Gold Coast Pt. 2 - Rain and No Internet

Day 15, MON AUG 23 - The second day in Surfer's Paradise was not any better because as usual, I brought the rain with me :(  I didn't see much to do in the town besides going to a casino, strip club, bowling, the beach or shopping...none of which appealed to me whatsoever.  I thought I'd catch up on the blog and perhaps edit some photos and post them on the web.  But strike 2...the Inn's internet was not working!  I was so tired of trying to get internet and pay a ridiculous amount for it and decided I would go into the city once the rain died down to see if I couldn't find a cheap pre-paid wireless internet card.  My roommates, Vincent from Denmark and Nikki from Germany, joined me too as they were going to town to use a cheap internet cafe.  After going into several shops, I quickly found out that wireless internet cards were  $50+ dollars for 2GB worth of internet.  Insane!  I missed the free fast wireless internet that was offered in the many of the cafes back in the US...something I will no longer take for granted.  After hassling with the research of wireless internet, I couldn't be bothered with paying that much money so I met up with the new roommates, stopped by the grocery store for lunch and headed back to Sleeper's Inn.  On the menu was a cheap frozen Hawaiian Pizza and Aussie's version of Ramen noodles.  Strike 3...the pizza was terrible and the back up plan of Ramen noodles wasn't great either.   Oh the joy of being a broke back packer...hahaha.  All three of us ended up watching movies on Vincent's laptop for the rest of this grim and grey day.  As the day ended, I was ready for a change.  Tomorrow, I was heading to Byron Bay to meet up with Katerina :)