September 14, 2025
Getting creative to escape the heat and stay cool!!
Sherrie & I took the Tourist Tunnel to go back across the river to our Hotel. It was nice and chill down there and who doesn't like a train with neon & flashing lights on a hot afternoon!
This evening we did a Food Tour in the French Concession neighborhood. I arranged again for 12 of us, but we had to split into 2 groups so John & Colleen joined Bosco & I in the latter group. We had a fabulous time with our Guide Emma and Lucy who joined us from Scotland - she was here training for a new HR job with Trips.com! She was a great addition to the group and we all wish her well in her new endeavors! We all loved the French Concession Neighborhood and the food was again so yummy!
The neighborhood - equally fascinating!
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.