In the morning I took the shuttle bus which I had booked earlier and went to the airport. I had breakfast at the airport and then a flight to Alice Springs. When I was getting closer to the Alice I could see red soil, which was amazing. It was hot when I left the plane, but it was not as bad as I had thought it could be there. I waited a bit for a taxi and after few minutes a white taxi with air conditioning took me to my hotel which was called Heavitree Gap. The drive took us up to 10 minutes. The Heavitree Gap was close to Alice Springs. There were few buildings with rooms. My building was called Acacia. On two sides of the place there were red rocks and in the middle of the resort there was a swimming pool. There was silence all around and I loved the place from the very beginning. My room was big with a bathroom and a balcony from which I had a view over the red mountain.
After checking-in I did not have time to enjoy the place. I had to go to the town. Few days earlier I had booked online a trip to Uluru and I had some problems with booking it and still when I was leaving Sydney I was not sure whether I would go on the trip or not. I had to check my e-mails. There was no internet at the place I stayed so I had to go to the town. In front of the reception there were two phones. If you wanted to order a taxi you just had to pick up one of them, not even dial the number and soon after it you could hear the voice. Just amazing. I waited for a taxi up to 10 minutes. When the taxi driver arrived I told him to take me to the internet cafe. To our relief there was a confirmation of my trip. Hurrah!
I did shopping at the supermarket. It was the first supermarket I came across in Australia. I know it may sound amazing. I do not want to say that there are no supermarkets in Sydney or Melbourne, but we did not find them in the city centres there.
Then I wanted to eat something and I had a small problem with it. There were not too many places I could eat. In one of them it was forbidden to enter the place in flip flops or hats. Wow. No flip flops in such a hot town? I was shocked. Besides it was lazy Sunday in this small town, but I found a nice place with a great atmosphere. I had lasagna, which was not so bad. I liked the place a lot. After a busy morning and afternoon I could finally slow down, just sit and relax with silence on this lazy summer Sunday. Do nothing. It was the perfect place to write a book with a cup of flat coffee next to the laptop:-) No more dreaming.
I took a taxi back to the hotel and...................I started having some doubts about the place which the driver was supposed to pick me from the next day. I stayed in Heavitree Gap which was a part of Aurora Hotels, but it was not the Aurora Hotel itself and this is what I wrote in the e-mail. My sixth sense made me go to the receptionist who only confirmed that these are two different places. She let me call the organiser of the trip. I was worried because I was not sure if anyone answers the phone because it was Sunday, but I was lucky. It was good that I called them because otherwise they would not find me the next day and I would not go on the trip.
What a day it was! I had a short walk around the hotel on the dry cracked soil where the river Todd was supposed to flow, but there was NO sign of it at all. Then I went to the tavern where a guy told me to take my hat from the table. It is forbidden there, but why? I have no idea, but "when in Rome do as Romans do".
When I was going to the hotel I passed some Aborigines who were poor and barefoot. :-(
Then I made a salad and had a nice supper on the balcony with the starry sky above me. It is amazing but there was always starry sky there in the heart of Australia. I loved the place a lot. There was this gorgeous starry sky, silence all around except a fantastic "orchestra" in the grass, hot air and once again I thought it would be great to stay there for a while and start writing a book. A real paradise.
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I did shopping at the supermarket. It was the first supermarket I came across in Australia. I know it may sound amazing. I do not want to say that there are no supermarkets in Sydney or Melbourne, but we did not find them in the city centres there.
Then I wanted to eat something and I had a small problem with it. There were not too many places I could eat. In one of them it was forbidden to enter the place in flip flops or hats. Wow. No flip flops in such a hot town? I was shocked. Besides it was lazy Sunday in this small town, but I found a nice place with a great atmosphere. I had lasagna, which was not so bad. I liked the place a lot. After a busy morning and afternoon I could finally slow down, just sit and relax with silence on this lazy summer Sunday. Do nothing. It was the perfect place to write a book with a cup of flat coffee next to the laptop:-) No more dreaming.
I took a taxi back to the hotel and...................I started having some doubts about the place which the driver was supposed to pick me from the next day. I stayed in Heavitree Gap which was a part of Aurora Hotels, but it was not the Aurora Hotel itself and this is what I wrote in the e-mail. My sixth sense made me go to the receptionist who only confirmed that these are two different places. She let me call the organiser of the trip. I was worried because I was not sure if anyone answers the phone because it was Sunday, but I was lucky. It was good that I called them because otherwise they would not find me the next day and I would not go on the trip.
What a day it was! I had a short walk around the hotel on the dry cracked soil where the river Todd was supposed to flow, but there was NO sign of it at all. Then I went to the tavern where a guy told me to take my hat from the table. It is forbidden there, but why? I have no idea, but "when in Rome do as Romans do".
When I was going to the hotel I passed some Aborigines who were poor and barefoot. :-(
Then I made a salad and had a nice supper on the balcony with the starry sky above me. It is amazing but there was always starry sky there in the heart of Australia. I loved the place a lot. There was this gorgeous starry sky, silence all around except a fantastic "orchestra" in the grass, hot air and once again I thought it would be great to stay there for a while and start writing a book. A real paradise.
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