Day 4: Cairns

 Since last night was such a late night, I took today to sleep in a bit. I met Yvonne in the lobby and we got a scuba/snorkel trip booked for tomorrow, and decided to go foor a wander around town. We got a delicious breakfast, I had corn and zucchini fritters with a squash dip and a mint yogurt dip, which was really nice. 


Then we made our way to the produce market, there were so many local fruits and veggies and I bought some mangos and star apple which I'm looking forward to trying.While looking at all the local produce we decided to buy some stuff to make dinner together, we got some salad supplies and ran to the store to get some chicken and dressing and dropped it all off at the hostel. 

I spent the afternoon getting some more plans figured out and getting some work done sitting on the top floor of the hostel you have a shaded area to sit with a view of the street and pool below and the ocean. It was a beautiful setting for doing some computer work. 

We made our delicious dinner and wandered around town a bit more. We got dulce de leche filled churros and wandered around the night market and ended up chatting and people watching by the pool into the night. Now I'm headed to bed to get some rest before getting up early to go to the great barrier reef tomorrow!!!!!! 

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