Darwin wasn't too bad afterall....

I mentioned the writers that I was staying in my Darwin room with. Well they had a group of writer friends, all stayingin our hostel, all awesome people. So we sat around the whole time, sipping drink and discussing modern literature. Soon enough, the conversation turned to one man, of whom I am the biggest fan - and turns out so were they! - the late journalist, Hunter S Thompson. These guys were great. Any Thompson fans are automatically great, but these guys were a great laugh as well. I suppose it takes a certain type of person to be a Thompson fan, but they seemed to really share my life values and....and well we just really clicked. These were my kind of people. One of them even reminded me of Thompson - maybe it was the clothes that did it: his aviator sunglasses teemed with a proper collered shirt and shorts. Or maybe he did have that essense that only a super cool, permanently intoxicated, eccentric journalist could have. Anywyas these people really seemed to inspire me, as I haven't stopped writing since. Also, I quite took a liking to one of them.

We all had a very crazy night out - involving lots of goon, 3am swimming pool antics, pants landing on security guards faces....and far more hilarious events, but as much as I'm itching to write about it all, I don't feel the world is quiet ready to hear about it! It sure showed me that Darwin can give you a damn good time though, despite my initial dislike of the place!