Aussie Moot Day 1

The flight in yesterday was long, very long. I think all things accouted for i was traveling for 24 hours and only got about 3h of sleep in there. I stayed up as late as i possably could to combat the Jet Lag and I seem pretty good now. It's 7 here midnight back home and we are going to be celebrating new years soon. Of couse it wont be new years in canada for a full day still but people are here from all over the world so you have to celebrate for everyone.

We stoped in Fiji for 4 hours. We flew over the island at night but the sun was rising just as we where landing. It was odd cause there where little to no light at night. Very different from flying over vancouver or any other major population centre. Fiji was very green, a different type of green than im used to. All the plants where jsut intensly green, it's difficult to explain, you will jsut have to see it. I hope my pictures will come out well.

Southern Australia is hot, not Africa hot but hot. It's like a really bad hot day in southern ontario only without the humidity. At night it gets pretty nice. long sleev shirt and pants weather. All the people I have meet are wonderfull and kind. The Australians are very warm hosts. I have a lot to say but im very hot and tired right now, I need a shower cause i have been drinking water all day in large quatities and it has all come out as sweat. I got a sunburn on the back of my legs, I have never burned that part of my legs befor probably why I didn't put sunscreen there. Wish i could poast some pictures but I don't have my transfer cable. You will have to wait.

P.S. Vegimite is pure concentrated evil

Also this termanal does not run firefox so there is no spell checker. Have fun decripting my errors.

Christmas Eve and All is Well

It's been 10 days since I passed my comps and i guess it's time to write something. I have still been quite busy as a lot has been going on. See I am going to Australia for a month and i leave on Dec 28th. Crazy, I had to do a bunch of shopping and packing before i flew home for Christmas.

I will be at Aussie Moot for the first 2 weeks then Geneva is flying in and we will be touring the coast for 3 more weeks. 1/12 of the year on vacation, does that seem like a lot to you cause it does to me. I have never been outside of north America and even then It's only been a few trips to the states. Canada is big, the trips I have taken in my home country would be equivalent to probably seeing every country in Europe, distance wise, but it still leave me a bit hollow. I really need this chance to travel, even if it will set my thesis back for a month.

Tentative schedule is something like this.

Dec30-Jan 12 : Aussiemoot This includes 4 days of scuba diving im really looking forward to.
Jan 13 - Geneva flys in and the next day we fly to Cairns.
Jan 14- 17 - Exploring the rainforests in the north of Australia, Camping as much as possible. Most of the time will be spent around Cape Tribulation We will also be stopping off a few places as we travel south to our next important stop
Jan 18-21 - Arlie beach. This is the relaxing tropical resort part of our stay. Sailing and tours of the islands and reefs. maybe a bit more diving in the more tropical waters.
Jan 22-27 - travel south along the coast. not sure what we are going to do. Thinking about seeing fraser island. Got's to go to the Australia zoo (thanks for mentioning that Darryl) and a few days in Brisbane to end it all off
Jan 28-30 - Flying back to Sydney it's time to see the sights of the big city. The Sydney Aquarium is on the schedule as well as some big market i cant remember the name of. Probably some sovineer and gift shopping here too.
Feb 1 fly home.

It's a simple plan with lots of room for adjustment. Except for the things we have to book ahead of time it will mostly be kind of on the fly. I will try to blog our progress whenever we get a chance to stop at an internet cafe or hotel lobby. Until then Merry Christmas and see you in Feb when i think i will have a significant update to my websites photo album.