Well, Anne and I survived the kayaking excursion to Dunk Island and back. We showed up at 8:00 in the morning after a late night for a day of kayaking. Once we arrived at the location the other couple who was going with us pulled up. Out they pulled their kayaking gloves, own snorkeling equipment
-- the whole bit. Off we set... We kayaked a total of 11km she said. I cannot explain to you the pain I am currently in! We went further than just the tip of the island that you can see from Mission Beach because around the bac
k side the beach is more remote and that is where she wanted to go. We have lots of pictures; however, they are on the hostels waterproof camera so I will have to wait for Anne to put them up. Monday morning I set off for Magnetic Island. I arrived here and met up with about 5 or 6 people that had left Mission Beach a couple days before. This is one of the prettiest places I have ever seen! Last night however was a bit of the tent repeat. I went to sleep in a pleasant temperature bungalow but awoke at 9:15 to extreme heat! I do not know how people would stay in any of these places other than in winter. Since it was too hot to sleep i
n I put on my swimsuit shorts and tshirt and headed off for a little hike. As I walked up to the start of the hike that I chose there were about 3 couples in their late 60s so I went ahead of them. I finally reached the top of the mountain about 5 km and 2 hours later. The view was worth the wait though! It was amazing!! I sure hope noone coule see me on this hike because I by far looked like one of the most spastic people ever. Every rustle in the leaves made me walk that much faster and it did not help that within 5 minutes of starting to walk I spotted a spider the size of my hand. I reached the end of the trail and decided I was going to spend the afternoon on the 
other side of the island however once I reached the end all I saw was a dead end road. After debating for a bit I turned around to head back to the climb I just completed. Just about that time I saw the couples that I had started right in front of and they thank goodness knew the way to the town. They asked me to join them and talked with them for a while. They were from Denmark but had actually been to Mississippi before. I then went on my way and checked out a few of the bay areas. I am now exhausted back at the hostel about to try to figure out my plan for tomorrow. I have a bus booked to the Whitsundays now I just have to work on a couple more of the small details like where I am going to stay and how long!
-- the whole bit. Off we set... We kayaked a total of 11km she said. I cannot explain to you the pain I am currently in! We went further than just the tip of the island that you can see from Mission Beach because around the bac
k side the beach is more remote and that is where she wanted to go. We have lots of pictures; however, they are on the hostels waterproof camera so I will have to wait for Anne to put them up. Monday morning I set off for Magnetic Island. I arrived here and met up with about 5 or 6 people that had left Mission Beach a couple days before. This is one of the prettiest places I have ever seen! Last night however was a bit of the tent repeat. I went to sleep in a pleasant temperature bungalow but awoke at 9:15 to extreme heat! I do not know how people would stay in any of these places other than in winter. Since it was too hot to sleep i
n I put on my swimsuit shorts and tshirt and headed off for a little hike. As I walked up to the start of the hike that I chose there were about 3 couples in their late 60s so I went ahead of them. I finally reached the top of the mountain about 5 km and 2 hours later. The view was worth the wait though! It was amazing!! I sure hope noone coule see me on this hike because I by far looked like one of the most spastic people ever. Every rustle in the leaves made me walk that much faster and it did not help that within 5 minutes of starting to walk I spotted a spider the size of my hand. I reached the end of the trail and decided I was going to spend the afternoon on the 
other side of the island however once I reached the end all I saw was a dead end road. After debating for a bit I turned around to head back to the climb I just completed. Just about that time I saw the couples that I had started right in front of and they thank goodness knew the way to the town. They asked me to join them and talked with them for a while. They were from Denmark but had actually been to Mississippi before. I then went on my way and checked out a few of the bay areas. I am now exhausted back at the hostel about to try to figure out my plan for tomorrow. I have a bus booked to the Whitsundays now I just have to work on a couple more of the small details like where I am going to stay and how long! 
Dear Jill, How the heck did the Denmark couple find their way to Mississippi?
ReplyDeleteTheir son went to work in Houston and they took a trip to Nola and then ended up traveling the area. I was curious about that too!
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