Chapter 1 - The trip - July 19 - 21
So I'm off to Australia to visit Yasmin who has been interning there this summer. Her other friend Elena will join us in Darwin, and from there we'll go to Sydney and finally Fiji. This is my summer before going to b-school, so I wanted to go out with a bang :)
JFK -> LAX I didn't want to sleep on the 5 hr flight from JFK to LAX, since I knew that I would have to on the Sydney leg. So far so good; we have about half an hour left until we board. I'm kind of tired, but not yet restless. I sat next to a nice woman who lives in Melbourne, and who had been on a 4 month long vacation in US and Canada. 4 months! Her and her husband rented an RV and drove all over - that's definitely something I'd like to try at some point.
LAX -> SYD: 2nd flight - this was a looong a** flight - 14 hours! I slept, I read, I talked to the lady next to me, I slept again, and we still had 7 hours to go! The movie selection was wack, so I didn't even bother. I watched the news and a documentary on hypnosis. We got to Sydney 1.5 hrs later so I missed my Darwin connection, but they had booked me on another one that leaves in 20 mins. This one goes from Darwin to Mumbai so there are lots of saris floating around.
SYD-> DAR 4hrs later, I arrived without my bag, because of the change in connection. The Darwin airport is tiny and the forex office was closed. I was able to use an ATM though. I took a shuttle to meet Yasmin at the Marrakai flats which are right in the middle of town. The drive from the airport took about 20 mins, and there wasn't much to see in terms of scenery. Lots of palm trees, and low buildings
JFK -> LAX I didn't want to sleep on the 5 hr flight from JFK to LAX, since I knew that I would have to on the Sydney leg. So far so good; we have about half an hour left until we board. I'm kind of tired, but not yet restless. I sat next to a nice woman who lives in Melbourne, and who had been on a 4 month long vacation in US and Canada. 4 months! Her and her husband rented an RV and drove all over - that's definitely something I'd like to try at some point.
LAX -> SYD: 2nd flight - this was a looong a** flight - 14 hours! I slept, I read, I talked to the lady next to me, I slept again, and we still had 7 hours to go! The movie selection was wack, so I didn't even bother. I watched the news and a documentary on hypnosis. We got to Sydney 1.5 hrs later so I missed my Darwin connection, but they had booked me on another one that leaves in 20 mins. This one goes from Darwin to Mumbai so there are lots of saris floating around.
SYD-> DAR 4hrs later, I arrived without my bag, because of the change in connection. The Darwin airport is tiny and the forex office was closed. I was able to use an ATM though. I took a shuttle to meet Yasmin at the Marrakai flats which are right in the middle of town. The drive from the airport took about 20 mins, and there wasn't much to see in terms of scenery. Lots of palm trees, and low buildings
View from our flat (East Timor sea in the distance)
Just arrived
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