Today the International Student Center organized a beach trip for all the international students. Since it was a free trip to the beach with free food we were all over it. Unfortunately, the weather today was less than perfect for the beach, it was cloudy and cold. But it was still a fun day and we learned a lesson in coconut-ing.
When we got to the beach they made us play games to get to know people that we will likely never talk to again. We played this tag game that involved spinning around in circles and running through a crowd. It had the potential to end very badly but luckily everyone survived. Then they had us just talk to random people and introduce ourselves and stuff. After that they finally set us free to enjoy the beach.
The first thing everyone decided to do was eat the food that was set out on tables. They have so many flavors of Doritos, I didn't see any cooler ranch ones though. Also there were these little cakey cookie things covered in chocolate and coconut and they were so delicious.
After eating we walked along the beach for a while. It was kinda chilly for swimming and it wasn't sunny enough to tan so we just walked and found awesome shells and coral and some other unidentifiable objects. Then we went and climbed one and a half awesome trees.
There was a conservation park next to the beach so we went for a walk through there. We followed the path up and around the park and down to the other, more rocky side of the beach. It was eerily quiet for some reason. As we were walking along we found a coconut. It was still in its husk and we have no idea where it came from (perhaps it was carried by a swallow?) so we grabbed it. Chris freed it from its fibrous casing as we headed back to base camp. When we finally got to the actual coconut it was leaking this nasty, grey, oily, horrid smelling slime so we tossed it. But not before getting the smell all over our hands. It was disgusting and we couldn't get it off.
We walked back to where everyone else was and Chris played frisbee with some people while we waited for the buses to bring us back to JCU. As soon as we got back we washed our hands in an attempt to unstinkify ourselves. It wasn't entirely effective but it helped. And for future reference, if you want a coconut, get it while it's green.
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