Singapore, Bali,
Komodo Island, Darwin, Cairns, Whitsunday Islands, Brisbane and
Sydney
To arrive in sultry Singapore, recover with a Singapore Sling at
Raffles and then board the Crown Odyssey is always a treat. The
lecturing is a challenge but the guests make it worthwhile. Bali
always has and always will, despite recent events, have fabulous
people and scenic aspects. I will be back there as soon I as I can.
Then it was on to Komodo Island where the Komodo Dragons (which I
once suggested were just 'big goannas,' because they are the same
genus as our Aussie goannas, until I saw them) never fail to
impress.
To see the incredible geology of the region and cross 'Wallace's
Line' while reading Tim Severin's The Spice Islands Voyage and
Alfred Wallace's The Malay Archipelago will always remain special
for me. To think that we sail across the junction of the Australian
Plate with the Asian Plate and see the floral and faunal changes
makes Wallace's work and his effect on Darwin's thinking fall into
place.
To get back into Aussie waters and then travel for so long to get
around to Sydney reminds one of how big Australia is!
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