Wild Encounters from Borneo to Bali - 7

September 27 - 28, 2014

Day At Sea and Bali

Last Day At Sea on the National Geographic Orion

September 27 was a day at sea filled with some interesting lectures and final packing. There was also final photo editing, as my pictures had to be turned in by 2:00. Do you have any idea how difficult it was to narrow down several thousand to my most interesting five? I actually threw in some fun people pictures as well.

The day ended with the Captain’s Farewell Cocktail Party in the lounge and then dinner.

September 28, disembarkation day, finally arrived. Since we had a 1:00 flight out of Denpasar, Bali we were in one of the earlier groups to leave the ship to go directly to the airport. It was hard to say good-bye to new friends and some we had traveled with before. This had been a fun trip and a relaxing chance to become acquainted with Lindblad’s latest ship, the National Geographic Orion. We hope to be aboard her another time.

Paul has disembarked in Bali.

The flights home were long, but uneventful: Denpasar, Bali to Singapore; Singapore to San Francisco via Hong Kong. As the flight didn’t arrive in San Francisco until after 9:30 pm, we had arranged to spend the night and fly on home to Portland the next day. It was actually refreshing to arrive home to cool and damp weather since we had been in such a hot and humid climate for the whole trip.

That is all until our next trip. There always seem to be plans for something else, so keep checking for our next post, next year.
That's it for now. Grace and Paul