Sunday, August 5, 2012

Australia trip pt 1: Cairns


We finally made it to Australia! Giang and I got a pretty sweet Groupon deal which took us to 5 different cities in Australia. Just one payment for all our accommodations. It includes all airfare, hotels, transportation to and from the airport, and a tour (some with lunch included!) in each city.

For two weeks, we went to the following cities:
Cairns
Melbourne
Adelaide
Kingscote, Kangaroo Island
Sydney

Check out some of the things we did! I'll start with Cairns.

Day 1: July 24th
Depart for LA
Depart for Sydney

Day 2: July 25th
In transit, crazy time-zone change, lose a day.

Day 3: July 26th
Arrive in Sydney
Depart for Cairns
Get jet-lagged and pass the eff out from 4pm-12:30am

Day 4: July 27th
On the way to check in for the Great Barrier Reef tour, we saw a buncha bats in the trees!

Shared a steak pie at a cafe nearby, yumm

On the Reef boat helping myself to free breakfast strudels 

We're here!

Unfortunately, we didn't take too many pictures of the Great Barrier Reef. We forgot to bring a waterproof camera and were pretty sea-sick much of the time. It was great though, we went snorkeling through the coral and saw dolphins and whales!

 Day 5: July 28th
Walked around the Marlin Marina

Checked out this big open-air market called Rusty's Market

Got dinner at the Night Markets 

Piled on all the crazy fried seafood
 
Watched a street performer do some fire dancing tricks

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