is that I'm constantly tempted by "once in a lifetime" things to do. Today for example, I had to choose between diving in the Great Barrier Reef or Trekking in one of the oldest rainforests. Not only do I have to choose whether or not to do them, but then HOW to do them. Do I pay more money ...

Monday, October 24, 2011 Catching Up to Cairns Hello all! So, I'm sitting outside a "Macca's" (aka McDonald's and the only free internet place around) in Cairns (the Great Barrier Reef region) trying to post blogs and photos for my adoring fans but the darn thing is so slow. I've been here 45 minutes and just got this page to open. That said, as much as I'd love to separate these blogs and keep them nice and neat and shorter for you....you're get...