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Australia - 2005-06-16 - 4 - Kakadu National Park - Jabiru - Bowali Visitor Center (Sayoko)
The stop at the Jabiru Visitor center was interesting. First off once
you get to Jabiru you get cell phone reception again, which we had not
had since getting outside of Darwin. I had 2 more calls about the truck
which I returned. One was not there & actually never did call back. The
second guy sounded very interested so I set it up to show him the truck
the next morning. It was good to have someone to show the truck to & know
that 3 people had shown interest. After that we talked to the Visitor
Center & got the information which would have been nice before almost
being done in the park. After that we walked around the visitor center
which yielded the pictures you see below. We were killing time a little
because we wanted to watch the movie about Kakadu that was showing on
the hour. I think we caught the 1pm show, it was great. It showed Kakadu
from helicopter & so many parts which we would not be getting to that
day. For instance a big attraction is Jim Jim Falls & Twin Falls, but
they are down a 4WD road which takes at least 2 hours each way, but probably
longer. We just did not have time to go there & the truck was too undependable
to trust even if we would have, we knew we needed to keep the main roads.
The show was incredible, it showed so many great pictures, was like a
helicopter ride along, we also saw incredible animals. One funny note
is a cultural generalization I am going to make. Japanese people nap whenever
possible, Sayoko is no exception. They fall asleep quickly as a rule when
they stop moving. I think they are the busiest people you find & they
have gotten used to taking advantage of any moment to catch up on some
shut eye. Sayoko did sleep a little during this movie. Another interesting
thing we saw during this show was the cave full of bats where frogs waited
at the entrance. They would eat the bats as they came out, it was quite
amazing. What I am still trying to figure out is if the bats were that
small or the frogs were that large. It was so weird to see that for some
reason, guess I just never thought of frogs being able to eat anything
that big. After the show we went outside to have our truck once again
not start. We talked to this nice tour operator who gave us a jump start.
Nothing like needing a jump start at every stop to meet nice people. All
of these pictures are from Sayoko's camera.
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