Darwin

Wrapping up our 2.5 year adventure in Australia with a couple of days in Darwin. The city is humid and sweaty, because the monsoon hasn't started yet. It normally starts at the end of December, but hasn't arrived as of January 26th... the latest monsoon on record. On the plus side, it meant our last couple of days weren't blasted out with torrential rains. Chelsea was a big fan of the street art throughout town. Dan, meanwhile, enjoyed a visit to see the reptiles of Crocosaurus Cove on his own, with all the other children.

We caught up for drinks with some friends from the road: Kim, a backpacker from the Netherlands; and Simon & Charlotte, two doctors from Adelaide who we met at Uluru when they took all our engagement photos. Afternoon drinks slowly transitioned into a mildly messy night out at Shenanigans Irish pub, where Chelsea was chatted up by an ancient man.

We're writing this entry from Darwin airport, where our flight to East Timor has already been delayed by two hours. The unreliable transport schedules have begun already! This is, as Chelsea says, the end of backpacking on 'easy mode'. She then illustrates this by doing a chicken impression, as she tries to mime ordering a vegetarian meal. What she means is that from now on we won't be in English speaking countries with reliable infrastructure. But the chicken impression makes it seem like 'easy mode' is ending because we've decided to communicate solely in charades from now on.

Stay tuned for future mishaps. Next stop, Dili 🇹🇱✈️Baca lagi