Saturday, 10/23/93 : 5:00pm
Day Two : Bill got in this morning, ready for a long day. He waited at the airport for the 8:00am shuttle rather than taking a taxi like I did. By the time he got here, I’d been up for a couple of hours, and was ready to go. We had John (of John, Paul, Lyn and Sue who manage/live in the hotel) drop us off downtown again. This time we ended up at a large open-air market, selling everything from fruits and vegetables to T-shirts to brass tables. It reminded me ALOT of the Itaewon Shopping District outside of Seoul (don’t I sound like a world traveller).
From there, we walked back to the Esplanade and tried to arrange a Deep-Sea fishing trip. What a pain. The Lexus Invitational is being held next week, starting Tuesday, and boats from here to Sydney are very hard to find. I want to know something though: Does the name of the tournament mean they invite people or fish? Anyway, after a discussion with Charles (pronounced Chaawls) we might have found a boat for Wednesday. It’s a little expensive, but may be our only choice.
Next we went back to the Fox and Firken for a beer whilst we waited for our bus back to the hotel. The weather got a little Monsoonal at this point, and made the trip back to the hotel much more interesting. Once we got back, we booked an all day snorkeling trip to the Frankland Islands (which don’t exist, according to our Insight Guide), a trip on the Kuranda train with a continuation ride through the”Atherton Tablelands”. This one should be a nice trip. The third trip we booked goes north up the coast to the Daintree Rainforest for a small walkabout. The trips are scheduled for Monday, Thursday and Friday. With the fishing on Wednesday, we’ll be pretty busy until we leave on Sunday.
By the way, XXXX bitter is quite tasty, as is Victoria Bitter. The Fosters Special Bitter isn’t quite there, and needs more work. We bought quite a diverse sampling of various beers today, and I’ll share my opinion (something I’m not known for) as we get to them.
A side joke/comment that we heard: How did XXXX beer (pronounced “fourex”) get it’s name? The brewer didn’t know how to spell BEER.
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