Left the 'Top End' today to fly to Alice Springs, the only major town of the Outback, halfway between Darwin (1535km) and Adelaide (1648km). I arrived with the last plane of the day and promptly missed my shuttle to Alice. Due to a misunderstanding with the Hostel which promised a free shuttle pick up to Alice. But unlike everywhere else in OZ all Hostels here share one single shuttle bus which I mistakenly took for a regular payable city shuttle. After some more waiting I realized they were shutting down the airport. I called the Hostel but they just said take a Taxi for $40. With all the Taxis gone and unwilling to cough up $40 I talked to the airport janitor vacuuming the terminal. She said she would drive me to town but had to work two more hours. Then she asked the chief of airport security who was about to go home. And he was so nice to drive me the 14 km to Alice Springs right to the Hostel. Which caused some funny looks when I showed up in a patrol car :)
The rest of the night I prepared for tomorrows tour and went to the city where they had some kind of food festival
. When I came back to take a shower I realized that the shampoo bottle I just bought must have opened up on the plane. That mess took me almost an hour to clean up before I could go to bed.
Ich verliess das 'Top End' heute um nach Alice Springs zu fliegen, der einzigen groesseren Stadt im Outback auf halbem Weg zwischen Darwin (1535km) und Adelaide (1648km). Angekommen mit dem letzten Flugzeug des Tages verpasste ich prompt meinen Shuttle Bus nach Alice. Wegen eines Missverstaendnisses mit meinem Hostel, was einen Shuttle Pick Up nach Alice versprach. Aber anders als sonst in Australien teilen sich hier alle Hostels den Shuttle Bus, welchen ich fuer das regulaere City Shuttle hielt. Nach einer Weile sah ich, dass sie den Flughafen langsam dicht machten. Als ich das Hostel anrief sagte man mir, dass ich nur noch mit dem Taxi fuer 40$ in die Stadt komme. Da alle Taxis laengst verschwunden waren und ich sowieso nicht bereit war 40$ hinzublaettern sprach ich mit der Reinigungsfrau die bereits das Terminal staubsaugte. Sie sagte sie wuerde mich fahren, muesste aber noch 2 Stunden arbeiten. Dann fragte sie den Chef der Flughafenpolizei, der im Begriff war nach Hause zu fahren. Und er war dann so nett, mich die 14 km bis Alive Springs zu fahren. Sogar bis zum Hostel. Was fuer ein paar komische Blicke sorgte, als ich dort im Streifenwagen aufkreuzte ;)
Den restlichen Abend packte ich um fuer die Tour morgen und ging in die Stadt, wo ein Food Festival im Gange war. Als ich zurrueck kam und in die Dusche wollte, stellte ich fest, dass sich meine neue Shampooflasche waehrend des Fluges geoeffnet hatte und der gesamte Inhalt ausgeflossen war. Ich brauchte fast eine Stunde um das alles wieder sauber zu kriegen bevor ich ins Bett gehen konnte.
Into the Outback
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia
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