We got up about 6:30a this morning. Keeran’s “Wakie Wakie” came way too early this morning. I felt horrible. My ears were all clogged, my throat hurt, I had a horrible cough and my nose would not stop running. I’m glad we have a couple days to relax in Palm Cove. I’m going to need both of them. After packing up our bags, we headed to breakfast. Susan strolled in with a red wine stained shirt and looking pretty hung over. Andy let us know later that last night, he had to help her to her room cuz she couldn’t walk there herself. Next, we had a photo shoot on the top deck of the boat, said our goodbyes and then found our transfer car awaiting our arrival. We made a quick stop in Cairns to pick up our luggage we stored at Mike Ball’s main office and then were driven about a half hour to Palm Cove. We arrived around 8a and to our surprise, our room was ready for us.
We’re staying at the Reef Retreat which is sort of like condos. We weren’t expecting anything this nice. We have an outside patio with a table and chairs, a small living room and kitchen with a fridge, a large bedroom separate from the living room and a bathroom. Very nice. I hope we didn’t pay too much for this place.
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They have a laundry room on site so we’ll have a chance to do some washing. There’s also a heated pool and spa practically right outside our door which is surrounded by tropical trees. We’re in a tropical climate so it’s pretty humid and we’ve been getting short rain showers on and off.
I didn’t want to do anything tho but lay down. I was starting to feel worse and only felt like sleeping. Again, I’m glad we don’t have to run around today. We walked around town a bit and picked up some snacks at the local market. We checked out the restaurants and some shops. There really isn’t much to do here but relax. Sounds good to me! We headed back to the condo and David had a swim while I laid around the room. I took a much needed afternoon nap and we headed out for dinner. I was starting to feel a bit better. The nap really did me some good. Dinner was yummy! I had a burrito. :) We’re off to bed now. Hopefully, I’ll feel even better tomorrow.
18 September 2009, Friday
Okay, finally, I’m feeling better today. We picked up some breakfast from the market and ate it back at the condo. We dined on the patio. Not as serine as we had hoped tho. There’s construction going on outside our room and they started at 8a. So much for sleeping in as you could tell. Anyway, we relaxed a bit around the room and enjoyed having the internet. Around lunch, we headed out and explored the restaurants again. We settled on a pub/bar. The food was alright but we were there for 2 hours. Not exactly a quick lunch but at least we didn’t have anywhere to be. But, still, 2 hours for lunch! You can expect that for dinner at some places but never for lunch. And the bill was nearly $100 AUS Dollars. We were realizing that you really couldn’t get good cheaply. Our meals always seemed to be around $50-$85. We didn’t realize we had it so good in Napa and Sonoma Valley. Oh well. It’s vacation.
We headed back to the condo and relaxed some more. Like I said, there really isn’t anything to do in town and I didn’t feel like going on any tours in the area. I just needed to rest. So we laid around the condo in the afternoon and went out for dinner. Dinner was much faster and the service was way better. Nothing special for dinner. I got a vegetable pastry and David had seafood dishes. We headed back to the room and got packed up. We need to head to bed very early tonight. Our flight tomorrow is at 5:30a which means we need to be at the airport at 4:30a and since we are a half hour away from the airport, we need to leave our condo at 4:00a, but to be on the safe side, 3:50a. So, we need to get up at 3:00a to have enough time for me to wake up, get dressed and pack. So, enough typing for tonight. I’m heading to bed. Night! :P
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