Indonesia & Beyond

Today is Thursday and we are in Darwin, Australia.  We left Semarang, Indonesia two days ago.  It was an interesting port but we did not do much picture taking.  There was a shuttle from the ship to the downtown area.  We got off the bus and headed into a local mall.  On the third floor was a shop with Indonesian style fabrics (batiks) and clothes.  We asked if they had a shirt to fit B and the clerks just laughed...LOL!  We did buy a couple of gorgeous silk batiks and the price was amazingly cheap.
That evening was Halloween and we dressed up as Egyptian noveau-rich...  Lots of folks were eager to see our costumes so we debuted them in the casino...  We had our picture taken often by other passengers and had a grand time parading around.  After dinner there was a TERRIFIC Halloween party upstairs in the Crow's Nest.  We danced, did a conga line, entered the couples costume contest (which we lost-again...) and had a great time.  Over 200 people attended and the party went on past midnight - which is pretty astounding as most of these old folks go to bed by 10pm - the ship is "closed" usually by 11pm.  LOL!  On the dance floor one of the crew was dancing doing Yoga's tree pose - I started copying him and we danced for about 10 minutes and the folks cleared the dance floor rooting us on...  The party was a total blast!!!!!!!

The Sheik & his subjects: The Cruise Staff-Katie, Brook & Kristin

Yesterday was a sea day and our 33rd wedding anniversary.  We played sports, swam in the pool and drank a bottle of wine at dinner that the Casino sprang for.  It was a Riesling, so was pretty good...

Today in Darwin I had my legs waxed and got a haircut.  Brian has been to the grocery store and now we are here at the internet...  We have a couple of days at sea anchoring around the Great Barrier Reef before we make port in Cairns.  There we have our only other tour booked as we will snorkel the Reef - should be amazing even tho the water will be cold.... 
Hope this finds you all well - would be great to hear from some of you - especially JD!  blessings....