Hello from sunny Nimbin, NSW, Australia. No, actually "sunny" isn't an appropriate enough way to describe Australia. "Blazing hot" would be much more accurate. I can't believe it's only 5 days until Christmas. I've about given up on the idea of a white Christmas this year. I hear from the locals that there's usually a heat wave right in time for the big day.
For the most part the weather is a lot like Texas is most of the year so it's easy to get aclimated to it. But just because i'm used to it doesn't mean I like it all that much. It's much nicer when it rains occasionally (yes, i love the rain now) and the hot days make it great for swimming.
I'm staying at this great backpackers here in Nimbin thanks to Doug the "WildDuck" on CouchSurfing and am loving it. There are loads of great travelers coming through every day from all over the world. I've been here for five or six days now and I've been the only American so far. I love it. There are a fair amount of 51st Staters here (i think they prefer to be called Canadians though) but that doesn't count. So most of my days are spent with a few Aussies, a German girl, lots of Japanese, and several Israelies (i'm sure i misspelled that one). The days are long and the times are good here.
I had planned on hitting up a few places along the way to Sydney but I'm not sure that's going to happen. I've been invited to stay here through Christmas and that seems to be the current plan. We're going to make a big to-do about the whole thing and have a multi-cultural celebration. Everyone will contribute something from their culture and we'll mix a good deal of Aussie fare into the whole thing. It should be a great time.
Sorry to everyone about the lack of emails. I don't make it to the internet much lately and don't plan on being back for at least a few more days. I do appreciate getting your emails and I promise to write back soon.
Cheers from Nimbin!
Posted December 19, 2004 07:55 PM @ (GMT - 6)
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hi jim, just wanted to wish you a merry christmas. it just hasn't been the same without you. i almost bought a sixpack of diet coke the other day. hope you have a merry chritmas, we miss you.
love. your wicked stepmom, dad, mike and tay tay too