the outback no more..

after weeks of fantasizing and imagining how i'm gonna experience my great australia outback, roaming the wild vast desert, camping out under the great starry sky, riding camels, viewing the sunset at the ayers rock.... i'm suddenly shattered that it turns out alice springs' not gonna be in our sack anymore.

sighhhh. took a while to sink in didn't it.

the practicalities again. simply too ex to travel there cos it's so out of the way from the usual states, being right at the heart of the oz. only qantas flies there apparently, or i'll just hop on any budget plane for all i care. i've checked thru all modes of transport.. coaches, trains, planes.. planes r the cheapest n they're already too ex. it'll cost us almost 1K just for that trip in total... as much as i'd love to go and as much as i think 1K is worth it, we simply can't afford it now if we're gonna enjoy other aussie states as well.

oh well. thong consoled me by saying we can always go another time. just a purely outback trip. yeah i'll definitely be there one day. i'm just not so sure when. bleh.

anyway, to look on the bright side, now that we've saved 1K, we can spend more on other stuff, and there's a good chance we can go to one more city. and we've booked our tix!! 8th-28th may! quite a good deal i'd say.. S$900 odd for the round trip + domestic flight..

i'm still sad over the outback trip. boo. heart pain. was so convinced from the start that's where i wanna go to experience the true oz. who goes to a real aussie backpacking without venturing into the desert.. sheesh.

i hate cities and buildings.

give me the wild exotic nature anytime. booo.