Aug 16th: Today we had the luxury of going at our own pace. We checked out at noon and moved just down the road to The Bay Leaf Hotel. Tomorrow, Goran and I fly to Alice Springs to explore the Outback. Sharie will stay another night, then fly back to Europe, via Singapore. We dropped off our luggage and walked to the esplanade to explore Cairns by day.
The tide was out and signs warned of crocodiles along the muddy, marshy shore.
Uhhh? What is that?
At the North Pier we lunched ... Sharie's treat!
It was a toasty day and the main streets were filled with souvenir shops, nothing unique and inviting. I think we were a little relieved to not have to race around from must-see to must-see site on a day already half consumed from sleeping in late. By mid-afternoon, we decided to go to the movies.
We found a mall that had a cineplex and agreed to see Toy Story 3, in 3D! But, we had an hour to kill before show time. On a whim, we got manicures at a salon downstairs in the mall. The Chinese ladies that tended to our claws worked silently, but smiled a lot ... I wasn't convinced they understood anything we said. The young woman who worked on my nails was gentle, yet efficient and, initially, I was happy with her work ... until after the movie, when I noticed that my thumb and two fingernails had turned YELLOW! It looked like I had nicotine nails! Of course, the shop was closed by the time we exited the movie theatre! Those nails stayed discolored for 4 days!
We enjoyed Balanese food for dinner at a restaurant attached to the hotel and had a quiet evening of playing Triominos and watching TV.
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