Day 79 – Darwin rainy season.

I woke up quite late, about 11, I think the week of early mornings and lack of sleep has finally caught up on me, surprising as these beds are very squeaky, move a lot and look a bit like you’re in a hospital.

Anyway, I got up and for I guess breakfast but technically lunch I walked a few doors down to a Thai place to grab some food. I went for the classic Pad Thai and oh my god, the portion was massive, so good but it was huge! Once again I made my way down to chill at the lagoon. The reason you can’t swim in the actual sea is because they have a big problem with sharks and at this time of year jellyfish too. On the walk to the lagoon you do walk past some old ruins from world war two when the Japanese bombed the place but the signs kinda just say ‘ohh look, ruins!’ and that’s about it… really informative.

Early afternoon I walked over to Trampoline to grab an ice cream which was awesome! It’s like $4 for 2 flavours and they’re some crazy flavours I’ve never heard of and so Australian, you can even get lamington flavour! Basically chocolate and coconut but still, it’s the thought that counts. Within about an hour of eating this the heavens opened and it was hammering it down, I could see it coming closer so as I was walking away it started to rain which was quite amusing to watch all these people sun bathing start screaming and grabbing there stuff. It was a drop here and there and then BAM! Torrential rain. I sat under a shelter for a while reading my book and waiting for it to die down a little before making my way back.

The best thing about being in hostels is talking to other people who have been to the same places, plan to go to or have been to the places you’re going to. For example this evening I found out there isn’t a train from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur like many websites say, they stopped that about 3 years ago and the overnight bus will get you there about 4am which is very helpful to know as I don’t wanna arrive in KL at 4am! So the plan now is to stay another night in Singapore and get the super early bus to get me to KL for midday which means I can still catch the practise rounds for the F1, happy days!