Darwin, Australia pt. 2

A staple while we were there

An incredible clear day with amazingly cool water

We hit the jackpot with fruit in Aussie land!

While we were in Aussie land eating out at restaurants was definitely out of the question. So we did what ANY local would do, go to the grocery store! Going to a grocer in Darwin was kind of nostalgic because they are so much like the ones in America, completely different than Japan. The isles were big and tall compared to the short and small Japanese isles, the kicker for me I think was that all the food there was just like america....minus the kangaroo steaks you can buy (which by the way were very interesting to eat)!!

We were told by our Australian intern that we need expect people to be mean and rude to us while we were there....it was completely different then what he said it was like. The people were extremely nice and warm towards us, we were just blown away at this and kind of keeping an eye out for the 'rudeness' to present itself to us....but it never really happened.

Something real interesting about Darwin we found out from a pastor that we met with, he said that per capita Darwin is the drunkest city in the WORLD. Once he shared that, EVERYTHING made sense! From that point forward I would notice that many people would walk streets with huge cases of beer, may it to be used with a small group of friends / family or a party....there was this incident where one of our guys had to wake up in the wee hours of the morning (around 1-3am) and kinda butt heads with our neighbors at the hostel we were staying at. I guess they were being insanely loud (I was dead asleep, so I didn't hear a thing....both nights)