The High Life

Over the last few months, we've had the good fortune of relatives popping half way round the world to visit us, so within the space of two months we were utterly spoilt by two sets of family - such bliss! Air conditioned apartments, a real bed and pillows, proper towels, classy meals out, day excursions to the Great Barrier Reef, the Whitsundays, wildlife parks and more, not having to budget, drinks on tap and more to the point; the company of our families for the first time in well over a year. Amusingly enough, what we thought of as luxury, was just standard by our family's view and I guess that being on the road for this long has made our budgeting lifestyle the norm rather than the lifestyle we were accustomed to back home. I shan't go into details but I had an amazing time and loved the novelty of being a proper tourist in rather plush surroundings if only for a few weeks; it felt like a well deserved holiday from our hard travelling if that's possible!