Hiii,
On the 29th
of July we had an approximately 3 hour flight from Sydney airport to Alice
Springs.
Alice
Springs is located in the centre of Australia as you can see on this map:
Alice
Springs is a small town with 20.000 inhabitants.
We stayed
here because the next day we were being picked up at 6 at our hotel by a little
van from Adventure Tours.
We stayed
in the middle of nowhere for 3 days. We camped and slept under the stars in
swags.
(Swags are little
beds you put over your sleeping bag.)
Sleeping
under the stars there was one of the most amazing things I have ever done.
There were SO many stars; it was incredible. People had already told me it was
going to be gorgeous but when I was there and looked up I was shocked.
It is hard
to explain what it was like, I think you will have to see it yourself to be
able to share my emotions.
During
those days we walked through Uluru, Kings Canyon and The Olgas and learned much
about the culture of the Aboriginals.
We had a
nice group and an amazing tour guide! In our group were two Canadian girls who
were really funny and sweet!
We decided
to stay in touch. It is lovely and so interesting to meet people from all over
the world!
The second
day was after my opinion the best. We were driving in the bus when suddenly our
tour guide –her name was Q- said: ‘Oh yeah, I forgot to say that there is the
opportunity to do a helicopter flight!’
My parents decided
to ‘just’ do it. SO WE DID!
It was SO
COOL!
We flew
over the Kings Canyon, and it was so beautiful and so much fun!
We felt
like pros with our headphones and microphone. Amazing.
On Friday
the second of August we flew from Alice Springs to Cairns, were we are now, for
the tropical sea part of our holiday.
More about
Cairns later.
Uluru at sunset.
Now lots of photos of the helicopter ride!
On the last day we hiked through Kings Canyon.
-The mountains you see on the photos made in the helicopter.-
Love,
Isabelle
