This morning we got up early and took a taxi to the airport to catch our flight to Alice Springs. After about 3 hours of flying over completely empty areas of red sand, we landed in the middle of nowhere. We got out and immediately felt the dry heat of the Red Centre. We took a shuttle to our hostel, the YHA, in the city centre (which only has three streets, really...). As we arrived on a sunday, everything was closed and looked completely deserted. Either way, it was way too hot to stay outside anyway. We went to Todd Mall, which is a covered mall with a few shops and art galleries and then climbed up Anzac Hill to get a view over the "city". It was very very hot up there, so we took some pics and hurried back down. Alice Springs only has about 30.000 inhabitants, of which around 25% are aboriginals. The image we had of the aboriginals doesn't really correspond to reality. Unfortunately, due to the influence of the white culture, most of those who live in the cities spend everything they have on alcohol and then walk around town yelling at each other and begging for cigarettes and more alcohol. They are actually very scary and tourists are advised not to walk alone in the streets at night... Anyway, we had dinner at the hostel and then a drink at the Sporties bar close to our hostel.
Weather: very very hot and dry and sunny
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