I'm going to Jabiru today! This is where Crocodile Dundee was filmed. I'll take pictures and post them when I return. It'll be there for 4 days with two lawyers from work and a client services officer (kinda' like a blend of a client advocate and investigator for those familiar with those roles). Should be interesting. We are going out to 'Bush court', what they call the courts held on Aboriginal land.
More about that and my current work at NAAJA when I return...

Testing.....my blog is acting up :-(

On Monday I went Salsa dancing. The story behind this is that on my way home from the market on day (more about the market soon to come) I heard Salsa music that was coming from a restuarant. I walked over and there were about three couples dancing. I stood by the door and of course was loving the music so much that I started to do a basic step by myself. This attracted the attention of the gentlemen near me (he was old) who asked me where I was from. I said New York. A lady (Ana) from across the table calls his name and asks him where I was from. He replies Nueva York at which point she turns to me and says, "No where are you FROM?" So then I said, well my parents are from the Dominican Republic (I usually say I'm Dominican but then I'm asked the same question anyways...I can't win). But the lady replies, " Yo sabia que esoy movimentos eran Latin!" Which translate to I knew those were Latin moves, for all you non-speakers. Ana then introduced me to the rest of the table and they let me know where the Salsa dancing is on Monday and Thursday nights. So I went on Monday and it was great. They were really really good prehaps I'll learn a couple of things. I plan to hanging out with the Latinos in Darwin for a change.

Everyone wants to see more pictures so here goes....


That's me and my new mates from England and Sweden. It was taken when England played it's first game in the World Cup hence the shirts. I was cheering for England that night so I could round up some support for the U.S. when they play, though I missed that game because I fell asleep. (yeah I guess I'm a wack fan, but it's not my fault there were so many other games and nights out before that!)

Wangi Falls (Litchfield National Park)

Me at Tolmer Falls in Litchfield

Sky after sunset at Litchfield


Florence Falls (Litchfield National Park)

The Queens Birthday was today so it was a national holiday and everything was one big party. It also meant that there was a tax on everything so that wasn't soo great. I rented a car today and drove to Litchfield National Park. Driving on the other side of the road was intersting and I hit the windshield wipes a lot instead of the turn signal since it's on the other side as well. Luckily I have my new mates who are from England in the car with me to remind me which lane to go on when I turned. A small Kanaroo and two Wallabies jumped out in from of the car on difference occasssions which was pretty scary, but I didn't hit them. But hopefully next time I encounter one of them there'll be picture opportunities!

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Arrived in Darwin, Tuesday afternoon. Let's see the flights weren't bad at all. The 8 hour lay over in San Francisco sucked because I didn't have any friends there to come visit me. It's probably a good thing I didn't sleep for two days before I left. Which meant I slept on the flight the majority of the way, woke up for meals, and watched on film. Rabbit Proof Fence, which is an Australian Film that my professor recommended I watched before coming here. Lucky for me it was one of the film options on the flight ;-) And for those of you wondering......NO, I didn't get any reading done on the plane! I don't think planes are the best places for me to get reading done, that's becoming a trend.
As for this blog, free feel to comment and ask me what you want to know. I'll try to update it at least once a week and I'll post pictures as soon as I get my wireless up and running.