Our driver picked us up and we set off on a tour of Bali as neither of us had been before. Stopped at a coffee plantation, there were some coffee trees as well as cocoa trees and a selection of spices such as vanilla, lemongrass etc and there were also mongoose in cages. These are the animals that eat the bean which then passes through their poo and is processed to make the most expensive coffee in the world. We were treated to a selection of teas and coffee as well as a spicy cocoa drink.
On to lunch at a restaurant recommended by the driver and which proved to be very good.
We drove all around Ubud which definitely has a character of it's own. Saw some cheeky monkeys outside the monkey enclosure. We stopped at the markets for a while but not enough time to really see everything. Traffic was incredible but we had no difficulty getting back to the shore in time for the last tender at 5 pm. However,, there was a huge line of people and it took me nearly an hour to get on the tender.
We didn't share at dinner tonight, the dining room was quiet until late as people returning from excursions were late back on the ship and we actually didn't sail until around 8pm.
George was tired and wanted to go to bed (8.30!) so I decided to go to the show alone, again. Sat in the piazza for a while listening to a violinist and decided to have a cocktail!!! The waiter asked if I wanted a 'Virgin cocktail' - I said 'absolutey not, thanks!!!! Make it real'!!
The quality of shows on the cruise has generally been abysmal! Last night they produced some old bloke from Sydney - he was in his 70's, probably, dressed in a double-breasted suit & carrying a small suitcase. As a singer, (and accompanied by the excellent Princess orchestra) he was OK, but did he have to put on a wig, or a pair of sunglasses or use a puppet to tell us who he was trying to be? And his jokes were something else!!!!!
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