today we drove from alice springs to yularu and got settled into our new location for the next few nights.  it's basically a shelter for us to eat in and some raised ground to place our swags.  swags are like a canvas bag that fits over a sleeping bag and is amazingly much warmer than you expect.  none of us knew how freaking cold it would be over here in the desert and we are all freezing our buns off.  i'm excited about sleeping unde...

today we woke up early and got to see the sunrise and uluru change colors. it was freezing cold and most people didn't even bother getting off the bus but c'mon, i didn't come all this way to just sit on a bus and see this thing from a distance. i can't believe how much the colors change so quickly. there is a reason why people come from all around the world just to see this. amazing. after sunrise, we walked around the base of uluru which took about two hours to...

hey everyone, got into alice springs from cairns and the bad news is, quantas can't find one of my bags! it's the bag with all of my souveniors so if they can't find my bag, no one gets any of their gifts! i'm bummed but there's seriously nothing that I can do so hopefully they find it and mail it back to me in l.a. sucks! another thing that sucks! my memory crapped out on me and i've lost all of my fraser island pictures!!!! 2 gigs worth of memories lost in an ...

hey! so things have completely turned around and i'm having an awesome time! i'm getting along with the group much better now and everyone has sort of become a weird multi-cultural big family. things are good, we're finally bonding.... so what i have to tell you guys about is long island...i didn't want to leave! we stayed at this really nice resort and our group got divided into two, some people went to stay on a boat for two nights when everyone else staye...

Hey everyone!Alright, I'm an idiot and completely forgot to tell you guys about surfing, it was awesome! I suck at it and got my ass kicked but man, it was still really fun. I think that some of the other people picked it up much better than I did but I still was able to stand up ONCE! That one time just made my day so at least I got that. Good times, now I will never look at a wave the same again and have SOOOO much respect for anyone that surfs. Wow. Too ba...