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Name: Laura
Country: United States
State: Missouri
Metro: St. Louis
Birthday: 5/28/1985
Gender: Female
Interests: Things I love..... JESUS!! ;) Cooking, Laughing!, Making someone else smile!, Convertibles, Beaches, Best Friends, Moments that give you chill bumps!, Kids, My Family, Traditions, Finding utterly amazing song lyrics, quoting movies, Having one of those nights that you never want to end!, reading a book a friend read and then talking about it!, Chio's, Snow!, Great Pictures!, Good Quotes, Meeting people that just inspire me! Being happy and loving life!!!!
Occupation: Student
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AIM:  gilbs85
Member Since:
12/19/2004
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| For some reason this didnt post on Thanksgiving so we will try again........
So it has been forever since I have updated but there has just been so
much going on!! We had a crazy last two weeks at Dock Side.
Pretty much all I did was study... go to class.... and then go into
town or the movies to give me a break! School is over and it
feels great!!! It was crunch time getting all the projects done
but we all did it! After that we took a holiday to Day Dream
Island. It was really beautiful there! We had five days to
do nothing but relax and play!! When we got off our boat they
welcomed us with shell necklaces and wine glasses of this orange juice
mixture! I felt like I was on my honeymoon... but not! On
the first day we hired a huge sail boat for just us and we sailed for
two hours to white heaven beach. Let me tell you ... this trip
was an exciting one! First off it started raining like right when
we got on. All 40 of us in yellow rain slickers trying to fight
the wind and rain were a pretty sight! A bunch of us ended up
getting really seasick! All I have to say is that I do not want
to be on a boat like that for a very very long time!!! The next day we
just had free time to lie out and play in the pool. The next day
we took a ferry to the Great Barrier Reef where we got to snorkel and
ride in a glass bottom boat over the reef! The best part of the
whole day was when I scuba dived!!!! It is definitely one of my
top favorite things I have ever done! I was pretty much freaking
out inside the whole time we were in the water! We got to see
some amazing coral and fish!! From Day Dream we left Australia
and flew to New Zealand! This place is so beautiful!!!!
Words really can’t explain how amazing it is here! Its kind of
cold, which is strange cause, we just came from beach weather! We
flew into Christchurch and then drove the next day to Queenstown!
This town is totally surrounded by mountains! Snow caps and
clouds everywhere! While we were here we spent the past two days
doing whatever we wanted. Most people went sky diving, bungee
jumping, white water rafting, and horseback riding. I was to
chicken to do anything too exciting so I just ended up horseback riding
through the Lord of the Rings Territory! I loved it
though!! My horse was a pickle though! He liked to take off
from the group a lot! We also saw where they filmed The Lion
Witch and the wardrobe, vertical limits and Hercules. I was
riding a famous horse!!! That was pretty exciting! The rest
of the time here we just shopped! Tonight was Thanksgiving for us
and it was strange to be in a place that doesn’t celebrate it. We
went to a Mori tribe and they gave put on a show for us. Then
they made us Thanksgiving dinner! They even looked up pumpkin pie
on the Internet for us! They were all really nice! After
the show they sat and ate and talked to us! They taught us how to
do some of their tribal dances. I love it here! I wish we
could of stayed in New Zealand a little longer! WE have a couple
more days left and then we are heading for home! That’s pretty
crazy to think about!! I am ready though!!!
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!
Jes and i toasting after being welcomed on to Daydream Island
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| Yea for having Internet again! We are finally in Brisbane!! I have an apartment and I unpacked my things in drawers and I went to the grocery store! We have been traveling like crazy for the past two weeks.... We went to Canberra which is Australia’s capitol so we went to places like the capitol and what not... kind of like going to Washington DC. Although we did get to go to this really cool science center and play for like two hours and then to the institute of sport and learn how to play cricket and Aussie tag. We jumped on an overnight cruise to Tasmania, which really ended up being two nights cause of the boat was having some problems.... We got a whole day to sleep in and catch up on homework which I did the entire day! I know I was pretty proud of myself too! In Tasmania we had a bus driver who would talk to us for I am not kidding 3 hours straight on the bus. It was killer especially when we found out Dr. Moore had been taking notes on it the whole time for a quiz. It's beautiful in Tasmania.... kind of like the sound of music look. We Drove a ton and went on lots of tour. We got to drive up a mountain and play in the snow while it was like a blizzard of ice around us and we went to Port Arthur and what not. From there we flew to Melbourne where we drove even more everyday like 10 or more hours stopping every couple of hours to see something. We stayed at a new camp all three nights we were there and got to play volleyball, basketball, pool and do a ropes course. It was freezing but it felt like I was at church camp the whole time! It was fun for our group just gets to hang out. I got to see Penguins come out of the water and go and mate and that was prob one of my favorite things so far! We now are finally at Brisbane and I love it! Except for the classes that started today! I really love Brisbane! So here are some pictures for the past couple of weeks.....
This is way back in Korea when we went to the DMZ and we took a tram down that tiny little tunnel and went to the door of the North side underground!
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