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 have to say, I'm very glad this was an organized trip on a bus and I didn't drive, because it would really not have been worth it. The ride is about an hour - the farm is only a few miles from the Saudi Arabia border - and there is very little to see once you leave Kuwait City. I was amazed by three things - the camel herds (cool), the amount of tent cities (workers, I guess), and the amount of trash in the desert (not cool). From the description on the website, I was expecting an in-depth farm tour - how they grow produce in the middle of the desert - that kind of thing. Once we arrived, we loaded up in a golf cart, the driver said, "This is potato." Pointed at a field. "This is lettuce." Pointed at another field. We drove through an open sided barn with milk cows in it, and were dropped off at a kind of petting zoo place. The kids loved this part, I will say that. They got to pet and feed the goats; Harper rode a donkey, they got to see camels u...
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