Tolin's 2024 World Cruise blog posts, Day 53 Mar 2, 2024, Benoa (Bali), Indonesia; Nature, Tradition, and Religion

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Our second excursion on Bali began with a stop at an orchard garden






















Our second stop was at a silver smith studio



 
They would not allow picture taking of their fine jewelry but we could of larger items



Too beautiful and massive not to take a picture
  Reminds me of Hawaiian Monkey Pod


A monument along the way to our third stop

Our third stop was at a Hindu temple










Our last stop was at a wood carver studio













Another monument on our way back to the ship

The next day was to be for a third excursion day; since we had seen similar items during the first two days we took the day off.  Diane did some clothes shopping at a small open-air market in front of the cruise ship terminal.

Day after tomorrow we will have two sea days then end in Saigon
(Ho Chi Minh City) for three excursion days



 

 

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