We had an early tour this morning so we had breakfast in the room. That’s such a luxury! It helps save us the time it would take to go to Cafe and back. We had an 8:30 Market and Temple tour. First we drove about 20 minutes to a city market where the...
We docked around noon. I went up to watch the ship come into port. It was already pretty hot. We got off the ship to go to the nearby markets around the pier There was a Balinesian band playing and young girls dressed to dance but we didn’t see them dancing. There were...
We were at Komodo Island today. It was very hot and humid, our life for the next several days. We were told to bring an umbrella to protect from the sun. I took mine and used it. I also wore a hat and had a bottle of water.. We walked along a boardwalk...
We had our last art class today. Good thing, I was getting tired of dots. We will have our exhibit on the next sea day which will be after Bali. We went to guest services to book tours for Ho Chi Min City. Our stay was extended with the new itinerary so we had...
We are sailing through the Atafura Sea. Never heard of this sea, but it’s very calm sailing. We are on the way to see Komodo Dragons. ‘Today was a pretty good day. I decided to do laundry this morning. I walked into the laundry room expecting it to be busy. All washers were...
Never thought I’d be saying in I’m the Indian Ocean!! Today is the first of 3 days at sea. We went to breakfast in the restaurant for a change. We were up early because we set clocks back an hour. Now we have to do it again tomorrow. Pretty soon we’ll be 12 hours...
Our last stop in Australia. It was a hot, sticky day. The water here is a beautiful turquoise color. I’m sure the photos don’t do it justice. Our tour was at 1:00 PM. We decided to take the tender ashore early and have a look around. We were told all the shops were...
There has been much speculation and gossip about our itinerary, since it isn’t safe to go through the Red Sea these days. They finally gave us the news today. We will be leaving the former itinerary in India and heading southwest to Mauritius. From there we will go to a few ports in...
As you can see from the morning photo, it was a cloudy, drizzly morning in Cairns. We took a bus to the wharf to board our boat to see the Reef. It was still a bit wet out but I needed to be outside for fresh air and a view of the horizon to...
As you can see from the daily balcony shot above, it was a gray cloudy day in the islands. We were just south of the Great Barrier Reef. There are 74 islands and all are a National Park..There are a few privately owned islands too. Hamilton is the biggest city, with an airport and...
