Day 63, Year 3: Busy Day in Darwin
Date: Friday, July 11, 2008
Weather: Another Beautiful Northern Territory Winter Day
Location: Fannie Bay, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
It was one of those days. Up at 7 am, quickly review information on what we would like to accomplish while here in Darwin, inshore by 10 am and on the phone to Bank of America (not a happy call), into downtown Darwin by 11 am, and then a full afternoon of shopping. The ‘shopping’ was not your normal list. We were looking for Yanmar fan belts and light bulbs, flags for our trip into Indonesia, a copy shop to print out the Southeast Asia guides that we have collected, and on and on. We accomplished everything that we had hoped plus we had a great lunch at a Vietnamese restaurant, the Saigon Star. We both had the seafood soup with rice noodles and it was wonderful. The fish, squid, prawns, and scallops were so good, so we felt it was a wise choice for a place to have lunch. We spent the afternoon riding on buses to find the supplies we needed. We rode out of own toward the airport for some things, while we found others closer in to town.
We picked up our Indonesian visas and then spent some time at an internet caf�. There are only two major internet cafes in downtown Darwin and they always have a long waiting line. By the time we got on a computer, I felt it was too late to call my sister to wish her a happy birthday. So Patsy, here’s hoping you had a great day. I will call you sometime in the next couple of days.
We will start our Saturday morning by going to the Parap market which is not far from here. After that we will spend our day working on Windbird and getting ready for a fun Sunday in Darwin–the Beer Can Regatta . The boats are all made of beer cans and we can’t wait to see this.
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