Random thoughts from the sea
Friday, Sept. 27, 2019, Between Cruises Hill Street Blues fans will remember the line Sgt. Phil Esterhaus used to end his morning briefing: Hey, Let’s Be Careful Out There. (If you don’t remember it, check the Google machine.) No one who goes on a cruise wants to worry about being
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Day 46, Grand Asia 2018 Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018, Bali, Indonesia: Tourists don’t come to Denpasar, our driver said. The capital of Bali, with its 1 million people, is a big city with crazy traffic but no popular tourist sites. The tourists migrate to Ubud’s art markets, the temples throughout
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Day 45, Grand Asia 2018 Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018, At Sea: Not all food adventures on this cruise take place on shore. Tonight I joined about 60 other passengers for a seven-course Balinese dinner paired with wines in the Pinnacle Grill. Chef Heinz Von Holsten boarded the Amsterdam along with
Continue readingDay 58, Grand Asia 2017 Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2017 – At Sea Much goes on behind the scenes on the Amsterdam to make our time here special, and we seldom see it. Today I had an opportunity to look behind the curtain and take a tour of the galley. The
Continue readingDay 42, Grand Asia 2017 Sunday, Nov. 12, 2017 – Benoa, Bali, Indonesia I’m adding Bali to Vietnam on the list of countries I’m visiting that merit a land vacation someday. We traveled about an hour away from the port of Benoa, just south of the provincial capital of Denpasar,
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