I've been home from Australia for just over a week now, and I'm just now getting over my jetlag. It isn't that I haven't been doing anything or seeing anyone, it's just that when it's time to go to bed, I stay awake and stump around in my room (or clean until 4 in the morning, which has happened...twice), watch movies, and then fall asleep two hours before everyone else is getting up. And then I remain in bed for another five hours and get up around 11 or noon.
And then I try and be normal for the rest of the day before having trouble falling asleep again.
For the most part, though, this last week and a half has been very pleasant. I've seen lots of movies, hung out with friends, spent time with the family and extended family, and been productive in terms of cleaning up the war zone that was my room after emptying two suitcases of stuff from Australia into what was already somewhat problematic from my half-moved-back-in state after moving out of Berkeley.
So now what am I doing?
18 July 2009
04 July 2009
On the Road
The title of this post is courtesy of Jack Kerouac. And, more specifically, we're on the road up the East Coast to Cairns, where I will leave the rest of the group, and fly back to Sydney, and then home!
Tonight, it is the Fourth of July here in Australia, and I am just a little too tired to do a full-out celebration of any sort, but I will wish everyone here a "Happy Fourth of July"! In the meantime, I'll just quickly list what we've been doing for the past seven days since we left Sydney.
Mickis, Sina, Jente, and I left Sydney last Friday, flying into Hervey Bay, where we spent a day before going to Fraser Island. Home of the dingoes and 4WD's. We camped there for two nights before coming back to the mainland, and another day at Hervey Bay. Then, we continued on a night bus up to Airlie Beach, where I am at the moment.
We spent two hours, literally, in Airlie Beach, at a hostel using their shower to wash the overnight bus off before jumping on a boat to go around the Whitsunday Islands. The Whitsunday Islands were absolutely GORGEOUS, and the stars, moon, and sun are absolutely glorious from here. Along with all that, I saw a whale, turtles, and went scuba diving in the Great Barrier Reef. Three times. Yeah!
And we got back yesterday, with a little party last night, and then lazily enjoyed Airlie Beach today. Very lazily.
As for tomorrow, we're leaving for Cairns on a bus, and then we shall see what to do when we get there.
Until I come home, then!
Tonight, it is the Fourth of July here in Australia, and I am just a little too tired to do a full-out celebration of any sort, but I will wish everyone here a "Happy Fourth of July"! In the meantime, I'll just quickly list what we've been doing for the past seven days since we left Sydney.
Mickis, Sina, Jente, and I left Sydney last Friday, flying into Hervey Bay, where we spent a day before going to Fraser Island. Home of the dingoes and 4WD's. We camped there for two nights before coming back to the mainland, and another day at Hervey Bay. Then, we continued on a night bus up to Airlie Beach, where I am at the moment.
We spent two hours, literally, in Airlie Beach, at a hostel using their shower to wash the overnight bus off before jumping on a boat to go around the Whitsunday Islands. The Whitsunday Islands were absolutely GORGEOUS, and the stars, moon, and sun are absolutely glorious from here. Along with all that, I saw a whale, turtles, and went scuba diving in the Great Barrier Reef. Three times. Yeah!
And we got back yesterday, with a little party last night, and then lazily enjoyed Airlie Beach today. Very lazily.
As for tomorrow, we're leaving for Cairns on a bus, and then we shall see what to do when we get there.
Until I come home, then!
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