Bali 2nd day and Orange night

 I had some work to catch up on, and had planned from the start to have this as the day I would do it. A lucky choice, as there was a tropical rainstorm today. Waves of rain blew through, sometimes so thick it obscured the harbour. Once I got my work done it was nice to relax a bit after 2 very busy days. In the afternoon Karen and I headed over to the little market near the cruise terminal. It seemed to be a very good market with lots of stalls and lots of variety. We both bought a few things, more than we had planned of course!

As we sailed out of Benoa Harbour it started to clear up - of course!

It was Dutch night in the dining room, but they still had Indonesian choices. I usually tend to go for these and they are usually good. The evening ended with the Orange party. Line dancing, orange drinks and lots of orange attire.







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