We got up at 4am, yes...it is not a typo it was 4 AM in the morning, pitch black, got in the bus and off we went for a long drive, we had more than 700 Km in front of us so it was another long drive.
I suspect our guide, Bee, is a bit cheeky and wants us to get to Uluru first (remember there is another group travelling in parallel with us). First one to get there chooses first...and she wanted us to be the first to choose swags and tents...
Anyway, a couple of hours on the road and we stopped to take a few pictures of the sunrise.
As soon as the sun is up, the flies flood the place and you can't open your mouth without swallowing one or two.
Pretty much all we did until 6pm was driving. We stopped in one place for lunch, along the road, and I had never seen so many flies, not even the net was enough! The worst thing is that you know every time to bite your sandwitch it is very likely you have some extra proteins in it, there are so many you can't keep track of which are in your sandwich and which aren't!
We finally got to the National Park where Uluru is, so we parked, unloaded the bus and had a walk around to familiarised ourselves with the place while we still had some daylight.
As before, this part of the desert is also full of life...this is just a wall:
They had all the possible colours, I think this would be the pefect place for a bug lover...you could probably study any type of insect. They have them all and in great quantities...you could hear some japanese girls screaming from a mile away, almost every day. :-)
There were centipeds everywhere! and apparently this little fellow below is quite poisonous...
The camp was quite nice
Just before sunset we got in the bus to see take a few pictures of Uluru at sunset.
The place was full of people, it was almost as interesting to see the whole touristic show than the sunset itself.
You could spot the low budget, middle budget and high budget excursions based on their basket or the lack of one. :-)
I think you could say we were low to middle budget in comparison...only a champaign glass which wasn't champaign nor was it in a glass (it was a plastic cup, very classy) but you get the idea. There were other excursions with a full set table, tablecloth included! It was a show!
And the sunset wasn't too bad either. :-)
Kata Tjuta on the background
Then back to camp. On the first row in the next picture you can see the two Swedish girls (Josephine on the left and Linda on the right) we all called hem Team Sweden, because they were both a show and made us laugh all week. They probably have thousands of pictures but I don't think they have one single picture where they are not putting a face. See exhibit one:
Although we all had tents we prefered to sleep in a swag. A swag is like a matress with a cover so you stick your sleeping bag inside and use it to sleep outdoors without the need of a tent if the temperature is not too low so you have a perfect view of the sky, full of stars...
Aída had an interesting visitant during the night that walked over her, sniff her around and run away when she moved...she didn't get to see what it was although it wasn't big enough to be a dingo. I suppose sometimes is better not knowing. :-)
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