I could go
on for houres about these last couple of days, but Ill try to keep it short so
you guys can go on with your lives J
Last Sunday
I went to the Daintree rainforest where I spend the night on Cape Tribulation
beach. That evening I went for a long bushwalk to spot some crocs and snakes. I
saw some brown tree snakes, Boyds forest dragons, beautiful white lipped
treefrogs and a lot of other spiders, fireflies and insects.
The next
day we went for a cruise on the Daintree river in a search for crocodiles. We
saw 2 smaller, young crocs having a sunbathe and a big croc looking for a nice
spot to have his siesta.
The next
day I went rafting on the Tully River, 5 houres on the water, big slides,
jumping of rocks, yummy bbq-lunch, swimming true rapids, funny guide,
everything you need for a great day And you cant go wrong if the company your
rafting with is called 'Raging Thunder' J
After a
good sleep I got up to van de grond te gaan, like we say in Belgium J
After a
safety-talk we got into the plane who took us up to 14000 feet, thats about
4000 meters. The freefall during this skydive took about 60 seconds, but it all
went so quick. And a couple of moments later we landed on the beautiful sand of
Mission Beach.
That
evening I went to the beach to play some beachvolleyball. There are three
perfect fields just north of the CBD (Central Business District) of Cairns. I
ended up with having a real training with coach J So Kenneth, Ill be ready for
Amabeach this (Belgian) summer.
No river,
plane or rainforest the next day, but the ocean was my best friend on Thursday.
My first experience with scuba diving was amazing!! During our first
introduction-dive we got into the warm water and on our way down to meet The
Great Barrier Reef.
After this
first dive we got onto a small speedboat who took us to the mainland of Green
Island to have a wander.
I caught
myself being more busy with my equipment during this first dive, instead of
exploring and enjoying this magnificent creation of nature. Fortunately I had a
second dive where I could forget about my eqiupment and become one with the
reef, the fish, the turtle I called Dove, the beautiful Blacktip reef shark,
I forgot to
mention it was raining and very windy the whole day. But no one cared, it was
30 degrees and we were all going to get wet anyway.
On our way
back we did some proper sailing. With all the wind, the boat was sailing in an
angle of 45 degrees. Most of us liked it, others prefered to hang
out of the boat to show the fish what they had for breakfast J
On these last trips I could see the damage the huge cyclone Yasi left in the area Branches
and trees are still laying everywhere, houses are being rebuild, roads are
being repaired,
Yasi has
only been here for a couple of houres, but people will need months to rebuild
everything and the rainforest will show us the impact for years
So if you're thinking about coming to Australia, please visit north Queensland. The people
here can use all the support they can get and as a tourist/backpacker youre able to do
everything you want.
These are
my flight schedules for my trip back. Like you can see, Ill be backin Belgium on the 26th of March.
Lif off:
March 22th at 14h00 (local time) from Adelaide
Arrive:
March 22th at 18h30 (local time) Singapore Changi
Duration:
7h00
Depart:
March 22th at 23h20 (local time) from Singapore Changi
Arrive:
March 23th at 5h25 (local time) London Heatrow
Duration:
14h05(!)
Im doing a
stopover in London to catch up with my AAP-friends Harry and Tine in Oxford for
a couple of days before returning to Belgium.
Looking forward
to see you guys. I hope my jetlag won't be to bad.
Depart:
March 26th at 12h50 (local time) from London Heatrow
Arrive:
March 26th at 15h00 (local time) Brussels Airport
Duration: 1h10
So party on
Saturday 26th!!
Gifts and
hugs are welcome
Thanks for
reading my blog I hope you enjoyed these 748 words and I hope to see you again on
the next episode of my life J
