Aladdin at Ayers Rock

OK, it has come to my knowledge that we have senior citizens visiting my web page. How hard can it be? So it's not very easy for them to see the blue coloured links to the next page.

Jiffy (also jiff)

noun [in SING.] informal a moment: we'll be back in a jiffy.

ORIGIN late 18th cent.: of unknown origin.

So as you understand, in a jiff pretty much depends on your internet.

So I put a “Next” button here and I hope that there isn't any problem to understand how to use that one. So just CLICK the “Next” button on your left hand side and you will be on the next page in a jiff!

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Faites vous parlez le français? Pas de problème! Pour arriver à la page suivante faites s'il vous plaît un déclic le bouton “Next” ci-dessus!

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Farla parla l'italiano? Non problemi! Per vedere la prossima pagina lo scatto per favore giusto Il bottone “Next” sopra

Sprechen sie Deutsch! Kein problem! Wenn Sie die folgende Seite sehen wollen gerade klicken der Knopf “Next” oben!

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E ni Svenskar och inte förstår Engelska så ska ni skämmas. J och Björn, med det menar jag inte att alla mina stavfel ska ältas varje gång vi träffas.

Well, the flag of Skåne, just a BONUS flag.

Thursday 28 ^th of July 2016 and my alarm went off at 5 and I was back in bed after having turned off the alarm when the phone rang. Darn, it is early! When will I have the time for a real goodnight's sleep next time. I cannot even remember when I could sleep until waking up by myself.

I had my smoked salmon and a diet drink before my shower and I was outside the hotel 10 minutes after 6 o'clock in the morning and pick up time is 06:15

There were a few big coaches from AAT King and a few vans from SEIT. But none of the SEIT vans were going for the Uluru Highlights Tour. But I was told that the van would be here anyminute. Yeah, the sooner thebetter, it is darn cold and I was freezing like a dog.

There were 5 other passengers for the Uluru Highlights tour and we were looking for our van.

The van arrived and there were already 2 passengers on board so we will be 8 passengers plus one Guide, a girl from Italy.

We were soon on our way and we will have breakfast while watching the sun coming up lightning upUluru. The Italian girl told us that she had been up all night baking bread for us. My bullshitto meter went straight to red, full reading.

And a few minutes later I opened the window to jettison the bullshitto meter as the darn thing broke down when she told us that we would go to a “special” place just for us.

Never mind, I was not here to eat breakfast, I was full of smoked salmon. And I really didn't care if there was a special place for us. We entered the park, no need to pay anything as I paid 25$ yesterday and that fee is valid for 3 days.

We can see that we're not alone on our “special” place

We can see Kata Tjuta

Our Guide preparing breakfast

Pictures has to be taken

We looked at Uluru, I looked for a few minutes before I was back in the van. It was darn cold and I was better off in the van. Our Guide prepared the breakfast, but I was still full of smoked salmon. The sun came up and we continued in the car towards Uluru.

We were going for a short walk to a water hole at Uluru and then we will drive around Uluru before going back to Ayers Rock Resort. It was nice to get back in to the front seat of the vanand the heating on FULL BLAST. Our Guide suggested that I should have brought a jacket and I replied.
- It is Australia fer ducks sake!
But I told her that I had brought a jacket, but this was for my whale watching. And I never told her that I had to go to “Porky & Flabby” to find a jacket to fit me.

We reached the parking lot and we got out to walk up to the Mutijulu Waterhole. My group and Guide stopped everywhere but I walked straight to the water hole. But here it was not possible to walk alone as there was a lot of people.

Walk path to the Mutijulu Waterhole

I reach the Mutijulu Waterhole

It was a beautiful “oasis” on the south side of the Uluru, I heard the birds but there were too much people. And when I reached the platform at the Mutijulu Waterhole there were so much people that I could not get out on the platform.

It was a bus load of Japanese tourists and the Gide were taking pictures of them. Two old Japanese ladies pointed at me and looked at the Guide. Yeah, no need to translate or ask. I went to them and I put my arms around them. OH, it was warm and nice, go ahead, take millions of pictures. Well, it was a beautiful area but I was in a hurry to get back out in the sunshine.

