Cairns

Greetings blog followers:

We are in Cairns today having spent the last 2 days in the Great Barrier Reef seas.  Unfortunately the weather was VERY crummy and the viewing was terrible...  It was gray and rainy and late today is the first we have seen sunshine - but we decided not to fight the weather and canceled our snorkel trip in the Reef.  It is possible that it turned out ok but I was afraid of being on a catamaran for 7 hours and not being able to enjoy the sun...  We will just have to come back to this area as it is beautiful and we still need to see the GB Reef...  

In Darwin the ship picked up some new passengers that were just on for a test run.  They are Aussy travel agents and are a great group.  We hung out with them at several events and closed the bar with them last night in the Piano Lounge.  It was their last night on board so we joined them in the sing-along.  It was such great fun and they are a terrific bunch!  You know we were having a blast when Brian stays up past midnight still partying!!  LOL!  One of the agents was Jess' age and her name is Samantha - we suggested she consider Jess for a possible boyfriend...  So now you have your pick JD: a Russian, a Chinese or an Aussy girl...LOL!  She lives in Perth and may contact you on FB J...

Sam & Brian

Here are a few other pics from the sing-along last night:

Brian with the Aussys: Paul, (Ryan) Sam, Sue, KIM!, Jill, Shane and Julie

Shane leads us in Hey Jude while Striker plays the piano

So today instead of snorkeling we played tourists and rode the cable car over the rain forest up the the quaint town of Kuranda...  It was about an hour cable car ride and was very enjoyable.  The town is filled with shops and eateries and we enjoyed strolling down the esplanade...  We took a van back because the train ride was almost 2 hours long and we wanted some time in Cairns...  So we are using a local internet now - we plan to relax a bit and then head out to the night market to explore...  There is an Aussy BBQ poolside tonight on the ship so we will probably eat there..  We have at day a sea then we are in Brisbane...  see you then