September 14, 2025
City Exploring in the Daytime
I started on the Hop on Hop off bus but there was too much chatter about communist history and the bus was going in circles - so I got off to walk more in the areas I was most interested in and Sherrie Joined me. We went over to the Shanghai Pearl first and this structure dazzled at night, but looks kinda old and odd during the daylight. We passed on riding up to the observation decks it was a hazy day and frankly the better views to me are down at the ground looking up.
I really like this perspective with the Bottle opener high-rise in the back ground and the bottle cap in foreground!
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.