Rafting down the Barron River

I had some free time before we go to dinner tonight at the Attic in our hostel so I'll tell you about fabulous day two! Woke up at 4:07 am this morning and could not fall back asleep. Probably because it was 1:00 pm MA time. Then got ready for a super yummy breakfast buffet. There was vegemite. I did not have any. Ew. Had a session on global citizenship. Went on a walking tour of Cairns. Pictures below. It really is paradise here. Then I headed back to Gilligans and sunbathed by the pool. After slathering on pounds of sunscreen. Becoming slightly less pale but not really. Then got ready for our adventure tour: white water rafting!!!!!! On the Barron River. Got on a shuttle bus with our three hippy tour guides, all with long hair, two with dreads. All three awesome. My guide was named Leon. Some grade 3 rapids. Pretty fun. Nearly got thrown out. Good times. Went through one called the meat cleaver. Two dutch girls who called themselves jennyfish and joey josephine. Very nice, very silly. May be getting pictures of us on the rapids? We'll see. I think thats about it.....

 my room

 the hostel, gilligans

 during the walking tour, 'the lagoon' you cant swim in the ocean beyond because of crocs!

 tour bus to rafting with one of the hippies

 view from the shuttle bus

Oh and they don't say bathroom here, they say toilet. Because they say toilets don't have baths.  Like, "I'm going to the toilet". Does that sound dirty or is just me?