Highlights of the day:
Lu’au (Hawaiian / Polynesian party with Hula dance lesson, buffet, songs and show acts)
Hawaiian Party (lūʻau)
Tag: dinner
Coconut drinking / Sunset!
Enjoying honeymoon with snorkeling, coconut drinking, seafood dinner and sunset photographing.
New Year’s Eve on Whitsunday Islands
Our sailing ship “Prima” accommodated 11 (out of maximal 12) guests plus two crew members (captain Sas and cook Beke). We had a cabinet for ourselves – small but with a little bit of privacy. Before noon we set sail towards Whitsunday Island. Captain Cook discovered it on a Whitsunday (German: Pfingstsonntag), therefore the name. We traversed the hook passage, went snorkeling and anchored for the evening.
After a nice dinner at sunset we were in good mood for games (Twister and “Eat my box”).
To our big surprise (and shock) a squid joined the party – believe it or not, it jumped out of the water into our boat, just to be accidentally being stamped by one of the guests. A black trace of ink was a lasting proof. Our fellow travelers showed how to make a good meal out of the poor guy. Dinner out of one instead of “Dinner for one”. Happy New Year!
Ayers Rock and Uluru
We flew to the small town Ayers Rock and joined a group of 22 guests on a three-day trip through the Red Centre. From the plane we could already watch the landscape incl. Uluru (formerly Ayers Rock).
On a cultural walk, Cecilia, a lovely aboriginal woman, explained many things about their culture, paintings and certain locations around Uluru in her native language – fortunately we also had a translator.
It was close to 40° C, fortunately it cooled down a little bit at sunset, supported by a glass of Champaign.
Almost as good as the sunset was the moon rise (we had full moon that night). The group helped to prepare the dinner (kangaroo) – delicious – and then went to sleep, as we had to get up VERY early next morning (03:50). Steffi and me decided to use the swags and to sleep under the stars. Check.