Day 5 10/8/07 - Australia

Hayman Island

Highlight

• Slokky said the weather was going to be horrible today, so I planned a slow day with nothing to do, little did I know it was just his ploy to do nothing, as the sun was shining and the weather was the warmest it had been all day.
• Watched the fish feeding frenzy around the lagoon
• A late breakfast was in order after the excesses of yesterday’s dinner.
• A slight change of plans because of the weather, we decided to take a dingy out to visit a few of the island. Unfortunately the waves were too rough so we couldn’t go either, so onto Plan C, we got a boat transfer to Blue Pearl Bay 2.
• The boat transfer was lots of fun in itself actually, if you like riding huge waves at high speed and getting your face splattered with water.
• There was still glimpses of sun when we arrived on the spectacular Blue Pearl Bay, so we bit the bullet and dived straight into the snorkelling. The water was spectacular, there were so much fish everywhere, and they would just swim right up to you. We snapped lots of pics so hope they turn out.
• Unfortunately, the sun went into hiding again, so the water turned cold very quickly, and we had to leave the water.
• 2 pieces of misfortune greeted me. 1, I managed to scratch my leg against some coral, resulting in some pretty bad stings. 2, the speed boat ride back was even more exciting. We were going really fast and actually overheated, meaning that we were stranded in the middle of some wavy water for over 5 minutes. I was glad nobody threw up.
• Went to Spa Chakra to try out the steam room and plunge pool. For novelty value only really, it was nothing exciting.
• We wanted to grab a sunset cocktail at the Beach Pavilion, but it was closed early because of yet another wedding, so we walked along the beach to take advantage of the low cloud cover, to try to watch the sunset. However, the tide beat us to it, and we couldn’t actually walk out enough to see the sunset. Still, watching the sky change colour is magical enough.
• Had a quiet night in, to give our stomachs a good rest, and to actually eat some of the food we brought with us. Some instant noodles, cake and chocolate later, our load was lessened, but we were bringing a bit of chocolate home.
• Finally tried out the War of the Rings board game that we borrowed. It took forever to set up, had a million rules, even though we only used the "simplified rule". It could potentially be a very good game, if you remember all the rules that is…

Food

• Azure breakfast:
  • mocha
  • strawberry Danish
  • peach Danish
  • raisin scroll
  • smoked salmon and cream cheese bagel
  • scrambled eggs
  • baked beans on poppyseed bun
  • eggplant Parmigiana
  • bacon and leek frittata
  • eggs Benedict with salmon and bacon
  • roast tomato
  • spicy beef sausage
  • mixed fruit with 4 cheeses
• palmier
• kim chi ramen
• banana
• English breakfast tea
• seashell chocolate