Amazing

The past 2 days have been incredible. On Tuesday Ruth and I went for our reef tour. I got the deal of the century/once in a lifetime blessing. We got up early and boarded the "Supercat" boat. We signed our lives away and answered our health questionairres and then went through the scuba diving orientation talk. Then they informed Ruth that she couldnt go because she checked yes that she has athsma. So that was a big dissappointment, good thing Ruth is so good natured she didnt get too down. She went snorkling instead. Meanwhile I got all suited up and went for my first dive. It was absolutely terrifying for the first 60 seconds while I adjusted to the idea of breathing through my mouth while underwater. Then it was just awesome! I saw all kinds of amazing colored fish, giant clams, sea cucumbers, corals, etc (all that stuff from the little mermaid!) That dive was about 25 minutes. Then we zate lunch and snorkled a bit and then went to the second location. When we reached there the scuba guide asked me if I wanted to go for a second dive that afternoon. Then Ruth brilliantly asked if I could use her first dive that she wasn't able to use, so I didnt have to pay for it! Amazing! So I went for my second dive. And since the georgeously handsome scuba guide took a fancy to me , I got a really long individually guided second dive for about 45 minutes and got to see and touch all kinds of sea creatures! I can't describe how amazing it was. I would love to take all the classes and become a certified diver! That night we went and had some drinks and watched an Aussie horror flick with our new friends. That was Tuesday. So then yesterday we went for a drive all around the Cairns area and went to some waterfalls and a coffee plantation. It was really cool to see where and how coffee is grown - and get a caffiene buzz tasting all of the coffees! Our last stop was Crystal Cascades. It was about a half mile hike out to it and we were exhausted and boiling hot. We decided to have a little swim in our undies, it was quite refreshing and good fun. We had to climb down a rocky hillside to get there but it was worth it. There are supposedly about a dozen waterfalls all aroudn the area but we only found 3 of them because the all the maps and road signs are dodgy. Anyway we had fun. We went out dancing last night at some kind of sleezy backpackers clubs, but we had fun. Today we packed up everything, shopped a bit then caught our plane. It was the first time in my life that I boarded a plane by climbing steps from outside, it was kind of wierd! Sean, Ruths boyfriend picked us up at the airport. Hes a really nice guy, he seems kind of goofy and funny - he and Ruth are good together! Now I'm at Ruths mum and dads house and we are about to have some dinner. Thats all for now, I shoud go be social and talk to them! Later!