Thanks for visiting! On the 4th January 2011, Sue and Rick will be setting off on a grown-up gap year to circumnavigate the globe in search of fantastic food. In this blog we aim to give you a taster of our top tastebud moments... and dietary disasters. We hope this blog inspires you to explore the foods of the world too.

Friday, January 21, 2011

Mango Lagoon, Cairns - Let it rain, this'll do nicely!

Wow – the temperature difference on arrival in Cairns was vast. Is about 30+ degrees and very humid. Lovely sunshine when we got here, and now settled into a lovely apartment for a week’s  relaxation and a bit of an explore  in between tropical storms. As you can see……..



 
…….this place is lovely, so don’t worry too much if we have to put our feet up and catch up on a few books because of the rain
And with this apartment, we can catch up with some home cooking for a change

Last night’s menu was:
Brushetta with spinach, feta and cashews;  then
Pan-fried Nile Perch fillets spiced with chilli, garlic, & cumin;  and a few veg

And today, after a day spent taking it easy, doing a few lengths in the pool,  and exploring the local beaches, Ricardo is about to try his hand cooking! On the menu tonight: some very nice Porterhouse Steaks with a nice salad,  after a few huge local prawns. Yum.

Tomorrow we’re booked to spend the day on the reef.  Can’t wait

2 comments:

  1. Wow, that apartment looks great - and nice to finally see some sunshine in the pictures! Enjoy the coast/rainforest/reef/cooking. Grampy says hello!!! Xxxx

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  2. Enjoy a bit of down time - you have been buzzing around recently. Enjoying all of your interesting info and pictures and we are very impressed with your blog.
    PS: we have accepted an offer on our house - possible completion March!

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