Beach trip
Jan. 3rd, 2011 11:29 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dzurladyI am back! I have so many things to post about they are all clogged up in my mind. Both Yuletide and my cruise were excellent, and I will give them their own posts later.
Once I came back from the cruise I went to the beach for a couple of days with friends, which was nice. Now I am back, along with half the sand on the beach in my hair. I washed most of it out but it is still not all gone!
My favourite day was the last day of the year. I when to check out the local shops withsubtle_eye and had a laid back, rambling exploring of the shops and a nice, easy and interesting conversation at the same time.
Then I went snorkelling withbeachy_woods and hel_yoshi at Mushroom Park Marine Sanctuary (the rock formation did look like a mushroom, pleasingly) which I really enjoyed. (Thank you for coming with me guys!) I was looking for weedy seadragons but did not spot any (aside from the picture of one at a sign at the top of the beach), although after staring at a lot of empty seaweed I moved elsewhere in the bay and saw about 15 interesting fish in lots more seaweed.
It was good to cool down in the 40 degree heat, both by being in the water and when I was wandering through the airconditioned shops.
Then I came back, walked along the beach (it was a good beach for walking - nice sand) and flew my small (20cm) kite for awhile - it was the perfect level of wind. I was accompanied by numerous kite surfers, whose kites were on quite a different scale. :)
At night I had a couple of delicious cocktails which I had first I discovered on the boat.
(Vanilla apple cooler:
Lime, lemonade, vanilla vodka, apple sour liquor.
One shot vanilla, half a shot apple, fill glass with lemonade, add lime to taste.
(I think. I didn't have a measure with me so it was all approximate. You can adjust pretty much all of it to taste.))
And then we went down to the beach and watched a very pretty fireworks display, and it was the new year!
Once I came back from the cruise I went to the beach for a couple of days with friends, which was nice. Now I am back, along with half the sand on the beach in my hair. I washed most of it out but it is still not all gone!
My favourite day was the last day of the year. I when to check out the local shops with
subtle_eye and had a laid back, rambling exploring of the shops and a nice, easy and interesting conversation at the same time.Then I went snorkelling with
beachy_woods and hel_yoshi at Mushroom Park Marine Sanctuary (the rock formation did look like a mushroom, pleasingly) which I really enjoyed. (Thank you for coming with me guys!) I was looking for weedy seadragons but did not spot any (aside from the picture of one at a sign at the top of the beach), although after staring at a lot of empty seaweed I moved elsewhere in the bay and saw about 15 interesting fish in lots more seaweed.It was good to cool down in the 40 degree heat, both by being in the water and when I was wandering through the airconditioned shops.
Then I came back, walked along the beach (it was a good beach for walking - nice sand) and flew my small (20cm) kite for awhile - it was the perfect level of wind. I was accompanied by numerous kite surfers, whose kites were on quite a different scale. :)
At night I had a couple of delicious cocktails which I had first I discovered on the boat.
(Vanilla apple cooler:
Lime, lemonade, vanilla vodka, apple sour liquor.
One shot vanilla, half a shot apple, fill glass with lemonade, add lime to taste.
(I think. I didn't have a measure with me so it was all approximate. You can adjust pretty much all of it to taste.))
And then we went down to the beach and watched a very pretty fireworks display, and it was the new year!