As we walked on the pier in Darwin toward the shuttle bus. |
But then, we're not inactive. Since wearing my newly purchased FitBit a few days ago, although I haven't yet made the 10,000 hoped-for steps a day, I'm working my way up higher and higher each day as I take stairs instead of elevators and walk the "long way" around the ship when possible.
The port of Darwin. |
Turning back to glance at our ship, Royal Caribbean Voyager of the Seas. |
Once we settle in Bali in five days, we'll both resume our lower consumption healthy diets. In part I'm a little concerned it may be tough to stay active with a household staff of four who'll make the bed, wash the dishes, cook the food, leaving us only with the option of doing our own laundry.
Tom busied himself chatting with the friendly driver on the shuttle to town. |
We assumed this was the entrance to a mall but found this entrance had yet to open in this new building. Walking around the next corner we easily found the huge outdoor mall. |
Do we feel like a holiday/vacation is ending? In a funny way the answer is yes.
No, we don't go "home" to unpack, go through a pile of mail, catch up on bill paying and daily tasks. None of that applies to us.
Surprisingly, there was a fair amount of traffic in Darwin, not unlike we'd experienced in New Plymouth, NZ. |
But, the end of an cruise, always remains the end of yet another type of pleasurable event unlike any other in our day to day lives. Many times, passengers we've met have asked us if we'd like to cruise indefinitely. The answer is "no."
A part of the mall was covered providing a shelter from the heat of the sun. Darwin has a tropical climate. |
For us, nomads that we've become, the joy of our lifestyle seems to center around the constant change in location, lifestyle and surroundings keeping us entertained, educated and entranced.
With only four more nights aboard ship, we're winding down and beginning to focus a little attention on the future. With an upcoming whirlwind of travels over the next several months, visiting five countries in the next four months to include: Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand, we're enthused and looking forward to an endless variety of stories to tell and photos to share.
Hang on, dear readers. We'll be back with lots more!
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Photo from one year ago today, April 26, 2015:
A year ago on this date, we posted photos of our guide in Africa on photo safari. Tom and Anderson really hit it off. This was within moments of arrival at the dirt runway airport in the Masai Mara. For more of these photos we reposted a year ago, please click here. |
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