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<\/a><\/p>\nLouise & Judi – Nepal November 2018<\/p>\n
Louise & Judi are from Australia & are lucky enough to live in Cairns. What a spectacular place to be! They have both been to Canada before & Louise actually lived & worked as a school teacher in Barrie, Ontario for a couple of years.<\/p>\n We had a really nice time with them when we were in Nepal. Last August when we initially decided to take this cruise it was a great coincidence that one of the scheduled stops was Cairns. Once we booked the cruise we sent Louise & Judi an email with the details of our itinerary & made tentative arrangements for a brief get together 4 months later!<\/p>\n We took a late morning tender to shore & waited for Louise & Judi at the Yorkeys Knob Boating Club adjacent to the water shuttle dock.<\/p>\n We enjoyed looking at all the boats in the marina and spotted a large ocean capable trawler called \u201cLast Mango\u201d from Wilmington, Delaware, USA. (with tan-coloured sun screens below)<\/p>\n Cath warned me that if sailing Santosha across the oceans is on my bucket list, she will fly to Cairns to meet me! I think Santosha is a great little boat but if I was going to try to cross an ocean I would much prefer to do it aboard Ananda.<\/p>\n Louise and Judi found us and took us for a brief driving tour of the immediate area & then we went to their condo for refreshments & a visit.<\/p>\n They pointed out many of the flowering trees and showed us some wallabies in a public park. What a pleasant reunion!<\/p>\n They got us back to the shuttle in good time as they like to be early like us! However, I would have not been at all disappointed if we missed catching the last tender back to the cruise ship & had to spend 2-3 weeks (or months?) here sorting things out.<\/p>\n Now it\u2019s their turn to come & visit us in Canada!<\/p>\n We would have liked to have visited in Cairns longer but the ship would be leaving soon & the tenders would get very busy for the last hour or so.<\/p>\n We were glad to be back on the ship and in the air conditioning as it was 30+C with high humidity in Cairns (pronounced \u201ccans\u201d).<\/p>\n We enjoyed a nice drink on our balcony while watching the sunset over Cairns & Yorkeys Knob.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n