It didn't take very long for it to dawn on me: Darwin is expensive. Well, Australia in general is expensive, but being the first stop, Darwin shocked me.| The Poor Traveler® Itinerary Blog
"Remind me again why we're doing this" were the only words that I managed to let out in between gasps as I turned around to face my fellow travel| The Poor Traveler® Itinerary Blog
When we began our journey across Australia's Red Center, our tour guide-slash-driver handed us a marker and told us to write our names on the window of| The Poor Traveler® Itinerary Blog
We arrived a quarter to six. In a few minutes, the hostel would open, but instead of calling the staff to accommodate us, we chose to just stay outside| The Poor Traveler® Itinerary Blog
When Captain John Lort Stokes of the Beagle reached a harbor in Northern Australia in 1839, he thought about a friend and former shipmate who would| The Poor Traveler® Itinerary Blog
Our tour guide Ray called everyone to gather around a particular stick figure of a man with barbed spears and a dilly bag above a signage that says, "A| The Poor Traveler® Itinerary Blog
I spotted a stranger walking in my direction. His smile was shining, and his eyes were fixed on me as he leisurely trod through the crowd. If there was| The Poor Traveler® Itinerary Blog
The boat approached a nook along the Mary River, parting the sea of lotus lilies along the way. Our driver and guide Reuben moored the boat and rose from| The Poor Traveler® Itinerary Blog
There was a lot to be nervous about during the cruise. For starters, we would be cruising down the Mary River, one of the eight Top End rivers and is| The Poor Traveler® Itinerary Blog
