May 27, 2001 - Sunday - Darwin, Australia

The Mississippi Queen - a train turned into a bar along with a collections of trailers as accommodations - Darwin, Australia

I moved into the campervan at the Mississippi Queen today and unpacked and spread my stuff out. I was also able to do laundry and just chilled out a bit. They had pretty good dinner here for only A$9.50, plus it was an open mike night so there were live music from 7 til after 12, which sounded really good. I decided that I really like listening to the live music. There was a girl who sang "Because the Night" and she was really bad. Not many people clapped for her after she sang.

May 28, 2001 - Monday - Darwin

I didn't do much today, just sat around, updated my web site and vegged out. It's nice not to do much for a change and it's nice to have your own place. I must figure out what's making me homesick lately but since I moved to the Mississippi Queen, it hasn't been bad at all. I narrowly avoided Joerg today while he was walking in the streets. He walked right by me - unintentionally or not, it was good.

May 29, 2001 - Tuesday - Darwin

Orchids growing in the lush tropical garden at the Mississippi Queen - Darwin, Australia

Again, nothing much today except for the fact that I'm trying to organize my SE Asia and Europe trip at the same time. The Mississippi Queen is actually a nice place to hang out - with only A$10 a night and a nice tropical garden to relax in.

May 30, 2001 - Wednesday - Darwin, Australia to Kuta, Bali.

Not much again today and I vegged, emailed, and chatted on the phone until dinner time and packed my stuff and had my barramundi dinner before catching the shuttle bus to the airport. I almost didn't get a chance to say good-bye to Johnny the proprietor but he managed to run out and bid farewell when the bus pulled up.

Next stop: Bali, Indonesia!