Cruising from Bali to Irian Jaya and down to Cairns

That evening, we had the traditional crew presentation - all the crew, except the bridge officers and engine room and other on-duty essentials. Good to see the below-decks guys getting applause.

Kitchens

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Servers

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Entertainers (incl control room)

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Engine room and maintenance

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Expedition crew. Exped leader Sandrine (French born, grew up in Australia, perfectly bilingual with an Aussie accent :) ) at left. Members from Australia, France, Taiwan, Seychelles.

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This was followed by the Gala dinner in the Main restaurant (attendance not compulsory)

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Lastly for the day, the evening show. As I've said, I've never been on on-board show goer, but have at least put my head in for most on this trip. As I did with this one - a variety in the main theatre, with good choreography and lots of energy.

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Then I went downstairs for a hot chocolate before retiring, and the lead male and female singers were performing 'favourites'.

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