Sailing on the Habibi
Next day we set off for the whitsundays. (Many of you may receive smug postcards shortly). I was very nervous about the possibility of being seasick for three days and stocked up on cures appropriately. However the sea was so calm that none of us needed to take anything.
We were on board with a group of 28 mostly Germans. The first night we were taught poker by the only other English chap and an English speaking Finnish man called Elmer (I was unaware the name was still in use). I'm very unsure about their version of poker... had we been playing for money our losses would have been heavy.
Our beds were approximately the size of coffins. Laura's was above the engine too so radiated heat in an otherwise already hot climate.
I have to admit we had a fantastic time. We sunbathed on a glorious beach (Whitehaven which can be recognized from the postcards). Spent the afternoon snorkeling along one of the inner reefs in very fetching stinger suits (jelly season although we saw none). The food cooked for us was delicious. At night there were millions of stars reflected in the still water, plus phosphorescent glowing around the boat. There was even a dolphin who came and swam by the boat in the moonlight!! (I regret to say that I missed this magical moment as a day of swimming and a couple of mugs of wine had sent me to sleep).
It was still lovely to get back to dry land and to showers (again) and toilets that don't lurch from side to side. We stayed the next night in a 4bed cabin far superia to the previous one. No lizard or beetles, just a Dutch man who constantly left the toilet seat up.
Spent the day teaching the girls to play speed scrabble! (Thankyou Clairex for travel scrabble). Went out for a drink that evening and we were actually asked for ID and turned away for not looking old enough!! Very funny!
Magnetic island should be our next stop, we plan to go horse riding along the beach!
We were on board with a group of 28 mostly Germans. The first night we were taught poker by the only other English chap and an English speaking Finnish man called Elmer (I was unaware the name was still in use). I'm very unsure about their version of poker... had we been playing for money our losses would have been heavy.
Our beds were approximately the size of coffins. Laura's was above the engine too so radiated heat in an otherwise already hot climate.
I have to admit we had a fantastic time. We sunbathed on a glorious beach (Whitehaven which can be recognized from the postcards). Spent the afternoon snorkeling along one of the inner reefs in very fetching stinger suits (jelly season although we saw none). The food cooked for us was delicious. At night there were millions of stars reflected in the still water, plus phosphorescent glowing around the boat. There was even a dolphin who came and swam by the boat in the moonlight!! (I regret to say that I missed this magical moment as a day of swimming and a couple of mugs of wine had sent me to sleep).
It was still lovely to get back to dry land and to showers (again) and toilets that don't lurch from side to side. We stayed the next night in a 4bed cabin far superia to the previous one. No lizard or beetles, just a Dutch man who constantly left the toilet seat up.
Spent the day teaching the girls to play speed scrabble! (Thankyou Clairex for travel scrabble). Went out for a drink that evening and we were actually asked for ID and turned away for not looking old enough!! Very funny!
Magnetic island should be our next stop, we plan to go horse riding along the beach!
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