Once I was on the road to recovery I had an action packed 3 days at Ayers Rock National Park. First stop...a cammel ranch...apparently Oz has cammels...who knew? Then on to the national park where I climbed a LOT of orange stone steps to see some pretty nice bolders...and even more impressive were the views. The water tasted like a swimming pool though, which made it hard to drink as much as you needed to and it wasn't long before one of the Brits was in the clin...

When I arrived in Australia it was raining and there was a cyclone warning. All I wanted to do was go to bed so I made it to my hostel and went straight to my room where to my surprise the two Icelandic girls from my halong bay tour in Vietnam were sleeping. That night we went out for a drink. At $7.50 it looked as though one was going to have to suffice when a friendly aussie offered to buy a round, this went on for a few rounds and after a dance we eventually r...