Once we returned to the hotel we got ready for dinner and hopped on the free shuttle to the next resort. We were lucky enough to experience a brief down pour while we waited for the shuttle to take us back to the hotel [it only rains 12 inches a year].
When we got back to the hotel we started to get ready for bed and our 04:00 AM start. As we were sharing a four person dorm with 2 Japanese ladies – Daryl tried communicating to one of them that we had to get up early. But we don’t think that charades are as popular in Japan as they are in Australia or Canada! She was trying to talk to us , and we were trying to talk to her ... but there are not too many English words that match the Japanese language and vice versa.
We also contacted one of our friends Jake who is studying Japanese and he tried to explain to the lady ... we still could not get through. In another attempt to speak to her Daryl went off to find someone to translate ... there were a lot of Asian tour groups. Apparently there is a phone at the front desk that connects you to a translator. While Daryl was gone the Manager came to our room with the other lady and advised that she was moving us to another room for the night as the one lady that we spent all that time trying to communicate with was not well.
We felt quite bad after this – we spent all that time trying to communicate with her and all she wanted was to be left alone!!
The next morning we caught our tour bus with Eco Tours [on recommendation from the front desk that they were the “tour company to go with”]. Our tour guide Jackie was very knowledgeable but lacked simple social skills and even jipped Tracy and 10 others [out of 12] from a portion of the tour!
We took in sunrise and we stopped at the “climb” [some people attempt to climb Uluru – still not sure how they would do it as it looks really unsafe!] where Jackie pointed out where the bathroom was and where we were to meet afterwards. I went off to the toilet with everyone else. Daryl was waiting on the side along with another guy from the tour when Jackie signalled them to follow her.
Daryl asked if they weren’t going to wait for the others. Jackie replied: “Nah, nah. They go to the toilet they miss out.” Needless to say when I got back and found out what had happened I was not happy!! It isn’t like the tour was free!! AND she was 15 minutes late to pick us up that morning ...so she decided to sacrifice part of the tour to accommodate?!! [I have already started a letter to Eco Tours]
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