Tourism at university wasn’t essential to get the job, in fact my subjects history. What I did do was a short training course when I first arrived though, to learn about the local plants and animals. At first I was given a room in a hotel in town, but I found that I felt quite lonely, so I moved into a caravan on the outskirts. Lots of other staff lived on the site, and I got to meet lots of the local people there too. Everyone was really friendly, and as there wasn’t a cinema or restaurant nearby, people frequently had a party on Saturday night, and I was always invited. I worked six days a week, and I had to get up really early in the morning, when most people, and even the birds and animals, are asleep. This is so the tourists can get to take photos of the sunrise. I used to pick them up from their hotels around 5am, and then head out of town and into the desert. The tourists were from all over the world, and often had no experience of the heat. They knew of course about covering their head and neck with a hat, but often left their shoulders uncovered, which wasn’t very sensible, especially if they hadn’t been in the country for long and weren’t used to the sun. After we had been into the desert, I would take the tourists to the local cultural centre, where they had the opportunity to ask questions. The tourists were especially keen to find out how to distinguish the tracks of kangaroos from wallabies and wild dogs. After the morning sun, I would take the tourists to the local cultural centre, where they
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Tourism at university wasn't essential to get the job; in fact, my subject was history. What I did do was a short training course when I first arrived, though, to learn about the local plants and animals. At first, I was given a room in a hotel in town, but I found that I felt quite lonely, so I moved into a caravan on the outskirts. Lots of other staff lived on the site, and I got to meet many of the local people there too. Everyone was really friendly, and as there wasn't a cinema or restaurant nearby, people frequently had a party on Saturday night, and I was always invited. I worked six days a week, and I had to get up really early in the morning when most people, and even the birds and animals, are asleep. This is so the tourists can take photos of the sunrise. I used to pick them up from their hotels around 5 a.m. and then head out of town and into the desert. The tourists were from all over the world and often had no experience of the heat. They knew, of course, about covering their head and neck with a hat, but often left their shoulders uncovered, which wasn't very sensible, especially if they hadn't been in the country for long and weren't used to the sun. After we had been into the desert, I would take the tourists to the local cultural centre, where they had the opportunity to ask questions. The tourists were especially keen to find out how to distinguish the tracks of kangaroos from wallabies and wild dogs. After the morning sun, I would take the tourists to the local cultural centre, where they.
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