Finally I got to see The Reef! :) What an awesome day! The Backpackers shuttle took us to the Reef Fleet Plaza, the Marina from where all our boats depart for the Great Barrier Reef. After about 90 min we reached the Outer Reef and put our wetsuits on. Jumping into the water was like landing on another world. A Wonderworld! The colors, shapes and marine life were absolutely stunning! During our lunch break we moved to another spot of the coral reef. And it was there where I finally met Nemo ;) And not only him. Crush was there too! So I found myself swimming with a sea turtle for half an hour :) Awesome!
When we returned to Cairns I needed to hurry up
. Had to catch a plane to Darwin! 45 minutes after I came back to the hostel I grabbed my stuff and left for the airport. Too bad I couldn't stay longer at that cool place.
When I arrived at the Cairns Airport I experienced the fastest check-in of my life. From entering the terminal and receiving my boarding pass to get through security in 4 minutes! Almost as amazing as The Reef ;)
Unfortunately we spent about an hour sitting on the plane like in a hot-house because the air con was broken. Eventually they fixed it and we flew to another hot-house, Darwin!
There my friend Penny was already waiting to pick me up and we chatted 'til 2AM.
Endlich sah ich das Das Riff! :) Was fuer ein unvergesslicher Tag! Der Backpacker Bus brachte uns frueh am Morgen zum Reef Fleet Plaza, dem Yachthafen von wo aus alle Boote zum Great Barrier Reef ablegen. Nach etwa 90 Minuten erreichten wir das Aeussere Riff und zogen uns die Neoprenanzuege ueber. Ins Wasser zu springen war wie auf einer anderen Welt zu landen
. Einer Wunderwelt! Die Farben, verschiedenen Korallenformen und einzigartige Meeresfauna waren atemberaubend! Waehrend des Mittagessens fuhren wir an einen anderen Punkt des Korallenriffs. Und es war dort, wo ich endlich Nemo traf ;) Und nicht nur ihn! Auch Crush! Und so schwamm ich mit einer Meeresschildkroete fuer eine halbe Stunde :) Unbeschreiblich! Als wir zurrueck in Cairns waren, musste ich mich ein bischen beeilen. Musste meinen Flieger nach Darwin kriegen! Eine Dreiviertelstunde nachdem ich im Hostel ankam, packte ich mein Zeug und war schon wieder auf dem Weg zum Flughafen. Waere aber gern noch laenger da geblieben. Das Einchecken ging so schnell wie noch nie in meinem Leben. Vom Betreten des Flughafengebaeudes ueber das Aushaendigen der Bordkarte und durch die Sicherheitsschleuse - 4 Minuten! Fast so unglaublich wie das Riff ;)
Leider mussten wir ueber eine Stunde im Flugzeug sitzen, in dem es so heiss war wie in einem Brutofen weil die Klimaanlage ausgefallen war. Aber sie haben es dann doch noch hinbekommen und somit konnten wir zu einem anderen Brutofen fliegen, Darwin!
Dort angekommen wartete schon Penny um mich abzuholen und wir quatschten noch bis 2 Uhr morgens.
The Amazing Great Barrier Reef - Nemo's Playground
Friday, September 07, 2012
Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
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