Isn't This a Shithole

Alice Springs is a hole. Absolutely nothing of note here. That said, it's better than Katherine... marginally. I'm here for a couple of hours before getting back on the train... which has been an interesting experience in itself. The seats, while deceptively comfortable to sit on, are actually far worse for sleeping on than either airline seats or even those on buses. Had a rough night last night, that's for sure. But it's kind of a fun way to travel. I'm gone God only knows how many kilometres in the last month, it's insane. Well worth it, I'm having a great time. SOOO looking forward to Sydney...

Argh, the internet cafe's started playing James Blunt. That bastard is everywhere. He was playing in a Starbucks in Hong Kong when I was there too.

God, Alice sucks.


I'm bored. I want to send a group email to pass the time but I only sent one about four days ago and nothing has happened. There are a lot of old people on the Ghan. They have showers but I haven't used them yet. I will when I get back on. I'll be in Adelaide tomorrow morning, oh Glory of Glories Hallelujah, Adelaide, what a beautiful place. The Festival City. Whatever. Beats Alice, I guess. Missed out on an opportunity to go to Katherine Gorge yesterday - what an idiot! That was one of the things I wanted to do most and yet I couldn't be arsed and just wandered around Katherine. Got three books though. Read one of them: Essays in Love by Alain de Botton. It's a boy meets girl, boy loses girl story told in the form of a series of retrospective musings that chart the stages of the relationship both chronologically and thematically. Very interesting, part novel part pop-philosophy I guess you might call it. Also got a book of essays celebrating the 50th anniversary of Ginsberg's 'Howl', one of my favourite poems of all time. Read it. http://www.people.virginia.edu/~jng2d/enlt255/texts/howl/howl.htm

The last book is The Shadow of the Wind - what the hell, a little light entertainment never harmed anyone.

Bored.

Ho-hum.