Back from the Bush

We're back in Darwin now, after enjoying a week in Kakadu National Park. We had a great time, and a big part of that was because we had Chris and Tilde there to point out and identify lots of animals and plants that we probably wouldn't have even noticed. We saw several Agile Wallabies (kind of like kangaroos) right on our campsite (okay, we probably would have noticed those, but we wouldn't have known what they were, or noticed the uniqueness of a certain part of their anatomy), lots of big fruit bats (for David) and the glittery green eyes of night-time wolf spiders (for Zuzana). We also saw dozens of different bird species and were excited to spot a few crocodiles in the river without even having to attract them by going for a swim as Chris suggested.

We were guaranteed lovely accomodation every night in our rented campervan (Danke Omi!). It was really comfy and easy--everything we needed without having to set up or pack up everything all the time. It got us thinking about possible future trips with a similar van through parts of Europe that we haven't seen yet.

But before we do that, we ARE coming back to the States. We bought our last series of tickets yesterday when we got back to Darwin. We'll be flying to Auckland, New Zealand on August 16th, spend 3 weeks there, then 2 weeks in Hawaii. We'll arrive in San Francisco on September 20th. In about half an hour we're headed to the airport for our flight to Brisbane on the east coast. We hope to get some pictures of Kakadu up soon!