Cultural Curiosity

Day two of our 35 day adventure began at the zoo. It was a difficult start as I realized the importance of bank communication prior to my departure. I HAD DONE NONE. My card was declined and I spend the rest of the day worrying that my trip would have to be kept to the amount of cash in my purse.

The zoo only reinforced my need to have my tubes tied as soon as I return home. This place is beautiful, magical, and relaxing until it comes to any outing at a point of interest. There are school kids EVERYWHERE. They are loud, rude, and wear stupid brightly colored uniforms. I HATE them! I will never have them! I spend a majority of the day zoning them out and yelling "excuse you" when they would bump into us.

On a more pleasant note the zoo was beautiful! They've put a lot of time into the landscaping, layout, and care of this facility. The animals were amazing and other then the kids it wasn't much different than an American zoo.

After the zoo we went to Central Market. As we attempted to find the correct bus we accidentally walked all the way to the market. This open air market was full of fresh fruit and vegetables. We challenged each other to find one fruit we'd never tried before. We only ended up with one called a golden kiwi. It tasted like a pear and kiwi had a random one night stand from which the golden kiwi was born.

As we left the market we ended up in China/Japanese/Thai/Asian looking people town. By this time we were starving and looking for ANYTHING to eat. Oh there was plenty to eat alright, none of it looked edible.

On our 3rd day of our 35 day adventure we FINALLY slept in. We've been having a horrible time adjusting to the time change. We woke around noon and had Roger drop us at the South Australian Museum. They have the largest collection of Aboriginal artifacts in the world. Three floors of boomerangs, baskets, and weapons. They must have had a lot of time on their hands! It was breath taking. There were all sorts of exhibits from animals to marine life, rocks to.... well more rocks! It took us four hours to navigate this gigantic museum.

At last we took the bus home. The bus driver was very friendly and didn't charge us anything. I think he felt bad for our dumb asses. Of course once we got off the right bus stop we turned the wrong way to walk home. Eventually we found a pay phone to call Roger. He came and showed us the way! I can't imagine doing this without them. We would be so lost!