Ruminations from the Silver Muse.

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The pilot gets picked up.

 

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Now the start of 2 sea days. Taken up by my walking the inside track and in the afternoon trivia and golf. Went very well at trivia with honors shared with another team. However my putting disintegrated and my luck failed me for the first 10 days. In the last 4 my luck changed and several holes in one even though they were no better than the shots of the first 10 days.

The highlights of course were meals.First lunch at Atlantide,


Mrsdrron began with the prawn coughtail which was excellent.

I had the smoked trout salad which was very good,

Mrsdrron had the bow tie pasta and I the maple glazed chicken thigh. we both enjoyed our meal.


And we both had cheese cake for dessert.

 

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Well the building in the last 2 pictures is famous and has won building of the year awards.

I wonder if they are HDB available.?.

If Australia ever wants to solve the housing issue affordability it can't go wrong by looking at what SING Is doing.

 

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A lovely sunset from our balcony.












It was the Captain's Welcome party tonight. The Silver Muse trio who were aboard our Moon cruise earlier in the year performed. We like their music.






Senior officers.

 

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And Captain Giovanni Schiaffino on his third day as Master of a Silversea ship. He is a breathe of fresh air. Down to earth. Talks to crew and passengers. turns up at activities such as trivia. To cap it off one morning i was up at 0630 so did a few laps on deck 11 whilst it was cool. The crew had just started to put out the sun lounges. The Captain appeared and talked to them as well as helping by putting out the little side tables. By the end of the cruise it was obvious the crew thought of him highly.


Dinner in Atlantide.




Mrsdrron had the teriyaki glazed chicken thigh then her usual lamb chops.

I had the steak tartare, pumpkin soup and the chateaubriand. it was excellent.




Lunch the next day was at Kaiseki.


Note a different sake. My usual drop had run out

 

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The sunset the second night looked like it was going to be good but storm clouds intervened.

 

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That night it was back to Kaiseki. I feel fine paying a premium for Kaiseki on the Muse as it is a Teppan meal. with lobster, fish and waygu steak that would be expensive on land. however it doesn't come with the theatrics. The food however is excellent.

You're served some edamame first. fortunately Mrsdrron left a few for me to photograph.


Next comes the appetiser. You can choose between meat, fish and vegetarian options. each option comes as 3 dishes. A seaweed salad and with the fish seared tuna and snow crab salad.

with the vegetables tofu and a vegetable gyoza.

The main courses being cooked.


and served.


The lobster was very nice but the miso glazed fish was excellent.


The waygu was quite thin but not overcooked.


Then some fried rice.


And finally tempura ice cream.


You can have matcha ice cream instead but neither of us likes the green tea flavour.
An enjoyable meal with the ever smiling Roberto.

 

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The next morning saw us steaming into Benoa, Bali.

 

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A welcoming party.

 

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We were now off on the Ubud on your own excursion. basically a shuttle bus to Ubud. Probably about 40 years since we had last been.

 

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Temples and stone works everywhere. Very little undeveloped road frontage all the way to Ubud. Very different to 40 years ago.

 

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We arrive at the bus parking lot.

 

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So we started our perambulation around Ubud. First the surrounds of the parking area.















The footpaths were narrow and uneven. Often with cars or motor bikes parked on them so walking the main street was at times rather daunting. so we decided to go down a side street.

 

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But it began to go uphill and the number of cars pushing through increased so back to the main road.

 

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Then a building I recognised. Same design but modernised. 40 years ago it was the public market and open air with iron roof.













Wouldn't want this fellows job.

 

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Tried to find where we stayed. out of town not far from the market and overlooking rice paddies and the river. all gone and heavily developed now.


Time for lunch. We decided to have lunch at the restaurant right beside the bus parking are. Only 1 other couple there. Simple food but tasty and cheap. no wine so Mrsdrron had a sprite and I a Bintang.


Mrsdrron had chicken satays which were OK and I had spicy pork ribs which were nice.



Total cost just under 140000 rupiah. $A10/$US9.
The restaurant and the views from the back of the restaurant.

 

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Then a bit of a stroll around the buildings around the parking lot.













Then took my life in my hands and crossed the road to a little temple.

 

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The road wasn't that busy just then.




Time then to get on the bus and head back to the port.