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10 days and 9 nights traveling in the back of a 4WD and sleeping in tents with Dingos howling in the distance. Not how most college seniors spend their final Spring Break. But I'm not most college seniors.

I arrived in Alice Springs without any sleep the night before - too busy finishing up papers and working until 1am at the Cricketer's Club. The things I do for travel! So I was not in the best shape to start one of the most demanding trips of my life. Our trip included swims in gorges, hiking everyday, visiting spiritual sites of the local Aboriginal communities and of course dealing with the flies! My favorite part of the trip was seeing the stars every night. I have never seen so many constellations, shooting stars, or satellites. My least favorite part was the lack of civilized bathrooms - we're in the desert, not many large trees to hide behind - and washing our dishes in the dirt. Yup, sounds disgusting but we used the dirt from dried up river beds that, as our guides claimed, was sterile dirt and it actually did an incredible job. I'll tuck that piece of information away

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