Living out of a Backpack 2

We haven't done a whole lot of crazy, wild stuff in the last week to report on.

That being said, we have had a whole lot of really nice relaxation time. You know how it sometimes takes a week or two to fully relax when you go on vacation? And then when you're finally at that point it's time to go back to the airport or hit the road back home or whatever else? Well, it's like that now - we're in the max-relax stage - except the great part is we don't have to go home. No, we get to keep going. I don't say all of this to try and induce jealousy, or gloat about what we're doing or whatever... I'm actually just excited about the fact that we're hitting that point of really "cutting the strings" of normal life (work, bills, computers, cars, etc.) and letting the unnormal life happen. Anyway, it's nice.

What we have done lately is read a few books, explore more of the Sunshine Coast, and take a bunch more photos (which I'll get up soon). Yesterday we drove up to Coolum Beach and checked out the annual kite fest; it was more interesting and awesome to check out that I had thought, there were some enormous and really cool looking kites. Massive octopi, stingrays, and other creature-kites - I'm talking 50-foot kites - floated like giant, rainbow-coloured beings waiting to swoop down and devour us. Luckily, they just ate wind all day instead.

The surf should improve this week as well, as it's been pretty flat. Maybe we can try our hand again at surfing. I expect to share reports with you of massive sand teeth cleanings in the coming days.