Month: June 2017

Chris and Danielle

Papua New Guinea

The old adage of be careful what you wish for is certainly true. Since our arrival in Hong Kong and our travels through the islands, we have been dogged with cloudy skies. However, our arrival in Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea heralded sunny blue skies. This however, ramped up the heat factor when the …

Chris and Danielle

Timor-Leste

We arrived early morning in Dili the capital of Timor-Leste, one of the world’s newest country. Timor-Leste suffered thousands of casualties during several guerrilla wars and pro-independence wars from Indonesia. Unlike other islands in Indonesia where Islam or Hindu is the religion of the masses, Timor-Leste is predominantly Roman Catholic. It’s still hot and humid as …

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Komodo dragons

Before the fiasco with our excursion to the Gilli islands, we had shunned the ship’s excursions to book our own on the Internet. We wanted to see the Komodo dragons but also wanted to experience one of the world’s seven pink beaches which there is one near Komodo National park. Unfortunately, the ship only offered …

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Lombok, Indonesia

The ship’s excursion brochure to Gilli Trawangan an island north of the island of Lombok promised a nice walk around the island, time for snorkelling or a donkey taxi ride with a lunch later and some stopovers for tea and cakes and a visit to a pottery making place. However, it fell far short of …

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Beautiful Bali

As a newcomer to Bali the first thing you come to realize is that you don’t try to rent a car or motorbike to drive around…not unless you have a death wish. Many tourists have fulfilled that wish. There is heavy traffic everywhere, the roads are very narrow in some areas, and the motorbikes zip …