Week 1- Cairns, Australia Australia is all what I imagined it would be. Even though it is hot and humid like Florida, the weather is perfect enough all day around. I have met some really cool people. It's really funny that I am the only black person in the program to come to Newcastle. It's really hard however, hanging with my newly found friends, because they would like to just drink. It is on everyone's schedule to find the nicest bar in town. I have one ...

It's a little over a month before I board a 24-hour flight to Australia. I am a bit nervous about the fact that I haven't even bought my luggage yet, and my bank account is pretty near empty. I am really excited about the first weekI am going to be in Australia. I have the opportunity to go scuba diving, and "opportunity" is the key word, just because I am not sure if I want to take the chance to swim with the "friendly" Great White sharks. The worst fact is that...

It is now less than a week before I depart. I am sort of getting nervous, but that is only because I still haven't packed yet. Our house got flooded last week, and we had to tear up all of our carpet because it was moldy. So, it isn't just cold in our house, but the livingroom floor is pure linoleum and everything that was in our living room was re-located outside on our backyard patio and in our bedrooms. It really adds to the frustration before I leave. However...