Mercure Inn Diplomat Alice Springs

... been a snake person and I don't feel I have to prove anything even if the local kids were much easier minded at having a python twined around their bodies.<br> After the show, we looked around the facility. They were going a bit of reconstruction so I think a few pens were empty but we saw most of the deadly snakes around Australia, some of the lizards including some very large goannas or perentie ...

... it. In Australia, it's quite expensive to have the hotels do it. So yesterday, when we piled up the clothes needing to be cleaned, it was a rather large pile. We stuffed it all into bags and headed out to find the local laundromat thinking it would be a service and we could drop them and sightsee before picking up the clothes later. What a difference experience than from Rome. We had a taxi take us to the laundromat which ...

... wie wenn du Sport im Wint** machst und dir die Kaelte im Hals schm**zt. Du konntest richtig fuehlen, wie dir die trockene Luft den Hals austrocknet. Ich habe in 3 Stunden 2,5 l Wass** getrunken, nachh** weit**getrunken und musste **st nach 2 weit**en Stunden wied** mal aufs Klo...war einfach kein Wass** im Ko**p** uebrig. Muss man mal **lebt haben, hat was ganz eigenes sowas mal am eigenen Ko**p** zu **fahren.<br>Und zu gut** Letzt muss ich noch eins losw**den ...

... br><br>Encore une fois, un levée assez tôt (5 :00am &#8211; vous regarderez la photo du levé du soleil et de la clôture &#8211; surtout le commentaire entourant la raison d&#8217;être de la clôture) pour se rendre à Uluru (Ayers Cliff). Cette longue route qui nous amène dans le outback, fut assez éprouvante lorsque nous arrêtions pour se dégourdir les jambes. Le contraste de la chaleur avec l&#8217;aire climatisé du bus était assez frappante (40 degrés Celsius versus ...

... one of those babies in the water and a day later you've got fish galore. The cyanide can be leached out of it by a few days of soaking and the pulp can be used for something edible. Early European settlers watched the aboriginals pick the nuts but didn't bother to watch the preparation. Needless to say Darwin's Law took care of the stupid who ate it all fresh off the tree. <br><br>Just a quick look at the landscape makes one ...

... tomorrow all day long. The weather here is perfect...Finally, finally, finally some nonhumid air and a pleasant first world town not built inside a convection oven. I'd say it's only about 85 degrees. This is the perfect opposite of Darwin, Katherine, El Salvador, Borneo, Malta and everywhere else I have lost five pounds of water a day.<br><br>I can't wait to get to the MacDowells and do some exploration early tomorrow morning. Australia just keeps better and better!!! <br>

... get to Kata Juta aka The Olgas. Temperature for today was 38degrees in the shade. We had the option of 3 walks &#8211; there was a short, medium or long walk. We all got the medium walk turnaround point &amp; decided to do the long walk. &#8211; We thought &#8220;hay we have come all this way &amp; when are we ever going to come back.&#8221; So we started our dissent in to this massive valley, you have to be really careful as people have been known to break ...

... which is much harder than anywhere up till now &#8211; can&#8217;t just jump in the car or camper and be there in several hours! Also managed to box up some stuff including my cold weather gear to send home &#8211; some is going by sea freight so I am likely to be home first - hope it&#8217;s not too chilly.<br><br>On my last day in Sydney we went for a walk and picnic in the Royal National Park with my friend&#8217;s young niece and her pal. Whilst waiting for the ferry across ...

... The food was gorgeous and Ramesh (our Fijian chef) was on top form, but again he looked like he was ready to drop from lack of sleep aswell! We had an alternative service of either Morrocan spiced lamb with jewelled couscous, or Sea perch on a bed of lemon &amp; caper mash, followed by some fantastic looking platters of fresh fruit, or cheese &amp; biscuits.<br ...

... crowd but there were lots of security so there was no trouble (some get a little frisky with the old alcohol consumption). I was a bit disappointed to learn that the bands playing had no 'traditional' instruments, like didgeridoos, but were more like proper rock/folk bands with guitars, drums and keyboards. They sang in their native language though, so that was interesting to hear, and we still had a good evening boping along to the music.