This is the first part of the two:
Day 1:
As I had not finished packing, I continued putting clothes in my backpack. Tom arrived and came to my room. He was using my computer and I told him to burn a CD for the trip. He made it and then helped me to finish packing. Later on I realised that I was going to sleep 45 minutes, so I just went to bed.
In the early morning Asun and I took a cab and headed towards Silvia’s place. First the taxi driver gave us a tour around the city and then, when lost, he decided to go where we told him! Silvia was ready and we proceeded to Gordon’s place. This time the taxi driver did not mess with us! Once in the airport after the check-in we had some Krispy Kreme doughnuts and Gloria’s Jeans coffee. We waited our flight that was leaving at 8:30am. We took it and slept the entire trip.
Yulara (Ayers Rock town) was a very small place. The lodge were we stayed was really good! We left our things there and went to the souvenir shop. After Gordon bought his Akubra we went to the tour office and booked a bus for Uluru (Ayers Rock). Since it was going to pick us up in about an hour we decided to go and have some lunch. We asked for some hamburgers at the bar of the lodge. I asked for the Outback Burger (just everything!). Later on we took the bus and went to the famous rock. It was amazingly big! We started to climb it up, though Silvia and Asun stayed in the first stage. Gordon and I kept climbing it and got to the top of it! The view from there is awesome!
When we returned to the bottom of Uluru, we saw that the bus had not arrived. We called them since we had a dinner in a few minutes. However, the lady was impolite and told us to wait. At the end we arrived late and the bus that was going to take us to the dinner had left. The bus company arranged a car to go and pick us up so we were not going to miss the dinner. When we arrived to the place, it looked wonderful. We had some canapés of crocodile, emu, kangaroo and barramundi. After the sunset we went to take some places in a table. The dinner was really good.
After dinner (Sounds of Silence), a guy started to talk about the constellations and the sky. Then we could go to some telescopes and see the moon craters, some stars and planets. Later on we took the bus back and went to bed.
Day 2:
On the next freezing morning we woke up very early. This was because we had a tour on camels to see the Uluru in the sunrise. We arrived on time (very weird I know) and then a guide started to tell us some important facts about the camels in Australia. Then the tour began. We took two camels: Alfonso (Gordon and Silvia) and Policeto (Asun and I). The tour was worthy! It is incredible how this rock changes its colours that much! After the tour we went back to the hostel to wait for taking the car at the agency. The waiting turned to be a big nap. Everyone fell asleep.
When ready, we went to the airport and tried to get the 4-wheel drive we hired. However, they told us that we were not old enough to hire one of them. After the big problem they gave us another car, which did not look like a 4WD, but anyway we had a car. Then we drove back to Yulara and bought some things for the dinner. We bought a lot of meat and things to cook in the barbecue in the lodge. Then we left the things in our room and drove to The Olgas.
On the way to The Olgas, we made a stop to take some pictures of Uluru from far. Then we took the road to the Kata Tjuta National Park and decided to do the 7.4km walk. It was a long way but we enjoyed it. We spotted a wild wallaby! We also saw the sunset in there, which was incredible as well. Then we drove to the hostel and prepared our dinner. We realised that we could not make use of the barbecues because only the staff of the lodge could use them. Anyway, we managed to cook all the meat on the few pans and pots we found. Great dinner!
Day 3:
We had breakfast and drove to Kings Canyon. It was a bit far from Yulara, but we made some stops. Once in there we had lunch and got prepared for the long walk. This walk was amazing. The views from there were just astonishing! We stood up on the edge of some high cliffs, climbed up everything we could, and walk for a long time with just 2 small bottles of water… not very clever.
We returned to the car and drank a lot of water, then when we were ready we drove to Alice Springs. Since we did not have the 4WD we had to take the long way. We had dinner on the way in a small town. The lady in there told us that is better not to drive to Alice Springs when is dark because there are camels, cattle and kangaroos on the road that could cause an accident. Although we heard her advice, we preferred to continue driving, but just after a slice of a Lamington cake (Australian famous cake). We drove carefully and spotted a lot of red kangaroos. Some of them were as tall as me or even taller!
When we arrived in Alice Springs we saw that the hostel was already closed. We tried to call them but it was useless. I was thinking on the possibility of sleeping in another place or even in the car. Then we saw a French guy that let the door of the hostel open and we got inside. We saw by chance that the manager of the hostel was having a cigarette and told him about our reservation. He helped us and we could get our room.
Day 4:
We woke up and decided to have breakfast in the city centre. We saw a nice place and asked for some eggs, bacon, tomatoes and toast. Our flight was at around 11:30am so we had to leave. Silvia was staying for another day and could not join us for our other trip. We said goodbye and went to the airport to take the flight to Darwin.
The problems of the car had not vanished they just grew. We forgot to fill it up with petrol, so we had to pay extra, and then many things went wrong. At the end we paid a lot more than what we thought. But we could not do much, since the next trip was starting…
1 comment:
Eiii! You won this time! But I published the whole trip! very nice hehehehehe Lets see who publishes first the concert! I hope everything is going great in NZ! I am in Cairns! Miss u a lot! kisses
Asun
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