Come Fly Away 2024

  It’s always nice walking out past these beautiful flowers that hang down in the entranceway of their place The first full day in Bali started the way the last full day ended on our last visit 5 years ago, with a 90 minute massage. The main difference is this time I have no fever due to contracting Dengue Fever and hopefully it will stay that way. And we think our elections look silly I was informed that these are the winning candidates that will be making Bali great again!       The first stop on day one was to deliver about 100 handheld devices that had recorded copies of the Bible in Indonesian, Balinese and English. Wade’s church supports the orphanage and its director Kadek works with local Indonesians to teach Christianity to Hindus. Too long buildings face each other at the orphanage. The room for the children on the left with seating area outside of each room that is used as a classroom. On the right, his directors residence, kitchen, etc.. I sat mesmerized as this man I just

Over the next two days we were able to we became super tourists again.  There’s always so much to see as we drive to a destination. A holiday past recently, and the decorations called Penjor still overhanging the streets in many areas. Traffic is also organized disorder as Wade makes his way to the Jatiluwih rice terraces. The the fields are beautiful  Since this is a big deal for tourist to do the local government charges everyone who comes into the area a fee to enter and to park.    It is one of those places that everywhere you look the symmetry of the fields lends itself to great pictures. We also stopped into a small restaurant built in the rice terraces for lunch There is always a price to pay when you enter tourist areas These guys have fun with the locals This is the race at the end of the green stock Each rotary an experience  Leaving there, we drove over to the coast and visited a temple called Tanah Lot. Again with the entrance fees, and a long walk, weaving through a maze o

Sunrise over Somalia The plane had a few exterior cameras. This one facing the forward landing gear was fun Our upgraded room in Cape Town had a great view of table Mountain From the top of  Cable Mountain with fog shrouded Cape Town below  The views on the drive around the Peninsula south of Cape Town. This wine region has two ways to travel around to the vineyards. This train and a driving shuttle keeps the wi w drinkers safe and focused  I was surprised to see that the only South African wine I tried was from the town we were staying in           Great older vineyard accommodations made it special           From the vineyard to the ocean then north over the mountains to high desert areas             Church in center of Graaf Reinet. Town is surrounded by national Park with great views and a small driving game preserve which was also fun Looking out at the bottom of Africa with the Indian Ocean on one side and the Atlantic on the other.    We arrived in South Africa Wednesday morning