Hello and Happy Thanksgiving!!!
I hope everyone has a great thanksgiving holiday. i guess i've only been away from home for thanksgiving once when i did the semester in florence. Adrianna and i had lasagna with eggs in it. I'm not sure what thanksgiving dinner will be this time.
my whitsunday boat ride has been delayed two days. originally i wanted to go on monday, but they said that the boat i wanted had changed its departure date to tuesday. when i checked in on monday the lady at the desk said that the boat actually left earlier that day. it was really confusing but in the end: i leave on wednesday now, but on a better boat and they gave me a free stinger suit rental, a free bus pickup, and a free underwater one-time use camera (about 70 dollars of free stuff! sweet). it should make for a really cool three days. it means thanksgiving will be spent on a sailboat somewhere in the whitsundays islands, with a bbq on the back, listening to chill music, and drinking some semi-nice wine.
the bad part is that i am going to have to skip out on fraser island. i could squeeze it in, but only if i arrive at brisbane at 6am to fly to tokyo 4 hours later. thats really cutting it close, and its not relaxed at all. sometimes crap happens, but as long as i'm having a good time with the things i do end up doing, i can't really ask for anything more.
the yha at airlie beach where i've been staying has been really laid back and relaxed, which is completely opposite of airlie beach as a whole. i guess every year the high school graduates have a few weeks of partying to celebrate finishing school--its pretty comparable to the u.s.'s spring break (except all of these people are 17 and 18 years old and they call them schoolies). it seems my time here happened to fall on the first week of partying. come sunset, the streets are filled with belligerent teens. i think its pretty funny to watch.
wherever you are, happy thanksgiving.
your friend
chad
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