Wednesday 26th September 2007

Our alarm went off at 8.30am this morning and we got straight up to go and have some breakfast. We used our own plastic bowls this morning - because we didn't want to re-hire the dirty ones, (that look like they're buried in the mud at night) from the hostel. After we were ready we went outside and waited to be picked up for an excursion we'd booked. Today, we were going 'Jungle Surfing'.

Jungle Surfing was brilliant! We were taken to a private part of the rainforest, where we were strapped into harnesses, given helmets, and then sent out into the trees. There were 5 platforms dotted around - the highest being around 20 meters up - and we passed between them on zip wires. As we went on they got faster, and we all got a bit braver. On the last one, we were hanging upside down, without holding on. The views were amazing, and the noises up high in the trees were fascinating.

This afternoon, we had a sandwich at the hostel, and then went out on a bit of a bush walk. We started by walking along the beach, and then on a track, through the trees, which eventually came out at Cape Tribulation beach. The beach was beautiful, and the water seemed a different shade of blue on this side of the Cape. We would have stayed longer, but it was very hot (as every day is now) and the sand was burning our feet.

When we'd finished our bush walk, we were absolutely knackered - and so we went and chilled by the hostel pool. We did some reading (I managed to finish a book I haven't been able to put put down - its The Shining, Carrie and Misery (by Stephen King) all in one novel... I can finally sleep with the lights off again), and then Nikki had a little snooze while I went swimming.

Tonight, we made ourselves some tea and then went into the bar for some beer. It was pretty cool tonight - there was a band in playing some music, and they were pretty good - plus they were called Ben Jammin', which I think helped!

Finally - some surfing we're good at!