Future travel plans!!!

Hi friends!

I've got lots of exciting news to share. Drumroll please....




I've made travel plans!



I'm going to Thailand! Wooooo! So, on November 2nd, I will cry my eyes out and leave Cairns to spend three days bopping around Sydney. From there, its off to Phuket, Thailand!

 I am going to be so so sad to leave Cairns, even thinking about it now is hard (especially because I'm officially one month away from leaving). I've got such an awesome little famliy here. I was at the pub last night, talking to one of my friends who's also leaving around the same time as me. We were talking for maybe 5 minutes, inside the bar, away from our normal outside table and no less than five people came by and jumped on one (or both) of us. THATS why I'll be sad. The diving community here is so tight and everyone knows everyone else. It's amazing. I can walk to the pub near the marina on any night of the week and I'll find friends. And I realize that makes us sound like alcoholics, but its just where we meet. The good news is that the diving community in the world is just as small and tight and I know I'll be seeing these people again somewhere in the world. Some of them are already talking about coming to Thailand sometime in the future.

As far as my Thailand plans are concerned, I'm not entirely sure what Phuket has in store. I know there's amazing diving, and beautiful beaches and rainforests, so I'm sure I'll figure it out! There's Bhuddist temples, authentic Thai food and elephants. I feel like I can't go wrong! I'm going to be there for three weeks and then Mike (the awesome English guy in my life) is coming to meet me and we'll figure it out from there. He's an instructor as well, so hopefully we can find some work underwater. I'll keep you all in the loop ;)

In other news, I went sailing yesterday! Mike works on an old sailboat that leads dive/snorkel trips out to the reef, and I went yesterday as a volunteer/hostie/just wanted to go out on a sailboat. But its a  wooden ship that was built in the 50's and used to be used as a pearl diving boat back in the day. It was a really beautiful day. Even got to hoist some sails and drive the boat for a bit!

Other than that, not much news to share! But I'll keep you posted about Thailand and other future adventures!!