Right now I'm on the "Wildlife Cruise" on my way back from the "Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary." Phew... has it been a great day! The koalas were very cute, and I especially liked the kangaroos! The koalas were lazy as heck while the kangaroos were extremely friendly. I cuddled w/koalas and took pics, and I hand fed the kangaroos! They almost trampled me w/their excitement =) It should have been the other way around, no?! The cool breeze feels so nice.
Let me recap... we left North Quay at 10 am, arrived at sanctuary at 11:20, left sanctuary at 1:30... When we returned, I went to the halaal place Z. had told me about (Abra Kebab). The nice women gave me a discount, but the food absolutely sucked. Then, I purchased some souvenirs. Afterwards, I went to an internet cafe and to my horror I had 83 new messages. While I was frantically running through my emails, a guy came up and started talking to me. I swear I thought I was losing my mind b/c I couldn't understand a word he was saying. I know I sometimes have a difficult time understanding ppl here, but this was madness!!! Finally, he asked me if I knew Arabic. Duh... I felt so relieved, and as soon as I said U.S. and Pakistan, he left.
Random thought: Can you believe that Princess Diana died 5 years ago?? Time flies!
Today I saw the most interesting animals. I saw fruit bats aka flying foxes which have the most complex language after dolphins. They have 40 different calls and travel 400 km in a week.
The word 'koala' means 'to drink no water' which is partly true since they mostly eat eucalyptus leaves (50% water, 50% highly toxic materials). Koalas are very lazy looking animals and sleep 18 out of 24 hours a day.
