Getting along in Geelong

We have started our Great Ocean Road trip. It was a little touch and go for a little while last night because there was ash from a volcano in Chile that canceled our original flight. After many calls to the Jetstar line we got onto a flight at 7:15am instead. Once we got to the airport we found a car and our luggage and we were on our way. We got directions off of GoogleMaps and did our best to try to follow them. After a couple of wrong turns we made it to our first hostel. Tomorrow we are going to do some shopping in the town and drive to the next stop which is Apollo Bay. The weather is a little bit chillier then in Darwin. We will not be damsels in distress though, we will press though the cold. Here are some pictures of what we did in Darwin.


The beautiful waterfall.


When we were in Darwin we went to Litchfield with some girls that we met on the plane. This is the old school car that we rode in.


This is us being really excited for our trip.



More pictures from Litchfield.

Delightful Darwin

We made it to Darwin. So far we have seen the town and gone on a scavenger hunt. We also helped to prepare fruit platters for a wedding that our hosts went to today. Today we went to Litchfield National Park. It is about 2 hours from where we are staying. We swam in waterfalls and did some hiking. Tomorrow we are going to church and heading to the super market.

Australia here I come

Good Day Mate! My bags are packed and I am ready to go. I leave for Australia today for a 1 month tour of the East coast during my summer holiday. Stay tuned for photos and highlights of my trip.

Sick in the Rumah Sakit

My stay in the Rumah Sakit or place of sickness. I ended up staying in the hospital for a week. I went into the hospital because I had bronchial pnuemonia. I left the hospital without my appendix. You might be wondering how you go into the hospital with a lung infection and then leave without your appendix. If you figure it out please let me know. I had been sick for about a month before this. When I went to the doctor on Thursday after seeing him on Monday he said that I should stay so that I could get stronger drugs through an IV. I said, "okay if I have too". Meanwhile my stomach had been hurting since Sunday. The nurses and doctors would press on it often and I would screech in pain. (Maybe screech is not the right word, yelp might be a better.) I drank some cherry flavored barium which makes your insides glow in the dark and then I got some x-rays done. After the doctors consulted the glow in the dark insiides they said that my appendix was infected and that it needed to come out. Here are some pictures of my stay. My IV made my hand swell up like a balloon, they took it out and put it in the other hand. I also ate some spaghetti that was in the shape of a heart. If you are wondering the hospital was sterile and had air conditioning. I also had my own room with a nice couch for friends to sit and visit with me. One of my favorite parts was the warm milk before bed each night. YUM

The Past Month and Next 3 weeks

The past month has been filled with lots of different things. Planning my trip to Australia, welcoming back hot chocolate, a random illness that no one can cure, and a grandma and grandpa party. Papers to grade, field trips to go on, songs and dances to coordinate have also been part of the month. It has been busy, but good all at the same time. I have 7 more days of teaching with my students and then we are done. In 3 weeks I will have finished my first year of teaching in Indonesia. Our last day of school is the 10th of June. After that I have about a week of hanging out in Sentul and then off to Australia I go for a month.