Last day in the Top End

Darwin, Australia
May 27, 2009
9:18 am

Well its finally my last day here in Darwin and I have to say that I warmed up to the city. It took me a couple of days but I started to enjoy the relaxed pace although I have to say that Darwin was a lot more expensive than i had expected it to be. I think that Singapore would have been cheaper oddly enough. In any case, I leave here at 7pm tonight on a flight to Singapore. Ill get to my hotel at about 11pm and then sleep for the night. Tomorrow is the long day. My flight is at midnight on the 29th so I have to get to the airport and wait a bit before I take off. That will take me to Beijing and after a short layover onto Ulan Batar, Mongolia. I have to say that I am really excited about Mongolia. I met some people here in Darwin that went last year and they said that it was a magical place to be in and so beautiful. I cant wait to be camping out underneath a sky of amazing stars away from the city. I have not seen the milky way in a long time. Just so that everyone knows, I will be out of contact for about three weeks while I am traveling through the country and camping in the wilderness. I should get a post of two in before then though. You can be sure that I will have some amazing pictures and stories for you when I get back.

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."
-Mark Twain