I woke just after 6. I grabbed our backpacks and dragged them out the dorm. Lee was still out cold so I gave him a little shake then went to get a wash. I came back and Lee had gone back to sleep. He was feeling a little delicate after drinks last night. Once we were up, dressed and checked out we headed for the pick up point. It was right next to a cafe so I went in and got us some coffees. It was the worst coffee. Once we were sat waiting for the bus Lee said '...

I did not want to get up this morning. Lee was like a spring chicken 'Nic it's time to get up. Nic. Nic' sssshhhhh 5 more minutes! It was 6am. We'd just got used to getting up early in Australia then we travel forward in time by 3 hours. I got up at 6:45 but I didn't go back asleep it just took Lee 45 mins to unpack then repackage his bag.... I'm used to watching this now. OCD! Oh and he sounds like an elephant whilst doing it so I had no chance of dosing back of...

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Today we'd booked on the skyrail. We had to check out first because we have to be at the airport early hours the following morning so there was no point paying for an additional night. we left the bags in storage then waited outside. The minibus was picking us up outside the hostel and taking us to the sky rail entrance. We had booked our ticket online so there was no human interaction just a machine asking for our booking reference. we entered our reference and ...

Scuba day! We were a little bit excited today. We've not done a scuba dive for nearly a year and even though they said the cyclone wasn't near us I was still scared going out to sea. Lee was flapping a bit saying he'd forgot how to do all the checks, he wanted a refresher... Blah blah. We got on the catamaran and were ushered to the front with the other divers. The guide strongly suggested we buy sea sick tablets. Me and lee both said we don't get sea sick but h...