Today I started my tour at Heavitree Gap, meeting up with the Connections crew there. Many of the people (about 1/2?) had started the tour in Sydney and gone up to Cairns, and were now doing the Centre. Everyone was very friendly! Lots of foreigners, mostly Germans and English--I was the only American! There are 20 'kids' and 2 'adults,' we've got a driver, named Geoff, and a cook, Allie, who are in charge of our tour. We drove out of Alice bright and early (the tour meet time was 7 AM, I caught a 6:30 AM taxi). We stopped at a camel farm, where I took a short (5 minute) camel ride and got to pet a tame dingo. On part of the ride, I got to sit shottie and talk to Geoff. We saw
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