So, after Brisbane we took an hour bus ride down to Surfer's Paradise, aka Sin City!
Surfer's reminded me of Miami. Well I've never actually been to Miami but it's what I imagine Miami would look like. High rise buildings on the beach and glamorous shops on the street...only thing missing was our boyfriend Pitbull and Cubans!!
We stayed at a hostel called Surf and Sun and were upgraded to a private apartment with a queen size bed, kitchen, living room, bathtub, tv and a freezer! First freezer we've seen in three months!!
Apparently Surfer's is the second biggest city in Queensland (to Brisbane) but it didn't look that big. They're also known for their four big amusement parks but we couldn't be bothered, we preferred laying on the beach and shopping!
Everyone who goes to Surfer's does a hostel-sponsored pub crawl so naturally we had to join in on the fun. Wednesday night we joined 200 other backpackers and hopped around to four different bars with inviting names including Sin City, Vanity and Shooters. Good times!
The next day we tried to lay on the beach and soak up some rays but of course it rained as soon as we got comfy. Luckily it rained after we had our picnic! So instead we spent the day wandering around and eating the delicious food we prepared in our very own fridge! And we finally booked the rest of our lodging in Australia (only one more stop :( )
Thursday night is ladies night in Surfers so naturally we had to have a night on the town! Free entry and free drinks all night...didn't spend a single dollar all night, great success!
Surfer's paradise is the first place we have really met other Americans and other Australian backpackers! They were everywhere. Unfortunately the American accents are so ugly after months of not hearing them, especially one belonging to a girl from Florida- terrible!! When we meet other east coasters we don't mind the accent as much so that's good. At ladies night we certainly mingled with some local Australians. Again, all under the age of 20 which is pretty awkward. One Aussie was going to la soon and wanted to know of he could drink there if he scratched out his birthday on his
ID from 94 to 91. Then when we told him that still wasn't old enough he asked if he could marry Karina to get citizenship. As tempting as the offer was, she declined...
After our night out, Karina went to bed and I stayed up to message some of you lovely people at home (seriously...who's idea was it to go to a place with such a crazy time difference?!?! I've had enough 5am bedtimes to last me a lifetime!) and ended up meeting an Irish guy, an English guy, an African Norwegian, and an African French guy...talk about international love! I guess smoking cigarettes brings people together...those Europeans and their smoking. Oh, and our Canadian friend (and by friend I mean not friend at all- more like barnacle) who we hung out with two nights in a row wandered her way home at 4am and plopped herself down next to MY new friends and pretended she didn't know me. How nice of her.
Anyways. Good times were had in Surfers Paradise...it truly was paradise! Beautiful. And great nightlife and cheap food. Hopefully we'll get back there someday!
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