September 19, 2025
Keelung is the closest port town to Taipei and we get 4 days here to explore this area!
After walking around the Port of Keelung for just a couple of hours we felt like we were melting! This month is the Mid Summer Ghost Festival and it is a big deal - basically when they pay homage to all those who came before them. We just missed the big festival in Keelung on 9/6/25. But we did get to take in a lot of the decorations.
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Monday April 6th is another travel day for us on our destination to remote Raja Ampat . We started the day at 5am to make our 7am flight from Denpasar, Bali to Sultan Hasanuddin Airport in South Sulawesi for our brief layover to connect with our flight onto Sorong, Indonesia.
Easter turned out to be a travel day for Bosco and I as we were extremely limited in when we could be seen by the Australian Border Control to disembark from the Ship, for a scuba diving adventure in Raja Ampat that I have had reserved, for over 18 months! We flew from Perth to Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia on Easter afternoon.
I have been really excited to get to Fremantle / Perth for my first time. I have had a few friends live here over the years and I have a second cousin, James Murphy, who I have only ever spoken too briefly, over the last 35 years and that I would love to meet in person. Jim is the older brother of Paul who I met up with in Melbourne a few weeks ago.