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June 8, 2008

Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, Austalia

For all pictures of this trip vist- http://picasaweb.google.com/harshal.vaibhavi/UluruKataTjutaNPNorthernTerritoryAustralia#




Day 1-6 June, 2008

-We got a spectacular view of Uluru from air. Landed at 1:30pm and checked into Voyages- a serviced apartment - Emu run apartments. Decent place!

-We then drove to Kata-Tjuta (also known as Olgas) for viewing the sunset there.

-We did the Walpa Gorge walk taking turns as Arya was asleep in her carseat.

- Then enjoyed the spectacular sunset at the sunset viewing area and back home for dinner.

-Arya loved to crawl around in the living room. We then took a walk in the resort area. With babies, we found that sticking to some sort of a schedule, even when traveling, did them good:) At least, we can say so for Arya. She used to love playing with us in the evening before her dinner and bath. Having a one bedroom apartment gave us that luxury!

Day 2- 7 June, 2008



- We started this day early by visiting Kata-Tjuta and stopping at various lookouts along the way. We kindof got to see the sunrise at Kata-Tjuta as well.

- We then decided to do 'Valley of winds walk' (7kms and 3-5 hours). Arya was excellent all along in her baby bjorn. She loved to trek as much as we did!

- Then, tired from the long walk, we drove back to Uluru vistors center and picked up a walking tracks guide and decided to do a couple of small walks at Uluru. I think we did the Mala walk or the Kuniya walk to the water hole and got some insight into Aboriginal stories and artwork.


- We drove around Uluru before watching the sunset. It was a serene experience.


Day 3- 8 Jun 2009




- We started this day with sunrise viewing at Uluru. Again, drove around the monolith and watched the climbers climb the rock.

- We then visited camel farm and saw folks leave for their camel ride. Arya saw camels for the first time in her life.

- We had only enough time to do lunch at one of the restaurants in the resort, before heading back to the airport for our return flight to Sydney.

November 26, 2006

Bio Luminiscient Bay Kayaking

Swimming with infinite Dinoflagellates in warm water of Mosquito bay and may not sound like a sexy ...but, having done this on a clear night was one of most romantic experiences ever!


The image below is coutersy of http://www.golden-heron.com/biobay/kaystar.jpg.





Unfortunately, this is something you may have to expereince for yourself. No picture will do justice to what it really feels like. When you sit in the kayak and start paddling toward the mid of the bay. Anything and everything that moves and touches these micro-organisms, lights them up! So when a fish swims by, it appears like a long florousent snake zipping past the kayak. It takes a bit of geting used to this. When you finally get to swim in the bay on the moonless night, it is like the diamonds rolling off your hand.


We went with Blue Karibe Kayaks and found them very professional!