Long, long ago, there was a young Kuniya (python) boy was surprised and ambushed by a Liru (poisonous snake). Liru threw spears at the boy striking him and killing him. The spears were thrown so hard that holes were left in the rock of Uluru, which can still be seen. The boys aunt felt the evil that happened to her nephew and went to search for the Liru, leaving traces of her tracks around Uluru. When the python woman (the Kuniya of the story) found her nephew she fell to her knees in mourning. Liru, seeing this, began to mock Kuniya. In her grief and anger, Kuniya took her digging stick and struck Liru three times, killing him. This is the only spot on Uluru where water from the rock runs red. Even though Liru was dead, Kuniya curled up on the spot and keeps watch for his return. The first photo shows the path of Kuniya and the second shows her curled up watching for Liru's return. If you look at the rock, the top of it looks like the head of a snake resting on it's ...
Lungkata, a blue-tongued lizard man, traveled to Uluru from the north. He went to Uluru because he heard there were many other beings there and he was lonely. As he was walking around Uluru, he came across an emu that had been speared through the thigh. This was a dilemma: although Lungkata was lonely, he was also hungry. Although it was wrong to take another hunter's prey, Lungkata decided to kill the emu and take the meat. Knowing the hunter who had speared the emu would belooking for the bird, Lungkata cut the emu into pieces and hid them. Shortly, two brothers who had tracked the wounded bird found Lungkata and asked him if he had seen the emu. Lungkata told the hunters he had not, but that he had heard what sounded like a wounded emu way, way off in the distances and sent the brothers off. Lungkata gathered all the pieces of the emu and set off to find a place to hide. In his haste to get away, Lungkata dropped pieces of the meat, leaving a trail behind him. Meanwhile...
I know...strawberry picking in Kuwait - who'd've thunk it. BUT, it's not like strawberry picking in the US where they hand you a bucket and you go to town. This is easy strawberry picking. No bending over and digging into the plants for strawberries. They plant the strawberries in vertical planters and you have to use scissors to cut the strawberries. Strategizing Yummy strawberries! I went with a friend and her kids and last year she was told it's because if you touch the berries, they'll stop growing. I think it's because they're planted so shallow (shallowly?) that if people yank on the plants a lot, they'll pull them out of the planters. Either way, they hand you a small container and a pair of kid's scissors and you cut the strawberries into the container without touching the berries. Yes, we did try a few - they're delicious. In addition to the strawberry picking they have a couple of money sucking areas for the k...
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