GREAT BARRIER REEF 27/02/2009

Early in the morning the bus took me to the harbour in Cairns. I boarded the ship Reef Experience. I had to take our shoes off, take equipment for diving, fill in some papers and pay for the cruise. I even had breakfast while sailing to the Great Barrier Reef. The crew was talking about the Great Barrier Reef, snorkelling and diving.

I got seasick and it was a real nightmare. It happened to me the first time in my life and I hope it will never happen again. I will spare you the details, but believe me it was a horrible experience.

Then there was the first time when people could go snorkelling or diving. Well, I cannot swim at all, but I decided to try and not to regret later that I did not do it. It was hard mainly because of my cold sore as salt water made my lips very painful. I had to give up. But still I had a great time. After the first stop there was lunch - smorgasbord. I risked and ate it, but everything was fine.

We sailed a bit to stop for the second time for snorkelling and diving. Later we were sailing back to the harbour in Cairns. It was great to lie on the top of the ship with wind in my hair. The only problem was that the weather was getting worse and it even rained a bit.

During the cruise I met two Polish girls. In the evening I went to the restaurant Cock&Bull where I had a great dinner or supper as you prefer. I had kangaroo steaks, chips and salad. There was a lot of food and the atmosphere was really nice with some karaoke of Australian country songs.

When I was going back to the hotel I bought a delicious chocolate: Cadbury Old Jamaica with rum and raisins. Yummy.

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