We slept really hard since we were so tired from the night before, but we were a little stiff getting up, sleeping on a deck with no pad might have been the culprit. Our snorkel was at 6am and not for very long since we were heading back to Airlie beach. Paul jumped in, I stayed in the zodiac since I was not awake quite yet, and I took some pics of the reef, Paul snorkeling and fish that I could see from the surface. After about 20-30min everyone was back on the boat for our two hour ride back, I fell asleep on the way and Paul enjoyed the views as we sailed away.
Once we docked a manager met the boat and offered us a line of BS and $50 to do laundry at the marina for our now infested clothes, luckily we had very little of our things with us, however all of my bites started to appear. Most of us were just mad about the fact that they knew the bugs were there and still let us go back out. Paul and I spent the next two hours washing and drying our clothes, then once the main load was done we changed and washed the outfits we were wearing off the boat. For our stuff we could not wash we put them in a black plastic garbage bag and let it bake in the sun. As we were washing we watched them load up another group of people on the same boat and prepare to sail away, bed bugs still intact. We were fortunate that our Greyhound bus did not leave until 8:30pm, so after two hours of washing we walked back to the sailing company to get our packs out of storage and to ask for some money back. Paul had to write out a statement as to why we should get some money back and they would pass it on the boat’s owner, it was up to them if they wanted to give any money back.
After picking up our supplies we got some lunch and relaxed the rest of the afternoon looking at the beautiful bay and counting my bug bites. Soon enough the bus came and it was on to Cairns and our next adventure.
Once we docked a manager met the boat and offered us a line of BS and $50 to do laundry at the marina for our now infested clothes, luckily we had very little of our things with us, however all of my bites started to appear. Most of us were just mad about the fact that they knew the bugs were there and still let us go back out. Paul and I spent the next two hours washing and drying our clothes, then once the main load was done we changed and washed the outfits we were wearing off the boat. For our stuff we could not wash we put them in a black plastic garbage bag and let it bake in the sun. As we were washing we watched them load up another group of people on the same boat and prepare to sail away, bed bugs still intact. We were fortunate that our Greyhound bus did not leave until 8:30pm, so after two hours of washing we walked back to the sailing company to get our packs out of storage and to ask for some money back. Paul had to write out a statement as to why we should get some money back and they would pass it on the boat’s owner, it was up to them if they wanted to give any money back.
After picking up our supplies we got some lunch and relaxed the rest of the afternoon looking at the beautiful bay and counting my bug bites. Soon enough the bus came and it was on to Cairns and our next adventure.
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