The Rain In Cairns Falls Mainly on the Tourists

Day 50 at sea; February 24, 2011

Cairns is a lovely seaport.   Ron went on a tour to see the highlights and ride a gondola over the rainforest.  And what a rainforest it was.  He had a wonderful attitude—unlike some of the grumps who sounded as though the rain would turn them into toads.  The temp was supposed to be in the 80s but the rain cooled things down to a bearable temp. 

When Ron came back to the ship, we ate lunch and headed out.  The ship provides clear umbrellas and we walked off the ship, through customs and into a park, along the waterfront to the casino.  We played a while and walked back to the ship, in the terminal on our way into the ship, we sampled all kinds of wonderful fruit—compliments of Cairn’s townsfolk and listened to a bit of folk music.   

After dinner, we went back out and talked twenty minutes to the “Night Market” to do some browsing for souvenirs.  There were a lot of interesting stalls and reasonable prices, but I wasn’t in the buying mood.  On the way back to the ship we stopped at Woolworths (like Target) and picked up hairspray and such.   We had rain on and off—nothing major all the while we were out until….  About four blocks from the ship, the heavens opened and it poured.  Even with umbrellas or because of them, we were soaked from the waist down.  What fun.  We came back and changed and spent some time at the Piano  before heading to bed.