Alice in Oz

Wow, it's been an interesting past few days. I took a Boomerang tour to go from Adelaide to Alice Springs. It was 2 days of driving and, surprisingly, quite a few of the people from that trip went on into my next one.  The next one was called "the Rock" tour.  It was 3 days and 2 nights.  I was, unfortunately, not prepared for this. It was reaching up into the 100's during the day and down to the 40's at night.  I hadn't gotten the chance to get shorts so the first day I was in jeans and sooo hot.  That night, since I had brought a thin summer sleeping bag, and we didn't sleep in tents we slept in swags out in the open, I was a bit cold.  The stars were amazing though, and I saw a few shooting stars.  It was also nice to just enjoy the utter quiet of being in such a remote location.  The best place I think we saw was Kata Tjuta (or also known as the Olgas).  Uluru (Ayers Rock), on the other hand, wasn't as spectacular as I would have hoped.  It was pretty, but really touristy.  It was nice getting back to civilization yesterday; to take a shower, to use electricity, to sleep in a bed, and not to have to get up at 4:50am to join the train of tour busses taking people to see the sunset and watch Uluru change colors.  Today, I go to Perth, and I am so happy I'm going on a plane. I don't think I could take another 12 hour bus ride.  It will also be nice to be on my own for a while and not part of a tour.  :-)