Wednesday March 2nd, 2011 Indian Ocean Latitude 27 degrees 47 minutes’ south- Longitude 113 degrees 11 minutes’ east Indonesia lies to the north and from where we are now it seems distant, foreign and foreboding. Off our starboard rail is Australia and it seems familiar and quite wonderful. Like an old friend that you have not seen in a very long time, as soon as you are together again, it seems as if no time has passed. It has been 30 years since I was in Australia and while many things have changed, I still have the same overall feeling of contentment and satisfaction at having visited again. The spirit of the people is alive and well. They are hardworking, industrious and obviously successful. The cost of living is expensive in our terms, but that is
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