The Rain Forest

Cape Tribulation, Australia 

Muggy, muggy, muggy. That’s what the rain forest is like and we were there in the rainy season. In the three days we were there, there were several rain showers each day. We only got caught once in the showers but even without rain I was soaking wet after a 2 hour walk in the forest from the humidity. Our clothes never got dry and we were looking through the dirty clothes bag to find dry and somewhat clean clothes.

Of course it is lush green everywhere. We stayed at a very nice B&B that is on a exotic fruit farm. We had exotic fruit with our breakfast every morning, the most unusual was the ‘hairy man’s eye ball’ and was not as bad as it sounds. Our cabin was almost all windows which looked out into the rain forest but not enough of a breeze coming through. The cabin was ‘eco’ friendly and the electricity was solar powered, so no air conditioning, not even a fan and couldn’t even use our hair dryer. 

Mary and I talked about just getting in the car and driving around all day just to keep cool. But usually it was walks in the morning, naps in the afternoon and early to bed at night.

We did go on a night river boat ride to find crocodiles and other animals. It was the last night there and we had to put on wet clothes to go. We were saving one pair of dry clean clothes to leave on. The boat trip was great we saw some different animals and it was cool on the river and there was only a short shower.

When we left we put on our only clean dry clothes and as soon as we got in the car at 7:30 AM we turned on the A/C. Glad to be cool and dry..... but it was a great experience!