We have slightly changed our initial itinerary by including south east Asia and India in our trip! Darwin is only an hour or so away from Indonesia, so we thought 'while we're here, we may as well'! We have a rough idea of what we want to do, but our plans tend to change a lot... The initial plan is to arrive in Bali early November, island-hop to Lombok, Sumbawa, Komodo and Flores. Catch a plane to Java, make a trip to Sumatra and then land in Malaysia, where we have a small family reunion with Jenny's parents, sister and brother-in-law early December! After that, we would like to go to Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia. Once we've seen all these countries, we want to go to India. We thought 'while we're so close, we may as well'!
Life is good in Darwin. We're both working and adding to the bank account in order to finance our trip to Asia (and hopefully have some left over to continue our trip down the west coast). Jenny has had a few more interviews, but no luck in securing another job. But since we've only got seven more weeks to go, she may as well stay where she is. David is still happy in his job and managed to get a company car as well.
The weather is getting hotter and more humid every day. It's amazing how much this humidity affects us! People in general need three showers a day here and it will only get worse according to the locals. It is too hot to sit in the sun so we're slowly losing our tans :( But we won't complain too much!
Last weekend we did some touristy things and went back to Litchfield to swim around the waterfalls and did a jumping crocodile cruise on the Adelaide river. There were so many crocs in the river, it was unbelievable. The people on the boat fed a few crocs and made them jump for their food. It was quite nice to see these large beasts coming out of the water. Loads of birds of prey (eagles, etc.) were circling around the boat, hoping to get a feed.
We're happy to be working for now, but happier with the tickets to Indonesia! Not too long until we can continue exploring!
