02 /12 /2001
  Adelaide - AUSTRALIA
  S 34°55  E 138°35
  + 63

Sorry for not being very communicative yesterday on Chat, but here is what happened. In Adelaide, the Team lives in a small flat on Franklin Street, while Aleko and virtual travelers have set in a backpacker downtown.

At 11.00 pm, most of the Car@van's still on Gleneg's beach, drinking and having fun with Aussies and tourists. By the same time, Maya and Theo are on Chat. As you may have understood it from the lasts Journals, their relationship doesn't go very well; there are a lot of friction and incomprehension. Yesterday night, they told each other everything that was wrong. At the beginning, some insults and many reproaches, then silence. When the time of Chat arrived, both didn't feel like communicating ... so was the Chat a bit disjointed... anyway, we have noticed that the Virtual People chats more and more without us - beware, sometimes we're on !

Concerning Maya and Theo, they were looking each other in a different way this morning... who knows ...

Today is dedicated to the realization of the most voted choice on Voting Form n°10. We explore Adelaide, famous for its former F1 Grand Prix, and walk on Rundle Mall, New Orleans' Bourbon Street's twin road. But there are no Aborigines. After having looked almost everywhere, we go to Tandanya, the National Institute for Aboriginal Culture.

There, we have a long discussion with Anthony, a young and dynamic Aboriginal artist. After he has played Dijiridu, he introduces to us the company he's working with for his next play. When we get out, we meet Mme Patterson, a famous painter from Uluru, who came here to sell her paintings. But read the Anecdote and see the Video.

We decided that your choice of organizing a Barbecue with Aborigines should also be a time for exchange and reflection.

Our encounter with Anthony and his uncle Robert opened our eyes about the future of the new Aboriginal generations. Their next play 'Cat skin' is about the terrible problems caused by alcohol and drug abuse that have to face more and more young people. The play was written on the base of the words of two old Aboriginal women. Universal thoughts and old sayings, the message is to refuse our time's diseases and follow the signals and the teachings of the ancestors.

Then, we invited Mme Patterson and her family in a restaurant. Famous Aboriginal painter, she sells her art in many places in the world. But she has kept a very traditional attitude: her virtual silence didn't make us feel very comfortable. After a few cakes with cream, lemonade and tea, the group thanks us: "We have different languages, different colors, but we just have one only Father above us."

Now look at the video !

Who says what about who :

Aleko: Maya or Nicole ... Ms Jekyll or Ms Hyde ?

Theo: Aleko's like the Moon: invisible during the day, illuminated during the night.

Marco: Aleko's right when he says that Vale was spoiled.

Vale: I have lost the manual to unlock Marco when he's in stand-by.

Maya: Listening to Theo is like attending one of his magic shows ... At first, you believe what he says... Then you're looking for the trick !

Real travelers say about the Team:

Aleko: Energetic

Theo: Spiritual

Marco: Introvert

Vale: Pragmatic

Maya: Sensible

 

How much did the Team pay to eat around the World ?

Let's compare the Restaurant and the Take Away prices - per person

SOUTH AFRICA

Rest: 80 rand = 11 US$

T.A.: 40 rand = 6 US$

LESOTHO

Rest: 35 maloti = 5 US$

T.A.: 20 maloti = 3 US$

INDONESIA

Rest: 50.000 rupie = 6 US$

T.A. : 5.000 rupie = 0,6 $

AUSTRALIA

Rest: 50 Aust. dollars = 27 US$

T.A.: 10 Aust. dollars = 5,5 US$

 

We'll take a ferry for the Kangaroo Island, also called The Australian Zoological Sanctuary.

Concerning the Forum's sentence to be quoted, we haven't made up our mind yet.

And you, what are you doing ? Go on I-World and on the Forum to help us to organize our next steps.

CIAO !

 

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