Friday, May 18, 2012
Full moon party
Yesterday was exhausting. We did so much. We had lectures in the morning (not sure what about since I wasn't listening). But after that was the fun. We went hiking up one of the mountains to the beach. The trail was up a big hill and it wasn't just like a slope, we were climbing up rocks that were positioned there like stairs. It wasn't hard but it was just long. Then we got to the beach. It was a nudey beach and I'm sure that when a group of 40 American tourists showed up that the old men were not happy. They all got up and moved farther away or put their clothes on and left. I still haven't figured out the point of a man tanning naked but whatever. The waves were massive so we attempted to body surf. It was more like me getting knocked down and then attempting to get back up and just get plowed over again. I tried to take my gopro but I accidentally turned it on in my backpack while hiking so I ran the battery out and filmed the inside of my backpack for an hour or so. After that we had to hike all the way back. Let me tell ya, hiking for an hour in a wet swimsuits, salt stuck to your body everywhere, and sand in your shoes Is not the most fun thing I have ever done. We got back to our hostel/hotel thingy and then it was time for the party.
The half moon party is a huge deal at one of the hostels on the island. People ferry in from everywhere to come to this party. The tickets cost $30 and everywhere sold out of them. We all showered and got dressed and walked to the pizza place for dinner and to start the party. Most restaurants don't sell alcohol here so they are BYO (bring your own) and you have to pay a corkage fee. We payed $3 at the pizza place to have our own drinks. We stayed there for about 3 hours and just met the random people that kept coming. Then we walked to the party. This party was soooooo cool. It was outside at this hostel and was massive. There was a dance floor with a Dj and then face painting that was glow in the Dark and 4 bars. There was a camera crew there and they kept filming these guys and we had no idea who they were so of course we went up and asked them. This is how the conversation went...
Me "why are you all getting filmed?"
Them "we are bombs away"
Me (with a dumbfounded look): "excuse me?"
Them "the djs"
Tally "uhm are you all supposed to be good?"
Them "where are you all from?"
Me "America"
Them "do you not know who we are?"
Tally "obviously not or we wouldn't be asking you who you are"
Them "dumb Americans"
Then we walked away. Supposedly, they are all the rave in Australia like avicci or Steve aoki but then they got on stage and started to 'Dj' and it was all Steve aoki so I just think that they stole his stuff. I'm not sure what was going on but we were like uhhhh they are terrible.
We were the stereotypical tourists that did everything that you should not do. We left and we didn't want to walk home so tally tried to hail a cab, they don't have cabs on this island because the bus system is so good. But we're didn't want to wait for the bus. So we stopped some car and asked them where they were going and we had them drop us off at the end of our street to walk the rest of the way. Luckily, we had two of our guys with us too so we weren't technically alone. Keep in mind how nice the people are here. Whoops
The stars here are amazing. Last night on the way after the party, we just stopped and stared at the sky. It's amazing. I can't wait to camp in the outback and just lay on my back and stare in the air.
Today is our last day in magnetic island so we are going to the beach again. After today, we go to yungaberra and won't have Internet for about a week. Go to onthewallaby.com and that's our hostel. Its supposed to be amazing.
Random Australian things.
They eat baked beans for breakfast on bread
Their pepperoni is not American pepperoni
They don't use ice
They don't use salad dressing, they eat it plain
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