Temple of Borobudur, Java, Indonesia                   Friday,            March 4, 2016 Yesterday we visited the Temple of Borobudur in Java, Indonesia. On the long (2+ hour) trip to the temple, we learned a ton of geographic and historic facts about Indonesia and the islands and neighboring countries, but I can’t remember much of it. Suffice […]

Java, Indonesia                                                          Wed. March 2, 2016 Tomorrow we land on the island of Java, the most populous island on earth (140 million people), and the place that was heart of the English and Dutch trading posts in earlier times. In fact, the Dutch East India Company (or so we have been told) was the first […]

Balinese dancer at the pier in Benoa. Rice terraces at Jatiluwih  

Bali, Indonesia (4,000+ miles from Sydney) Tuesday March 1, 2016 5 p.m. local time We sailed into Bali (Benoa Port) on Sunday and came through every known type of vessel in the busy port, from party boats to parasailing motor boats to cruise ships – a glorious sight. We docked and could here drums, bells, […]

Indonesia                                             Saturday Feb 27, 2016 6pm local time Well, we’ve officially entered Indonesia, and we’re sad to leave Oz behind (especially since my favorite advertisement is from Oz, for flip-flops called “Slappas”).   We’ve […]

As we left Hamilton Island setting sail for Darwin, the ship’s captain married a young couple at sea. As pictures were being taken after the ceremony, the bride indicated that she would like some of the photos to show the gorgeous sunset in the background. At first this appeared to pose a bit of a […]