I know I’m a terrible blogger I’m supposed to do small post with an adventure each, so sorry I'm about to type vomit what’s been happening and try to make it smallish. To begin, I’ve been to quite a few places since my last post; let's go like this …
Darwin, Australia
Went for lunch, tried going to a crocodile exhibit but their power was out for some reason. They have this cage though that you can go in and they put you in the water and feed the crocodiles right in front of you, which sounds terrifying but also awesome to me so I might do that next time I’m there. It was a cute little place though, not much there other than shops which means I did some shopping, only bought one shirt though!
Cairns, Australia (Yorkey’s Knob)
This port we had to tender to and i’m not really used to that. I wasn’t the most pleasant person that morning because I woke up early thinking I could just hop off the ship and enjoy my day, but no the crew has to line up and wait until there was a tender available for us which took quite some time. Then you had to take a 20 minute shuttle to get to town. It’s a beautiful place though! I was kind of bummed because my friend Jenny and I originally bought a shore excursion to go white water rafting in the jungle (Doesn’t that sound awesome?) well that cruise happened to be full of a bunch of old people that didn’t like adventures because there was enough sign ups so they had to cancel the tour. Instead I spent the day at the water front with the other lady dancers and enjoys a few drinks and a delicious lunch. Unfortunately we were running out of time so started heading back. Let me just say I have no idea who was in charge of the crew and tendering but that day was a disaster. The crew has a certain time we’re supposed to be back on the ship and I think that day was 5 o’clock so I got to the tenders at about 2:30 The rest of the crew gathered in line behind me and we sat there until every single guest got back to the ship before us which made about 150 crew member late. Lucky for us we didn’t have a show or anything too important that night. It was just a really lame situation sitting in the hot sun for about three hours waiting to be sent back to the ship. Cairns was extremely pretty and we got our tans on. That night we had a cast dinner at chef’s table which is a 6 course meal with all the wines. With all the grossness from the day it still turned out to be a nice day because of the people I was with.
So much for making this a quick update… Sorry!
Brisbane, Australia
It’s the third largest city in Australia, I didn’t really check it out too much because i had scheduled plans days before to go to the Koala Sanctuary! For some reason it’s the only place where you can hold them in Australia. The was a crew tour set up and about 40 of us went. I saw so many animals I had never seen before that day. The koala’s are so cute and lazy they just snuggle up on a branch and lay there in the most uncomfortable positions, yet they some how make it comfy. I got to hold one, well I think I actually held three different ones because the first too were tired and done with their picture shift so they didn’t like me, which was kind of upsetting. But the third guy didn’t seemed to mind me. I though they would be softer but they were still super cute and such a cool experience to have had. Oh my gosh, I can’t forget my favorite part; I walk into a gated field saw the huge Emoo that was really intimidating but just over the hill behind the bird I saw a field full of kangaroos and Wallabies, I couldn’t believe it. I was intimidated by some of them too there we’re some pretty jacked ones that looked like they could definitely knock me out, then there were some little guys too but they were very friendly actually. They would eat right out of my hand and you could sit with them and pet them. It was really cool, I’m happy I did that.
Sydney, Australia
I LOVE SYDNEY. It’s just such a beautiful city with everything I need. I think this time I just went to lunch and bought some make up. Mostly just walked around and checked it out. We didn’t have too much time because we had to stay on the ship in the morning and sanitize before the new guest signed on which always takes up quite some time.
Noumea, New Caledonia
This was a fun day, I got some lunch… everything is french here I have no idea what the currency but meal was 3,000 something. Which ended up being about 40 AUD. Anyways that was one of my first beach days and it was lovely very pretty and warm but not too hot. It was a nice nice.
Isle of Pine, New Caledonia
My goodness, is this place like heaven. It was a perfect paradise. Just beautiful white sand and clear turquoise water, cliffs, and caves, palm and pine trees. Just perfect, in the middle of no where with nothing but beach and a little hut that had food and drinks. Buzzing in paradise with good company made for a great day. Plus I get to go back in five days and I can’t wait.
Sydney, Australia
Back to Sydney got some brunch by the water front and internet. Shopped for me secret santa enjoyed a pub on the way back. Great Day.
and now I am currently in
Hobart, Tasmania
We had heard that the Tasmanian waters are crazy, but wow I really never expected it to be as bad as it was. Yesterday we were on our way here and we were supposed to have shows that night, we had a tech run in the morning but it just wasn’t safe. Quite humorous actually, feeling like you’re 2 pounds one second and 200 hundred the next. Not only that but about half of the cast started getting sick, needless to say the shows were canceled last night and now we are going to perform them tonight.
We have lot’s of sea days because it takes awhile to travel to these places, recently those days have been spent learning how to be a magicians assistant. His name is Leo and his show is awesome full of comedy and great illusions which I am now a part of. So far we’ve performed once and all our friends came to support us. It’s really cool, all rock themed and leather and I do a couple of tricks were I disappear and he puts swords through the box then suddenly I’m back to normal… that kind of stuff. So that’s fun.
The girl I’ve been rooming with finished her contract and I now have my own room! Which is basically unheard of and it’s awesome. I finally got the package my mom sent me of bedding so I on the bottom bunk now with the cutest and comfiest bed.
Basically everything is great and I’ve been really happy lately. Although it doesn’t feel as christmasy as home, it’s still a great time.
I think that’s all for now.
Friends and Fam I’m always thinking of you, and hope you’re all great too.
Until next time,
XOXO
Monica ;)
