August 21, 2024
The Beatles & Liverpool
When I think Liverpool - I think Beatles! I always wanted to do the Magical Mystery Tour and it did not disappoint! Sunday we boarded the bus for the 2 hour adventure and were instantly immersed in the history and music of the Fab 4!
Lyrics became so clear to me as we traveled through the neighborhoods of their youth, especially Penny Lane & Strawberry Fields.
Learned their history has quite a few twist and turns with members coming and going from the Quarryman & notice as the Beat Men. Highly recommend the tour if your ever in Liverpool! Tour ends at Cavern Club where great tribute bands play all the classics.
We met up with the Ship in Timor Leste or East Timor, one of the youngest countries in the World . This sovereign state just gained their independence on May 20, 2002 from prior Portuguese rule (1515 until 1975) and Indonesian occupation (1975 until 1999). The Ship was anchored off the coastal town of Dili, the capital city with a population of roughly 1.4 million.
I know people laugh when I say we took a vacation from the Ship , they view this whole amazing voyage as a vacation! But the reality is the Ship is my home now, and almost everybody loves a vacation away from home, to unwind and recharge! So my life on the Odyssey, is not that different. I really appreciated my two weeks away at Eco Cove Resort , on Yeben Island in Raja Ampat, Indonesia !
I got to do 14 dives and 5 snorkel trips over our two weeks at Eco Cove Resort. I feel much more confident and comfortable diving, practice does truly help! Eco has these t-shirts that list all their Resort excursions - we made a nice dent in all of them and it's hard to pick a favorite!