I got to Cairns at 9am on Wednesday after 2 hours of sleep the night before, which is when I sold my car and packed. Don't worry, I planned it like that. And I made some money on the car, which is a nice way to start out my trip. When I got to the hot, sticky weather of tropical Cairns, I felt like I was in a dream. I got to my hostel, Caravella Backpackers, and for some reason I thought it was the late afternoon. It was 10:30am. I realized I had very little time in Cairns (and that I hadn't planned out the rest of my trip yet!), so I started right away. I wandered into town and found a bus to the Sky Rail that took me to Kurunda, this mountainous jungle
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