We have acquired some places in town where we are regular costumers. I already mentioned Bohemia, a café where we get free wireless, an excellent cup of latte (or chai tea latte if you’re like me) and on Saturday we indulge in one of their succulent muffins.
Mars and caramel muffin. Let me say no more. Words cannot describe them.
We are also quite frequently to be found in the backpacker pub/nightclub, which is called Cheeky Monkeys (pictured above). This is where all backpackers come on their travels through Byron Bay, mostly due to the cheap food and alcohol. We often come here and have dinner, which we can sometimes get for $2 (£1, 10NOK), or burger and beer for $5 (£2.50, 25NOK), which is way cheaper than making it yourself and it actually is a decent size meal. Downside is that we get tempted to stay and dance on their tables, which were especially made to be danced on (it is essentially their dance floor). Another reason to come here is their themed evenings (they have a new theme every day). Our favorite is Saturday which is ladies night (a glass of free champagne to the ladies) which includes an Amateur Male Strip Show (pictured below) , which can be quite entertaining (if you can see anything behind all the guys cheering their mates on).
A couple of weeks ago we spent the weekend partying with some lovely Swedish girls (Camilla pictured with me below, Jessica in mustache) who were traveling around the world in 3 months. Henriette was very excited about speaking Norwegian again and they were quite good at understanding us (Swedish people can sometimes be a bit stupid when it comes to understanding Norwegian) although they were surprised that we had absolutely no problems understanding what they said cause they had to pay strict attention to catch everything we said. They have now moved on to New Zealand where they are complaining about the cold and longing back to the warmth of Byron ;).
Our token “out-on-the-town” buddies are Christina (22 year-old actress/creative writer born in Fiji, raised in UK and Australia) and Emily (21 year-old Brit from near Nottingham). They are both absolutely crazy (pictured below, Emily is the blond, Christina the strapless one), which of course is a lot of fun. They both work here in Byron in a coffee shop and pub respectively. We have also started to hang out with one of our fellow Travel Bug, Teri from Chicago, who is perhaps the most American girl we have ever met in our lives, but she is very sweet.
Both of us are currently saving as much money as we possibly can without being completely confined to the house watching films (cause is TV reception) and eating noodles (we need to have SOME fun), and Australia is proving quite cheap food wise so thus far it is looking good. The only thing which is straining on us is the cost of sun lotion (they hardly sell below SPF 30 here, so it is important that we use lotion, especially Henriette ;) and also the fact that the two weeks worth of clothing we brought with us is now starting to get on our nerves. We can honestly say that we hate every single item we brought with us because we wear them ALL the time. And clothes is not something we feel we can spend our hard earned dollars on. The one thing we have purchased ourselves is a pair each of thongs (also known as slippers/sandaler, pictured below). Because we walk so much we felt it was an appropriate “waste” of money. The big thing within the Australian thong market is Havaianas, an extremely popular brand, which only costs a whooping $30 (£15/150 NOK) compared to Europe where they go for £40/399 NOK. Down here everyone seams to be sporting a pair of Havaianas in one shape or form, even little kids.
Henriette requests that it is pointed out that she has indeed new Havaianas, although the picture shows her old slippers currently on their forth year. It is just, like so many things, that the new ones (which are black with slim straps) aren’t quite as perfect on the foot. They will get there ;)
That’s it for now. Unless something remarkable happens, this is what we’ll be doing till Fredrik (my cousin) comes to visit us for Christmas and New Year. Our plans for then are not set yet, but we will be going to the outback at that point. Hopefully the traveling will make for more frequently updated blog.
PS: If anyone are wondering why there are so few pictures of Henriette, it is because she has had some annoying allergies on her eyelids which makes them itchy and red and she doesn't feel like posing for photos at the moment.
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