I can't believe it's time already, but I leave for my Outback trip tomorrow night. I'm catching a midnight bus up to Cairns, and then flying from there to Alice Springs. We get in Thursday afternoon (Wednesday night for most of you folks), and then the trip officially starts that Friday morning. I'll be spending 10 tens traveling all over Australia's Northern Territory. We'll be hitting up all the popular spots, and iconic sites: Uluru (Ayers Rock), Kata Tjuta (The Olgas), King's Canyon, Serpentine Gorge, Wallace Rockhole and the Valley of the Winds. It's going to be the most amazing time, and I cannot wait to get to experience it. We'll be doing loads of hiking, swimming and camping every night.
On a more negative note, I blew out my right knee last night (my previously good knee) and I got it checked out today. The probable diagnosis is a torn PCL, but it can't be confirmed until I get an MRI. Mostly because I don't understand health care very much, and foreign health care especially, I didn't schedule an MRI yet. It sounds like I'll have to pay out of pocket, and the waiting list for an appointment is about 6 weeks. By that point, it's really going to be useless for me; I have less than 2 months left here. Bought a new knee brace, taking loads of Ibuprofen and have been taking it easy. Hopefully the Outback trip doesn't make things too much worse. We'll see how it feels in a week.
I'll be back on October 5th, and will update with how amazing the trip was as soon as I can. I doubt words will be able to describe what sleeping under the stars in the middle of the Australian Outback will feel like. I'm also really excited for the chance to learn more about the indigenous culture of Australia. It's suppose to be a very spiritual place, and to be honest, I need some of that in my life nowadays.
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