Today is an ugly winter day here in the "land down under". I thought I would be headed back to my apartment in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea tomorrow morning, but that just didn't work out. So, I'm stuck here in Brisbane, Australia for another 2 days. Don't get me wrong. Australia is beautiful and there is much about Brisbane that reminds me of Houston. But after a couple of days in a really expensive city, when all I'm really doing is killing some time, well, let's just say it not as much fun as it was the first time I came through.
So today finds me perusing pages of the Victoria Advocate and figuring out what I am missing from "back home". I thought I would list a few of them here:
- taquitos, Mexican food, and Spanish accents
- wide open spaces
- afternoons fishing from the pier
- pizza ordered on the Internet
- $6 movies (Twin Dolphins)
- drivers on the left, cars on the right
- Walmart
- South Texas accents (ya'll, git, fixin to, etc.)
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Cairns is good fun but way too hot and humid for me in the summer even compared to living here. I can recommend taking a drive north of Cairns up to Cape Tribulation and head out on a boat tour to the Great Barrier Reef - nice little adventure.
Have a good one
July 28, 2010 at 10:24 p.m.CJ...the food I eat in PNG is not so exotic. They have an abundance of wonderful fruits and vegetables, and as long as I stick to things grown locally, the prices aren't bad at all. There is very little beef, so I tend to eat a lot of that when I am in Australia. I always have to remember to order my hamburgers in Australia WITHOUT beetroot. Yes, that's right. They eat their hamburgers with a big slice of drippy red beet on them. Yuk! :-) They also eat a lot of meat pies here. They are little pies filled with beef and gravy. They seem to be a staple here.
In PNG, I cook chicken at home, a lot. I also bake bread, and home-made tortillas, on occasion. The locals eat a lot of lamb as well. I'll get around to it, I'm sure, but haven't tried it yet. There are only a handful of fast-food restaurants in PNG, all fried chicken. The bulk of the restaurants offer Chinese, Thai, and Korean cuisine. Nothing from Europe (Italian, Greek, French, German), the Americas, or Latin America can be found here. I really miss my Mexican food!
July 28, 2010 at 9 p.m.Hi Kyle. I think I might enjoy this more if it weren't the middle of winter here. Everything is a bit dreary and people walking around town in sweaters and coats in 70F weather is a bit funny to me. I think I'll plan the next trip over here to Cairns, in the north. The weather will be warmer and there are a lot of outdoor sights and activities to enjoy.
July 28, 2010 at 8:49 p.m.I spent some weeks in Brisbane a few years ago - I loved travelling out to Fraser Island - such a beautiful paradise and driving along the beach that doubles as a landing strip was a lot of fun!
July 28, 2010 at 10:32 a.m.Hi Bea! Good to hear from you! Can't wait to hear about your experiences.
Speaking of food, what's good to eat in Papua New Guinea? Or Australia?
July 28, 2010 at 9:52 a.m.