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  Airlie Beach, Australia
Tuesday, November 20, 2007

SO I CAME BACK TO THE MAINLAND TODAY AND IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE SAILING IN THE OPEN WATERS OF AUSTRALIA. IF THERE IS ONE THING I WILL SAY IS THAT EVERYONE SHOULD GET ON A SAIL BOAT AT LEAST ONCE, EVEN NEAR THEIR HOME TOWN JUST TO SEE HOW IT WORKS AND THE AMOUNT OF EFFORT IT TAKES TO GET THE SAILS UP, SO NON THE LESS I ENDED UP HELPING THEM LIFT SAILS, AND OF COURSE I MESSED IT UP AND RIPPED THE SAIL, SO ALL OTHERS ON BOARD WERE NOT THAT THRILLED WITH ME AT THE TIME, BUT THERE WERE OTHER SAILS TO GET US HOME!!! THE TRIP STARTED WITH A 12 HOUR OVERNIGHT BUS TRIP WHICH WASN'T BAD SLEPT MOST OF THE WAY, AND ONCE I GET TO AIRLIE BEACH I HAVE 2 HOURS TO KILL AND NOTHING TO KILL IT WITH....SO I AWAIT TO GET MY ROOM FOR THE NIGHT, I REALLY WOULD NOT SAY ITS A ROOM BUT A BUG INFESTED CABIN, ONE WITH 3 FRENCH PEOPLE(*BOOOOO, SORRY ERIN I STILL DO NOT LIKE THEM) 3 I BELIEVE GERMANS, WHO ONLY TALKED TO THEMSELVES, AND A SINGLE KOREAN GIRL ALL ALONE FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS.....AFTER I GET MY ROOM I GO TO A LAGOON AND STAND AND RIDE MY BOOK FOR A WHILE, BEING CAREFUL OF THE STRONG SUN, AFTER THAT IGO BACK TO ROACH MOTEL AND NAP AND GET READY TO GO OUT FOR THE NIGHT, UNTIL THE KOREAN GIRL HANDS ME A BEER FROM THE FRIDGE AND STARTS TALKING, SO WE ENDING TALKING ABOUT OUR TRAVELS AND DRINKING BEERS, AND JIM BEAM UNTIL IT WAS BED TIME, I MUST SAY I GIVE HER A LOT OF CREDIT NOT SURE IN HER ENGLISH AND TRAVELING ALL ALONE FOR A WHILE.....THE MORNING COMES AND I HAVE A HANGOVER AND HAVE TO CARRY 3 BAGS AND A 30 PACK OF BEER FOR 15 MINUTE JOUIRNEY TO THE BOAT, THERE WERE TAXIS BUT I TOLD MYSELF I COULD DO IT ... SO MADE IT AND ABOARD THE BOAT WITH 12 OTHERS NEVER MEET BEFORE ... WELL THE WATERS WERE GREAT..I DID SEE TURTLES THAT WERE ABOUT 4 FEET LONG, TWO DOLPHINS SWAM UPTO THE BOAT, AND SHARK.... DONT WORRY WE WERE NOT SWIMMING AT THE TIME BUT IT WAS COOL TO SEE IT SWIMMING KNOWING THAT I WAS SAFE ABOARD.....AND THE CORAL AND FISHES WERE LIKE PAINTING FULL OF COLOR...I CANNOT BELIEVE THE COLORS OF THESE FISH.....THEN WE WENT OFF TO WHITSUNDAYS WHITE BEACH....WOW IS ALL I CAN SAY..ANOTHER THING YOU SHOULD GOOGLE NOW AND SEE PICTURES JUST AMAZING...AND THAT IS WERE I MET ANOTHER FRIEND FROM GERMANY AND SHE WAS BY HERSELF, HER BOYFRIEND BROKE UP WITH HER A MONTH AGO AND SHE STILL MADE THE TIRP ... ANOTHER INSPIRATION .... AFTER WE FINISHED SAILING WE DROPPED THE WEIGHT AND WE WERE DONE FOR THE DAY...THIS IS WHERE THE FUN BEGINS FOR BEING AN AMERICAN AND HAVING A WHOLE NIGHT TO HEAR WHAT PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE WORLD VIEWS ARE OF USA AND THE WAY THE WAR IN IRAQ HAS EFFECTED EVERYONE, AND SOME HAVE PURE HATRED TOWARDS THE US, AND I SIT THERE AND LISTEN TO IT CAUSE FOR ME I ENJOY HEARING WHAT PEOPLE FROM THE WORLD THINK ABOUT THE SITUATION.....IT LASTED FOR COUPLE OF HOURS, WITH STOPS IN BETWEEN FOR LAUGHS, AND TO TAKE IN THE STARS ABOVE, ONES WHICH I NEVER SEE BACK IN THE CITY ... THE NIGHT WAS SO CLEAR YOU COULD SEE MANY OF THE MAJOR STARS WE LEARN ABOUT IN SCHOOL ... THE NIGHT COMES TO AN END AND OFF TO SLEEP, TO WAKE UP AND HEAD BACK OUT TO SEE AND ENJOY THE WATERS AND WILDLIFE....ONCE BACK HOME I PACK UP AND HEAD TO THE BUS STOP TO CATCH THE LAST BUS RIDE....THANK GOD.... TO CAIRNS...I MEET A LOCAL WHO IS A MINER AND ENDED UP TALKING ABOUT HIS "MISSES" AND THEIR GOALS IN LIFE ... THE HIGHLIGHT IS I ASK HIM HOW DID THEY MEET, HE SAYS "IT WAS A WRONG #" AND THEY ENEDED UP TALKING AND HE CONTINUE TO CALL AND 13 YEARS LATER THEY ARE HAPPY TOGETHER .. WOW I WAS LOST FOR WORDS ... I GET INTO CAIRNS AN HOUR LATE, CAUSE A TRUCK FLIP OVER AND SOMEONE HAD HER I POD STOLEN ON THE BUS...I CHECKED AND I WAS ALL OK ... I CHECK INTO MY SECOND TO LAST HOSTEL AND HEAD DOWN TO THE LAGOON FOR SOME SUN, AND I AM LITTLE TOASTY RIGHT NOW ... TONIGHT I SHALL ENJOY THE NIGHT SCENE AS TOMORROW I WILL SPEND MY THANKSGIVING IN THE RAIN FOREST ... HAPPY TURKEY DAY TO ALL AND BEFORE YOU KNOW I WILL BE BACK IN THE GOOD 'OL US OF A...CHEERS