well, it is freaking HOT here in Coober Pedi, that is probably why half of the town's population live underground.
temperatures here during summer (which is now) can easily get to 40-45 degrees under the shade, and as funny as it gets, there is no shade here... it is very rare to see here trees. now you can imagine why we are spending our time in the air-con library (where there is Internet access for free) and not outside.
Coober Pedi is well famous with it's Opal (in Hebrew somebody somehow translate it to: "Leshem"), which is a kind of gemstone was lying underground for the past 50 million years... some people think it should worth to spend a few thousands of dollars to get one tiny opal stone ... go figure.
yesterday we slept, for the first time, underground. that was kind of experience, we expected for more, but at the bottom line, how many times we will have the chance to sleep in a mine ?
the main street is full with opal shops, we did a guided tour in one of the mines and learned a lot about this precious mineral, which can be found here and only here.
other than that, because of it's unique scenery, this town was a set for some of "end of the world" science fiction movies such as "Mad Max", "Pitch Black" and more, you can still see some of the set artifacts the production left in here.
underground church
tomorrow we are going further away into the outback, hopefully we get to see the famous Red Rock soon.
We are still waiting for a reasonable PC with Picasa and a CD/DVD Burner to upload all the photos and movie clips (already have 2.5 GB which just waits to be uploaded), it will happen soon, so be patient.
Have fun,
Efrat & Yoni.
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