When the alarm went off this morning, we took our time to wake up and then walked round to the kitchen for some breakfast. Afterwards we packed our bags and then went and used the internet whilst we waited for a lift to the bus stop. The Greyhound was supposed to arrive in Mission Beach at just after 11am, but was late and finally turned up at about 12pm - we didn't mind though - when we rang them yesterday to book our seats to Cairns, they told us we didn't have enough km's left to get there (because we'd gone off course when we went to Agnes Water & 1770). They finally gave in though and gave us the km's we needed to get there... for free! Yippee - free ride!
The journey to Cairns took a couple of hours and the view out of the window was beautiful - because we're in Tropical Queensland everything is a lush green colour - and the land is covered in thousands of trees - of all shapes and sizes.
When we finally arrived, we rang up one of the hostels that had been recommended to us: Gilligan's, to see if they had any double rooms. The guy on the phone said that they did... at a cost of between $120-$170 a night! We couldn't believe it, that's nearly double our daily budget ($100) so we said 'thanks, but no-thanks'. Instead we phoned Bohemia Resort where, as part of our Travel Bugs package, we had a free nights accommodation. A couple of minutes later they picked us up and we went back there. The hostel is really nice. We're in a 4-bed dorm, with a girl - but there are no bunk beds, so the room seems much bigger than normal.
With our things safely in our room we went for a walk into the centre. We walked along the Esplanade, which runs right into town. When we got there we had a look around the shops and looked at all the tour options for scuba-diving on the Great Barrier Reef. We also made enquiries about flights from Cairns to Darwin... it's gonna cost us about $360 each!
This evening, when we'd finished looking around the shops, we were heading back when we passed an Indian restaurant. As we'd not had a curry since we'd got to Australia - we thought we'd give it a bash. We were glad we did - the curry was lush! I had a lamb madras and Nikki had a chicken byriani and then we shared half each. The only thing missing was Wilksi and Vicky (or June) - that would've made it a proper curry night!
Finally, after 5 months of searching - a curry as good as home... Yippee!
2 comments:
Typical of you two to get something (else )for free!! m xx
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Im gonna call everyone in Oz and make sure you pay triple for everything after breaking the rules and having a curry. I HAVENT EATEN A THING SINCE YOU LEFT!!
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