So we drove that car up the road to the car hiring agency, bags and all, as if we didn’t need to bring this car back, and of course – we are driving on the opposite side of the road from what we are used to. How bizarre! But it was exactly what we needed to hear. Photo by Negative Space on Īre you are offering your scar to two people you do not know, to drive (albeit a little clunker of a shop car) a couple of kilometers up the road without you? Dude said he had people coming by often looking for the care rental office.Īs we were deciding what to do, dude says, “Just take that car right there”. Obviously we were a bit miffed because clearly the location hadn’t been updated in the maps. But it was too far to walk with bags and in the heat. Of course, we responded, that indeed we were! So the guy proceeds to tell us that the car rental office had moved down the road. As we stood in the lot, re-checking the Google Map location, a gent came out and asked us if we were looking for the car rental shop. So we arrive at the supposed location of the car rental and look around a bit confused, thinking it doesn’t look like a rental lot but rather an autobody shop. It was midday by this point and we were a bit hot and bothered, and just wanted to get to our little AirBnb. When we got off at our stop in Ballarat, we had to walk about 10 minutes to the rental car pickup location. With us were our rolling bags and backpacks, both feeling a little disheveled from the night’s plane trip and the busy train up from Melbourne. It’s a welcome return to train travel that we miss so much.Īfter a tightly scheduled hop on the train to Ballarat, we had to pick up a rental car since we would be driving to some park areas and off to Bendigo, another smaller city in Victoria as few days later. We normally take the red-eye to Melbourne and then catch a train from Southern Cross Station to some of the smaller cities to the north. No, it had nothing to do with spiders or snakes. On a recent trip to Ballarat, about an hour and a half north-ish of Melbourne, we experienced something unlike anything we had before. And as it turned out, the “take care of the spider” was just temporary because, when we went into the large bathroom area for the usual nighttime routine, guess who was back in the shower? Photo by Mircea Iancu on īrett tried a second round of “taking care of it” but that sucker was fast! So we decided to be at peace with our shower-spider-friend and just use the nozzle to scooch him out of the shower with some water.īrett and I have started traveling a little more in Australia, exploring areas off the regularly traveled road and at times we hire a car to get us from A to B and then to C or D. We blah, blah, blahed and after some time we decided to turn in. Not long after this minor spider/shower incident, Brett joined us at the villa. He stayed behind as Alaa and I went back out to the main area. The gentleman apologized and said he would take care of it. “Que?” he responded (okay he didn’t say que), but I did repeat my statement for him to hear and pointed to the large creature. “There is a really big spider in the shower”, I said. One that had 8 legs and was about 4-5 inches in diameter (although it was likely bigger because we were standing back a ways). When we entered the master bath area, I noticed a visitor in the shower on the wall. One my most favorite features of villa stays are the outdoor showers, which of course our host was happy to show us. Our gracious host walked us through the fountain, kitchen, pool and rooms. When staying in Southeast Asian resorts and villas, there usually a customary welcome tour that the staff and hosts do for you to show you the features of your accommodation. We were staying at a lovely villa I have stayed in before with Monica and Jeanette a couple of years ago. My friend, Alaa was visiting from San Diego so we took a weekend trip to Bali. When you visited tropical places, you have to expect tropical things.
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