Today was a pretty boring day. We did a lot of sitting on the bus and driving. We were going to take a new way JP hadn't been before but we didn't end up being able to do so because there was a bus accident on the road with school children the previous evening. It was still blocked.
We drove for a total of 5 hours but there were a few stops for gas and the toilet and also a lunch break. Wraps! Yum. Seriously, the world doesn't have turkey deli meat. So strange. Only chicken and ham and salami and everything else in the world. Annoying! Cheese was there though. So, it semi made up for it.
We arrived in Alice Springs around 3 or 3:30pm and JP dropped us all off at our hostels. We were meeting up later that evening for dinner... And drinks. JP warned us that he usually gets pretty drunk at these things and that he often gets handsy. I wasn't too excited for the dinner but I also had nothing else to do.
At the hostel I ended up being in the same room as the German girl, Katya. She said she felt the same way about the group I had which was nice to know. We then split the cost of laundry and I washed some clothes so they weren't super dirty for the city. She washed all her clothes. Laundry was $7. But it was a washer and dryer. The clothes still don't smell laundry detergent clean, but they don't smell bad and they aren't caked in dust from the Outback.
Dinner was okay. Fish and chips and salad. Still very good. $10 so not too bad. Split some cider with 2 of the German girls (Nelle and Steffi). At first it tasted like soap to me but it got better after I got used to the taste. I ended up going back with Katya earlier. I'm sure it would have been an interesting night (apparently they were out til 3:30am and went to the casino and the British girl went home with JP). I don't find drinking and partying as fun if I don't enjoy the people a ton haha.
At the hostel I ended up deciding I would buy a weeks worth of Internet. It was $4 for 1 day and $15 for a week through global gossip which is a network all over the place so I bought it. Luckily it works in Sydney.
The hostel (Haven) was actually very nice. The room I had was a 4 person room with a bathroom in it so that was nice. There were 2 other girls. I never even saw one of them. She came in really late at night and got up and left really early in the morning. The other girl was from Holland and was nice but not the most polite. She was traveling for 2 weeks and sick of it and ready to go back to Sydney. I still have no idea if she was working in Sydney or not. No matter how many times I asked the answer was unclear.
It was nice to have Internet again, although not having it for a week and a half was actually pretty nice as well. To just be disconnected from the world is kind of refreshing...
I wasn't too bummed I was leaving the next morning because there really isn't too much to do in Alice Springs.
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