Still feeling pretty under the weather, but I thought that a bit of fresh air and a stroll along a beautiful coast line would help me out. And it did! Kaitlin, Sunniva, and I headed south to Rainbow Bay yesterday to enjoy the scenery and the beautiful weather. It was the most gorgeous stretch of coastline I've seen yet! The trees were typical palm trees, laying next to clean cut black rocks, with crystal clear water splashing over everything! And there were surfers everywhere. It was unbelievable. We walked on a path that hooked around the end of the bay, then up a steep hill to the main lookout point. Beautiful! And the city of Coolangatta was beautiful as well. Seeing all of that was just what the doctor ordered.
We headed down the other side of the bay, around the beach again, and found a rocky pier that had some vicious waves crashing into it every few seconds. It was so loud! But again, amazing. We walked out as far as we could without getting soaked and took some fantastic photos. There was a bunch of kids on boogie boards out in the vicious waves, riding them until they crashed into the receding water. It was hilarious! It was as if the whole purpose of being out there was to be drop kicked by the waves. So long as no one got thrown into a rock, it looked like tons of fun. And watching it was highly entertaining.
There was another outlook, so we hiked up the steep path to that as well. While we were looking out at the horizon, some guy started shouting about a pod of dolphins and a few whales playing in the waves. We ran over to where he pointed, eager to see some real marine life. Well, we never saw the whales, but we did see a pod of dolphins! They were jumping in and out of the waves, about five or six of them, and because the water was so clear we could see them even underwater. We watched them while the circled the entire lookout, then continued down the coast. It was too cool. The highlight of the last few weeks, that's for sure! That's definitely not something we can see in Colorado ha ha. After a quick break in the shade and out of the vicious wind, we headed back to the main street. We found a store that sold food in bulk, so we stocked up on some dried fruits, nuts, and chocolate covered goodies and headed to the bus stop.
Last night everyone was going out for dinner and drinks to celebrate Chris' 21st birthday. I felt like death after all of that walking, but I decided I could at least go for dinner. Not that I could eat anything, but being there would mean something to Chris. We found ourselves at the Hog's Breath Cafe in Broadbeach, which is a pretty popular chain down here. We didn't realize it was an attempt at an American restaurant until we noticed all of the license plates on the walls, one from each State, among other American-esk things. It was cool! I had decided that swallowing wasn't so painful at the moment, thanks to extra strength tylenol times 3, so I ordered a quesadilla. Well, it didn't taste anything like mexican food, but it was delicious! And I could actually eat it. My throat felt rather raw afterwards, but it was worth it. My first solid meal in more than a week. How thrilling.
Everyone was going to a club called East afterwards, but I had no interest in that. All I wanted was to sleep! My bed was calling, and I could no longer ignore the comfort it offered. With the tickets everyone had to get into East, they would receive a free drink. Kaitlin wanted her free drink, but then wanted to leave after that. So I agreed to wait outside for her. At this point, my throat was protesting my early decision to eat solid food, so I found some gelato and sat outside at a little table, playing games on my ipod. I only had to wait about twenty minutes, and it was worth it because riding the bus alone at night is scary. She and I wandered over to the bus stop, only to find we had just missed the bus by five minutes. At this point in the night, the buses only come once an hour. Last night was particularly cold for Australia, we were both dead tired, and I just wanted to be home. So I said screw that to waiting for an hour and decided to take a taxi. Cost me $15 bucks, but I didn't care ha ha.
Once I got to the warmth of my bed, I took some nyquil, hoping for some legitimate sleep. Needless to say, that didn't happen as well as I would have hoped. I'm wicked tired this morning, and my throat is screaming at me. The plan for today? Nothing of any productivity. Sleep, liquids, movies, that sort of thing. Ugh can't I just be better already?!
Cheers!
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