snorkel

back from celebrating Thanksgiving by snorkelling over the great barrier reefs, off the coast of Cairns. also did an intro scuba dive which was fun except my sinuses are very angry now. sharks and turtles! I got a shitty disposable camera. There are three pics left; once I have taken them (perhaps I'll have to go diving in the bathtub?), I can throw the camera away. Nice boat with a little bar, über-airconditioned rooms and pretty good food. Interesting people to meet on the boat, slightly different from the drunk backpacker party crowd that I cannot seem to get away from easily - two japanese speaking whitegirls (one spoke cantonese and had lived in Hong Kong for childhood) and one who couldn't read the korean on her t-shirt, plus some german girls who spoke good english apart from the accidental misidiom "you're pulling my legs off" when we were teasing her about something. Now I'm back on land the world seems to rock too and fro'.

Tomorrow fly to Melbourne.