Boiling in Darwin at the moment. Flight got in at 4 this morning and so I've been in Darwin approximately 6 hours and I'm already wondering what on earth I'm doing here!!

It is so hot that I think I might actually not want to go out of my hotel room to do anything. The pool at the hotel seems extremely inviting, especially as I'm still feeling jet lagged and hotter than a lobster in a big pot of boiling water. I may not advance any further than an asthmatic ant with heavy shopping.....Blackadder fans!

Unfortunately, I am in a little internet place down the road from my hotel so I will be finding a very large bottle of water (still can't take empty bottles through the airport!!), hair conditioner, some factor 900 sun cream, some fruit, and then shuffling back on the shady parts of the street to the hotel.

I feel like I've been away for absolutely ages already, and it's actually only been 5 days!! Quite a lot of that time has been spent on a plane too - flippin' 'eck! As well, I worked out (I've spent lots of time thinking at airports, I don't think I'll be getting on a plane after this holiday for some time) I will be taking 10 flights in all, over 4 months!!! AAAAAGGGGGG!!! Carbon footprint guilt!!!! I may have to get a job as a tree conservationist when I get home....

Sigh, bit more Facebooking and then I'm off out into the heat again. Seriously, you wouldn't actually want to be here either. It really is too hot to do anything, even stand. I think I'll lose half my body weight in sweat by the time I get home. I'll only be about 3.5 stone and I'll be able to fit in a handbag....oh gees, I'll be like a new accessory. Instead of a pooch in a Prada, I'll be a Chrispy in a Christian Dior....