Another week in…. paradise?

Sunday. A slower start today. After a 5:30am wake up I managed to sleep again until 7:30. I’m still undecided as to whether I slept better in a 12 man dorm or in here on my own… No doctors doing the rounds today so will have to wait until tomorrow for more news.

Monday. Fresh week and really hoping to be out by Friday. The doctors have said that I’m still too poorly to fly but when I get out that late what I will be doing. No more adventures, no more stops, just a one way ticket home. Although I’m obviously devastated, I know that it’s the best thing and health always comes first. Especially with the ongoing and worrying situation with Coronavirus, it will be best for me at the end of the day. I have just had another x-ray and still waiting for results to come back. I’m still under precautions in quarantine too (no idea why) but having my daily morning gossip with the cleaner, I found out that the president/ prime minister or whoever of Papea New Guinea is next door to me! Obviously on the high profile ward!

As I said, I had an x-ray today and this hunky, wolverine-looking man had the pleasure of pushing my wheelchair. I am quite capable of walking and I hate being pushed around but this time I wasn’t complaining. I mean, nothing like a harmless flirt with an attractive Ozzie doc to pass the time (no need to panic Charlie). Anyone would be lying if they said that they’ve never had a dream about a man in a doctor’s uniform with a stethoscope around his neck. So ladies, if you’re single and looking for someone to set your heart rate through the roof (probably not a good thing for me whilst being hooked up to monitors) then get yourself admitted to Cairns Hospital! – Auntie Kate this tip is for you! Otherwise the other option is that you’re going to be faced with mullets and moustaches. If you think I’m joking then think again. Seriously! Having a mullet is apparently ‘the fashion’ over here and more often than not it is paired with a 70s porn star tache. I wish I was kidding. Not everyone looks like the Hemsworth brothers unfortunately.

Other than that it’s been pretty uneventful. I’ve finished two books and a TV series and now getting ready to watch a movie. Oh and my bags have been dropped off by the hostel so I’ve finally washed my hair and changed my clothes- I feel like a new woman!

Annabel x