Ruminations from the Silver Muse.

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Note the petrol bowsers.

 

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The bus stops were raised.

 

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Back to the ship and I went up to deck 12 above the observation lounge for a bit of planespotting and enjoying the surrounds.


Qatar came in quite low.

They came in at 10 -15 minute intervals

The sun was starting to set.

 

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Just to the left of centre over the bridge you can see the landing lights for DPS.

 

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A little later the sunset became better.

 

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Before dinner a village group boarded and per formed the Kecak dance.

Kecak - Wikipedia

 

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They find the Queen.






The baddie.

 

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They now invited audience participation. though I'm sure that those that volunteered had been selected prior. they had the rest of us ROFL.

 

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The Shaman appears.


And all ends well.


It went way overtime so everyone was late to dinner.

 

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Finally dinner in Atlantide.


Mrsdrron had the watermelon and tomato salad which was nice. I had potato Laksies which tasted nice but weren't the way they normally would be made.




She had the an appetiser as a main.

Whilst I had the duo of scallop and halibut which was good.

Mrsdrron had the pavlova and I the lemon meringue pie for dessert . They have been shown before.

Lunch was at the grill just a salad for Mrsdrron and a burger for me. Quality has slipped from previous cruises.

 

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We stayed on board for the second day in Bali. Some views from outside the Panorama lounge.









Today the planes were taking off over us so were a bit higher.




Then I witnessed an absolutely insane moment.





The fellow on the red jet ski had stood on the very rear of the jet ski and took a lot of photos of the woman in various poses. I hadn't realised what he was doing but then he handed the phone to the woman who proceeded to take about 30 selfies of herself in different poses. Truly idiotic to me.

 

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Then it was time for sail away.

 

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Dinner that night.


Mrsdrron had the crab salad.


And I had the tuna salad.


I had the Mushroom soup and Mrsdrron had her NZ lamb.


I once again had the fillet steak. just the way I like it.

Mrsdrron had the pavlova and I the blueberry chocolate crumble.

 

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The next morning we were approaching Komodo Island.








Really a bit of a rip off. You are only allowed ashore if you are with a local guide and do the walk to see the dragons. but when you get to the meeting point if you leave the group an walk to the left you will see more larger dragons than on the walk. I noticed a few that did that. Turns out they had been before.

On landing a dragon statue.

 

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Near the start point were 2 small dragons.


At the "main" dragon viewing point there was a collection of dragon meals.




And there was 1 large dragon lying there. It did move about a metre to show us it was alive





there was an old dragon's nest there where the female had laid it's eggs. It had been monitored.




Just after this you came to a fork in the track. To the right a loop up the Mountai or to the left back to the beach. 3 people waited there for us to return. It would have been a better idea to head straight back to the beach there and then. We saw no more dragons. just a view of the interior.


I really didn't need to see that. one older woman slipped about a 100 metres from the turning point and injured her knee. She was escorted back to the meeting point. For the rest of us it was a struggle in the 35C heat with high humidity and most of us were exhausted when we got back to the meeting point.

So back to the beach. Where the track meets the beach there was a few locals handing out complimentary bottles of cold water or cans of coke. my water disappeared pretty quickly on top of the 2 bottles I had consumed on the mountain.

 

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And we saw more large Komodo dragons as we walked through the souvenir "shop" to get to the pier. Before going through the shop the guides suggested a tip. Most of us passed on that suggestion.






And great to see the Muse waiting for our return.

 

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Despite the exertion I hadn't done enough steps for the day so after a cold shower I did a few inside laps. they had changed a few orchids since our Bali stop.








And lunch time comes around again.




Mrsdrron had the pork loin.


I began with the cauliflower bites and then the bouillabasse. the bites were lovely the soup not classical.




At the Trivia the couples in our team who were going on to Auckland showed us the flyer they got for the in transit tour in Cairns. Someone needs a Geography lesson.