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Crocodile Hotel, Kakadu<\/p><\/div>\n
That was about that for Kakadu, and we began the journey home again.\u00a0 The Park is almost the size of the country of Wales, so we really only got to see some of the highlights in the one day available to us.\u00a0 You would need a week, and the two seasons (wet and dry), to properly do it justice.<\/p>\n
We really hoped to stop in again at the Bark Hut for dinner, but we also wanted to go to the Thursday night markets if we could get home in time.\u00a0 So it was with mixed feelings that we saw the Bark Hut \u2018pass in the night\u2019.<\/p>\n
Back in Darwin, we got off the coach sooner than we should and discussed how best to find the $2 taxi.\u00a0 We discussed it some more and could not come to an agreement, so raced into the back door of the hotel and asked reception to call a real taxi for us.\u00a0 We were mad keen to see the markets as everyone said that they were the highlight of Darwin.\u00a0 We were told that as the sun is about to set, trading and buying stop and everyone stops to admire the sun-set [which lasts exactly 2 minutes from hitting the horizon to passing under it], and then trading resumes.\u00a0 We were too late for this part but wanted to see the stalls too.<\/p>\n
The taxi driver was really friendly and chatty, and it turned out that the markets were just a little further along the road from the Gardens that we had walked to on Sunday.\u00a0 However, it would have been quite a walk and we hadn\u2019t known where they were anyway, so the taxi was well worth the $6 to get there ASAP.<\/p>\n
The taxi literally dropped us at the edge of the market and I fell in love with the very first stall that we came upon.\u00a0 It had little animal ornaments which were coated in ‘real fur’ and looked so life-like.\u00a0 There was one dear little kitten that I could not pass.\u00a0 She is less than 1\u201d high to the point of her ear, by about 1\u00bd\u201d wide, and is snuggled in a little \u00bd circle, asleep.\u00a0 She has a tiny pink nose and grey\/white fur with a white face.\u00a0 It is so sweet!\u00a0 I only wish they\u2019d had 2 because I would have loved to buy one for Kellie.\u00a0 [All right, if you want the truth – I bought it for Kellie, but couldn\u2019t part with it! LOL]<\/p>\n
There were so many lovely things [and heaps of plastic junk too].\u00a0 We bought a tea-towel for David\u2019s mum with a crocodile, and arrows pointing with silly comments ie sharp eyes for seeing tourists; stuff like that.\u00a0 We got a silver bangle for Amie that had a resin disk in the centre with the tiniest dried flowers inside.\u00a0 I also bought ear rings to match which were to be for me, but it seems silly to split the set, so I\u2019m giving them to Amie for her birthday.\u00a0 We found a couple who were making name necklaces or brooches to order on the spot, so asked for a necklace for Kellie.\u00a0 I thought it would be novel for her to have one spelled correctly!\u00a0 Would you believe they had one already made?\u00a0 So we came away happily with that.\u00a0 The names were made of silver wire bent around very cleverly and we watched the stall holder make a few other names.<\/p>\n
It was a really busy place, and we jostled along with people of all nationalities, which I really enjoyed.\u00a0 There were all sorts of buskers too. Some of which were quite novel.\u00a0 The one that I most enjoyed was a lady standing on a little raised pedestal.\u00a0 She was wearing a Victorian looking wedding dress and had heavy white makeup on her arms, face and neck, and was standing statue-still.\u00a0 I wanted to take a photo but David said no.\u00a0 Why do I take any notice of him?\u00a0 I wish I had now.\u00a0 She would wink at the occasional, unsuspecting person as they passed, which was great fun to watch, and she was very good at it.<\/p>\n
There were about 50 food stalls from every country you could mention, and then some.\u00a0 I was hungry when we got there but David insisted on seeing the stalls with our hands empty which made sense, so we delayed the food.\u00a0 By the time we\u2019d seen everything, most of the food stalls were closing down and the remains were looking a bit dry.\u00a0 I wasn\u2019t too thrilled because by now I was ravenous.\u00a0 It was practically 10pm.<\/p>\n
We decided to catch a taxi back to the hotel again so that I didn\u2019t faint with hunger while walking and David was feeling it too by now.\u00a0 When the taxi driver asked where we wanted to go, I waited for David to speak [as usual] but nothing was happening [as usual]\u00a0 so I spoke up [as usual too] and asked if he could take us somewhere nice but not too expensive that would still be open so we could get a meal.<\/p>\n
We ended up in a busy caf\u00e9\/restaurant not far from the back of our hotel and had drinks and an excellent meal.\u00a0 I followed mine with cake.\u00a0 If you\u2019re gonna be on a flying-then-hotel holiday for the first time… enjoy is what I say.\u00a0 And this was our last evening in Darwin.<\/p>\n
We got to bed at past midnight – nearly 12:30, I think.\u00a0 That\u2019s the time of day that I call \u2018tomorrow\u2019.\u00a0 I always say to David \u201cIt\u2019s tomorrow\u201d and he says \u201cNo it\u2019s not!\u201d<\/p>\n
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