We've come to our last day in Cairns, so I decided to pay the $2 do an update while killing time and waiting for our flight. Cairns has been...good. I think if I were to come back to the area, I'd like to stay further North up the coast. We heard there were some prettier beaches there. In Cairns, there's usually a beach and lagoon, but the lagoon is actually dry now (I've heard something about a drought in the area...). So how have we spent our time here? Mostly in tourist shops that all look the same. Okay...not really, but we did spend a fair share of time shopping. The first night we got here, I was able to meet up with a friend that I met while studying in Germany, Martina, and her boyfriend.
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