Thanks Broken Hill!

So for the weekend of April 30th to May 4th, i went on a trip to the outback, Broken Hill. Believe you me, it was definitely the outback, a bunch of dirt, old shops and plenty of flies. Everything seemed to be in the style of old western movies, except with aussie accents you know lol. The trip was definitely a learning experience for me, not so much educationally (although it was a bit) but i learned a lot about myself. i certainly found my circle of friends on this trip. anyway tho let me tell you about the trip first. It was like a ten hour bus ride just to get there and when we finally arrived at our hostel it was dark out. The place we stayed out was like a hotel from a horror movie, the rooms were so creepy and the mirrors in the halls that reminded me of The Ring ahhhhhhh! I shared a room with my new bestfriend L, we slept with the light on all three nights we were there. We went to a coal mine where we actually got to put on those little hats with the flashlight on top and go under ground. It was a little hard to breathe but very very cool..We also got to ride camels which was so funnn..so camel's legs bend in two places and it is so weird to watch them lay down, its really scary to be on a camel when its laying down and when its standing up. You feel like you are gonna fall right off but the actual camel ride was so nice, almost romantic (if it werent for the billions of flies all over the place). We also went on a tour of this valley where there used to be a river and our tour guide was an actual aboriginal man (um he is to australia what native americans are to the U.S, like the first inhabitants of the land you know). I tried to enjoy his tour but the flies were aggrivating me so much i wanted to kill someone. another day we had a demonstration of sheep sheering (where they remove all the wool from a sheep, giving him a nice haircut) It seems so mean when you think about it but i swear the sheep were in no pain and they looked cute after their haircuts. after sheep sheering we climbed a mountain and watched the sunset, very romantic. Afte rthe sun had set we ate dinner then sat around a bonfire. I became really close with L and my other new friend C. Me and L started our own book club during the 5 day trip we ended up reading liek 5 books, some of which we bought at an opal shop in this ghost town (the books were 6 for a dollar, old novels you know where the man whisks the woman away from a sad lonesome life and on the covers you always see the man embracing the woman with his strong arms lol). anyway our reading club consists on me L and C plus our friend M and two boys. (names arent important guys relax) But i must say this was anamazing trip fro me because i found my circle of friends who i can absolutely be myself around, people who actually care about me and my issues, who are very similar to me, who invite me places and actually like me for me. L is the sweetest girl on the planet and soemtimes i just wish she was a princess because she deserves the best things in life because she's so nice. I am so envious of C because she is such a strong person, she doesn't tolerate poor service and she's usually the more assertive one for me and L. M is the star of the show, she is so lively and animated it just makes you excited. I'm really happy i came to australia now, i made great friends here FINALLY lol overall for the trip Hated the flies, Loved the friends i made, Thanks Broken Hill!