November 22: At Sea (traveling southeast through the Java Sea towards Bali); Pool, Sun, Entertainment and oh yes excellent dining.

November 23 – Happy Thanksgiving:

 Arrived at Pot Benoa, Bali, Indonesia which has a very shallow and small harbor, we were required to anchor at sea and tender into port. Tender was a catamaran holding 250 passengers. Bali is a mixture of white sand and black sand beached, rice terraces and thousands of stone-carved temples. Bali is a popular retreat for surfers, stand-up paddle boarders and reef divers. Our day was a tour of the eastern part of the island – a two-hour coach ride to The Water Palace (Taman Ujung)  -built by the last Hindu king of Arlapura  beginning in 1919 and open to the public in the 1920’s -magnificent grounds with residences, gardens and temples.

Then onto Tenganan Historic Village – a living village where approximately 150 residents live in a manner of the past (lifestyle based on rules and customs of the ancestral heritage)  – rice farming ,  woven cloth making and wood carving. Walking through a 3-tiered village we were able to see their housing, temples and shops as well as many caged chickens which supply eggs to the local egg cooperative.

A late lunch at a very modern resort right on the ocean what a juxta position to Tenganan.