this starving backpacker gets fed and gets a tummy ache while she's at it.

stayed at Annie's place (hostel). they were quite friendly there and they all knew who i was...donno why. i had been emailing back n forth for a couple days trying to arrange accommodation prior to arriving and apparently everyone behind the counter knew who i was and they pointed me out of a crowd of 10. i reckon they knew who the trouble maker was...heeehee. the group of us went out for dinna...pizza. long time since i've had pizza. so jummy. afterwards there was a reptile show. they talked about blue tongue lizards and some other reptiles i don't remember the names but they were all fat and reptiley(is that a word?) plus they had snakes..heaps of them. one python they brought out for us to touch at the end of the show. we all stood in a big circle and the snake would slither around the back of ppl's shoulders and necks...ohhhh sooo scary when i saw it's little head peek out around the person before me!!! he stuck his tongue out at me so i stuck my tongue out at him. i cant believe that i let a snake touch me. i thought it would be ewwww...but it wasn't slimy at all! shockers.

later on in the night, we had contests on stage. they asked for 5 groups of 4. of course i was right in there! the first game was something like fear factor. 2 ppl had a plate of food to eat. the italian guy that i was gonna eat with n i looked at the food n he said he wouldn't eat the cheese or the white chocolate but he'd eat the hot chili pepper and the strawberry. i said as long as he eats the chili pepper, it's all good. luckily enough, the food got separated to how we liked it. i got the cheese and chocolate (plus pickled onions, dalmas n other stuff) n him the chili pepper n strawberry (and other stuff). i thought we had it made but after he ate the chili he spit it out. he said it just tasted gross!! argh! of course it would!! but i asked if i continued to eat his side, could we still be in the race? leave it to me to eat everything on the plate. (needless to say i felt sick afterwards.) more races continued and in the end we came in second and won 2 jugs of beer. hey, it's not first place, but it got us the beer. it's good enough for me.