Monday, July 13, 2009

We have internet again, or at least something resembling internet. It's a little pre-paid wireless device you stick in the USB port. Sounds great, right? Well, the downside is that you pay per MB uploaded/downloaded instead of a flat rate for unlimited access. And this is apparently the standard practice for all internet service providers (including broadband, all that stuff we have in the US). Once we figured that out, we then realized why the internet we "borrowed" from our neighbors went away. Ultimately what happened was we stole all of their credits. Matt thinks I'm being silly, but I feel so bad about it that I want to go door to door and find out who the victim was so we can repay him/her. Wow, who would have thought internet operated that way? What a scam. So while we can now check our email and update the blog, we can't just leave our internet on all day.

Matt spent some time at the Billabong Sanctuary this afternoon and saw a crocodile feeding. He'll post photos tomorrow. I, once again, spent the day at home working. Fun fun. It's tough being the only breadwinner in this household right now :) But, Matt has made me dinner the last few nights which has been fabulous. And we're still planning our trip up to Cairns for the weekend. Friday and Saturday will be spent out on the reef on a live aboard diving boat. We've signed up for the "shark encounter" dives. We'll see how that goes. Cages are apparently not required, but only cost $30 extra per dive. It's under debate right now whether we'll splurge for them - I'm sure you can guess which one of us is the cheapskate.

All for now. We may be signing papers for an apartment tomorrow. Wish us luck. Can't wait for that to be done and out of the way.




2 comments:

  1. Hi Lindsay and Matt,
    Oh, the joys of adventure, internet included!! I guess we do take so many things for granted here in the U.s. Have a wonderful time up in Cairns and yes, spring for the cages. Good luck in getting the apt. you want and like. Love you both lots and lots, J/Mom

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  2. We feel like we are reliving our NZ experience through you guys. Yep internet by the megabite, "what do you mean you don't have an unlimited plan?..." Cheers, Karl and Katie

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