we arrived in Cairns, Australia on the 16th of February and that is when Neille's and my adventure began. We stayed in a place called Gilligans, which was the hostile we would also be the place where we would stay with the rest of AustraLearn students.
For those of you who do not know the big details, I am traveling with 60 other students through a program called Australearn. We went to Cairns to get to know the other people who are attending our uni (university) with us and to get an idea of Australian culture and such. it was an awesome experience.
Anyway, we got there a day before the group did and we got to know the area a little bit and we didn't have wi fi and so we went to internet cafes. our roommates before the group got there were a backpacker from Germany and two other backpackers from Yorkshire and it was fun to get to know people from other places and hear their stories.
the real fun began when the group got there.
The first day we went to the Great Barrier Reef and oh my goodness-it was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen. After about a 2 hour boat ride we arrived at stop number one and I tried scuba diving for the first time. then i went snorkeling for the second time in my life and it was the most beautiful sight i'd ever seen. the mere fact we were at the Great Barrier Reef in Australia was amazing in itself. the boat however had no air conditioning and so the ride over and back was a little overwhelming so Neille and our new friends wen to the lagoon, a place a few blocks from our hostile that is next to a crappy looking beach-kinda like a deeper baby pool.
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