I walked back to the van and I walked around in the sunshine waiting for my group to be ready.

I start to walk back to the van

I'm back out in the sunshine

The Japanese tour group have problems with the bus

We are driving back home again

We are driving back home again

There is a chain for them that want to climb Ayers Rock

And no, I never climbed the rock

There is a chain for them that want to climb Ayers Rock

And no, I never climbed the rock

We see Kata Tjuta on the way back to Ayers Rock Resort

I took out the electric radiator when I came back to my room. Darn, it was really cold. I wrapped myself in a blanket and it was still cold. I went to bed under blankets and comforters and I wassoon asleepand I slept for two hours.

I went for an afternoon birding in the afternoon and I was only seeing the Yellow-throated Miner. And I saw a lot of them and I could hear them all over the place, the sound like squeaky shoes, at least I think so.

Otherwise there wasn't much to see in the desert, not even any snakes. But I kept on going and I turned around and Istarted to walk back around 5 o'clock. Now I had the sun in my back so it was easier to see if there was any birds.

But nothing, here was not even any of the Yellow-throated Miner. Disappointment? No, notreally, it was kind of nice to walk around in the desert looking around.

I also looked out for thelizard looking like a twig, that would be a nice one to see, our French Guide told us that they are usually lying on the roads as they are hot. So this is the place to be if you want to see any of these lizard. I think they are called Devilsomething. But I saw a butterfly

I also saw one of the mushrooms we had seen at Uluru this morning. At first I thought it was some kind of eggs coming out from the ground. They looked exactly like eggs and I called our Guide.

She told me it was mushrooms. Well, anyway, that was the most exciting I saw during my birding tour around Ayers Rock Resort. I went to buy some bread and to check if they had got any smoked salmon at the supermarket. I bought all their smoked salmon yesterday.

I had decided to buy my own breakfast even though I have time for breakfast at the restaurant tomorrow. The airport shuttle won’t leave until 08:40. But I feel much better since I started with the smoked salmon and rye bread in my room so I decided to continue with that even though breakfast is included in my room.

I passed a park on my way home from the supermarket and I heard a new bird and I went to check it out. I put my bag of groceries on the lawn and I was soon discovering a White-plumed honeyeater in the park. Yet another bird that I had never seen before.

White-plumed honeyeater (Ptilotula penicillatus)

White-plumed honeyeater (Ptilotula penicillatus)

White-plumed honeyeater (Ptilotula penicillatus)

White-plumed honeyeater (Ptilotula penicillatus)

White-plumed honeyeater (Ptilotula penicillatus)

White-plumed honeyeater (Ptilotula penicillatus)

It was too dark in the park to get any nice pictures, the sun was to low and I had to crank up the ISO speed. I took a few pictures and the battery ran out. I changed the battery and then I hadto go look for the bird again. I found the bird and I took a few more pictures before I went back home.

I loaded the laundry machine first thing when I was backin my room. It is actually quite good with these apartments, laundry and a fully equipped kitchen.

I had come up with an idea at the supermarket. If I feel so good after starting with the rye bread and smoked salmon, how would I feel if I swapped the diet drinks for tea? Most probably very good! Brown harsh in this part of the world are like sponges full of grease,and the bacon.

He**, I don't even want to call it bacon. It is more like fried ham. I have not had any good hotel breakfast since I arrived to Australia.

OK, it have not been having many hotel breakfasts because of my early wake up times every day.

I looked for a beer mug, but the only thing I could find was a plastic mug, actually they were sold as medium soup mug containing 656ml. I bought one of those, a pack of milk and Earl Grey tea. Or what I call a “party pack”

The laundry machine is running and I'm enjoying my tea. Bus departs at 08:40 tomorrow, but I will put my alarm to go off at 6 or I might run in to trouble falling asleep on Kangaroo Island in the evening. Anyway, tomorrow will be a real adventure, flying to Adelaide and then taxi to Cape Jervis and the ferry to Kangaroo Island. Click HERE to find out if I will make it.

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