Surfers Paradise
Trip Start
Jun 05, 2007
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Trip End
Jan 06, 2009
Where I stayed
Surfers Paradise,
Australia
Sunday, March 16, 2008
We got some crappy weather and nobody was on the beach. I had read about this little place a few km's down the road so we took the bus down there in search of live music. It was about 1 in the afternoon when we got there, and it was dead. Apparantly it started around 8 AM and was done by noon. We headed down the beach for a swim, played int the big surf for a while before heading back to town.
Surfers Paradise is quite surreal really. It reminds me of what I think about Miami Beach. The long beautiful stretch of beach, cluttered with high rise hotels, resorts and the such. As we drove back from Nobby Beach, 5 km south, I was awed by the spectacle that it is
In the distance
. Amazed by just the sheer amount of hotels, I began to wonder exactly how many people could this beach city accomodate.Back at the hostel we got down to getting dinner ready, and started a chat with Seth, who was cooking his dinner as well. Turned out he was travelling with an Amanda as well. We ended up chatting with them over our respective bottles of wine, then going to get more wine, and more conversation ensued. They had been on Antarctica for the past six months working as support staff for the scientists there, and we drilled them with questions about it. But the conversation floated all over the place, it is so nice to find some like minded people, especially from the States. Chatting about home is always nice. We decided we would all meet up in Byron Bay the next day. We stood up and realized, those four bottles of wine, were definately taking their effect, time for bed.
