Around the Southern World or RTSW or better yet "The endless summer tour" Part 2

The second country in our RTSW will be in the Land Down Under - Australia. Why you may ask. Well when you go around the world you need to pick a direction and stick with it. Yes, we did head east first to go to Rio but the cruise has us in Chile at the end, so go west. Besides it takes less time to fly to Oz from South America than it does from SFO.

The name Australia (pronounced [əˈstɹæɪljə, -liə] in Australian English, is derived from the Latin Terra Australis ("southern land") a name used for lands in the southern hemisphere since ancient times. We are not really spending that much time in Oz and will only go to Sydney (New South Wales), Cairns (Queensland), the Great Barrier Reef (GBR), and Perth (Western Australia). We will not see Uluru (also known as Ayers Rock), nor Melbourne or Darwin. We should still see lots of marsupials. For the GBR portion we will be out on a boat for 3 nights but it will be jellyfish season so snorkling will require the use of 'Stinger suits". Dick will try a scuba dive and I won't as I can't clear my ears well enough not to get seasick. Yeah it does happen and it ain't pretty.

From Oz we fly to Indonesia to the island of Bali. Below is a map of Indonesia and you really need to look to find the tiny island of Bali.

Okay find Bali and Singapore

It has been a lifelong dream for me to go to Bali. I don't really know why I have this desire but I do like Gamelan music. And besides what is not to like to sit on a sandy warm beach.  As we are a bit more mature now I have chosen to stay in Sanur or as some like to call it Snore for its lad back quality. We may take a trip to Kuta to see the over commercialization and nightclubs but probably won't.

The next stop will have us flying to just above the Equator to Singapore. This is the one stop that will be above the Equator until we head back home through France.

 

I don't know much about Singapore other than what I have seen on the news and I don't chew gum much anymore. Dick has been to Singapore back in his Navy days but he expects the City/Country to have changed a lot. 

Singapore has done much to expand its size by dredging and adding new land. The airport is built on such land.

The next country on our RTSW is Africa. We were in Northern Africa in 2014 so now we will get to see what the southern portion is like. More in Part 3.