Hey all
I'm back from my tour around the northern half of Western Australia and it was quite the adventure. Prior to my departure, I was battling with a bout of homesickness (yes, i'm finally admitting it :P); thankfully, I spoke to my family over the phone and bawled my eyes out in public lol and they helped me get stronger. And I had my awesome friends supporting me too! I LOVE YOU ALLLLLLLLLLLL! It was hard for me to go on my tour but I did it and I'm so glad I did.
I didn't expect the heat to be so overwhelming--being a Bikram Yoga addict I thought I was quite prepared for any kind of heat...WRONG! lol On the second day of the tour after the intense gorge hike, I became dehydrated for the rest of the day and got pretty nauseous. I went pale (apparently under my tan, you can still tell if i get pale...i'll take their word for it lol) and got dizzy and it was horrible. The entire day I kept thinking I can't get through this tour and I need to go back. Thankfully, I had Lina, who was also unwell, and we both got through it and were each other's strength :) I made it to Monkey Mia and I'm very happy I did. The "resort" was pretty nice, as were the dolphins!!! This tour wasn't mindblowing or anything, but it was truly a learning experience--learning how to cope with dehydration, learning to combat it early, learning not to let bogans get in the way of your fun and re-learning to appreciate the small things, like clouds shaped like australia :P
The tour group dynamic was similar to that of the dynamic you'd find back in aeroguard :S yucky! lol There was one group of people, I'll call them the caucasian bogans (aussie for trailer trash), who divided themselves from the group and pretty much hated on everyone. Lina and I were "picked" on for having better jobs and more education on them--as nicki minaj says: if they're gonna hate me cuz i'm so "established", haters you can kill yourselves. It was interesting seeing how people interact...or not interact. There were some asian girls who were a few grains of rice short of a sushi roll and they pretended not to know english. I finally got them to start talking lol and they knew quite a bit! Then there were the french girls who only talk to you if they need something. Then there were the bogans who only talk when they're not drinking. Then there was us normal girls who were there to actually see the country and enjoy our time together. The bogans also thought they were on vacation and didn't do any of the helping out with meals and expected me to do all their dishes. One put all the dishes in the sink and said: Are you going to wash them all? I looked at her w/my Suzanne glare and said: No, i'm washing my own dish. Do your own damn dishes. Needless to say I couldn't wait to get back to Perth and get away from them. I know that I will find stupid people everywhere and I can't let them get to me but seriously, there's a limit to stupidity.
And the best part was the butch lesbian tour guide. ...i'll leave it at that because i do not want to speak of her lol.
I have to say this tour had better accomodation than the past tour I went on; however, the experiences and activities involved were not entirely awesome. I wasn't too enthused about the farmstay but honestly it was pretty cool. Our room had four bunks so we had a small group sleeping in there :) plus a gecko! lol and there were animals like kangaroos, emus and donkeys on the farm too. The washroom facilities were...sparse lol. Two washrooms for 17 ppl not entirely awesome. And the "kitchen" was in an old milking barn. But once the sunset and it was pitch black dark, you could see the stars and it was amazing! I saw the big dipper...or big saucepan lol. The only freaky thing was it was pitch black and you don't know what's lurking around the tree...I was kind of scared a serial killer was walking around. FREEEEEAAAAAAAKKKKKKYYYYYY!
This tour really proved that your attitude goes a long way towards your enjoyment of any experience. Our tour guide was very negative and talked all the sites down, so we sold the sites short of how great they could've been. We went to an area called the Pinnacles, near sand dunes, and i thought it was pretty cool seeing all this sand in the middle of area but at the same time i was like ok let's see something really cool. Then her negativity rubbed off on me and I was not enjoying anything. Finally I decided to go with the flow and enjoy the ride...and boy what a ride! We spent soooo much time on the bus lol, i guess this is one of the perks of australia--everything is sooo far away from each other. Each city is about 2 hrs away, it's nice in a way because you see lots of wildlife and scenery :)
All in all it was a great tour--I'm hoping this tour will be a great way to prepare for alice springs...it's about 10 degrees hotter than Western Australia, around 42 today! yikes!, all I can do is prepare and hope for the best and the rest will be taken care of :) Also, I made some great people and our itineraries kind of match up so there's always that chance that we'll see each other again :)
Now all that's left is enjoying my last couple of days in Perth, packing for Alice Springs and resting up & hydrating myself for the adventure of a lifetime! It's gonna be amazing, bring it :)
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