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Sunday, July 8th, 2007

My tour is now officially finished and I am sitting in Darwin contemplating how to get to Broome. I met with my group that I was leaving one last time for supper before going to bed for my early morning departure. My room, that was empty when I left, was now occupied by two Canadians. One of whom snored all night preventing me from getting a decent night sleep. I woke up at 4:30 am, got ready to leave, and went down to wait for my pickup. The bus finally arrived an hour later than it was supposed to. I was one of the last people to be picked up so I was relegated to a seat in the very back of the bus. This bus was very different from the one used to get to Alice Springs. The seats were all high which gave good neck support, but impeded conversation. The group was also much bigger consisting of 22 people which nearly filled the bus. We had a female tour guide/driver. The trip over the next three days mostly took place on the bus with a few stops in between. [read on]