Sailing the Timor Sea

Here we are as we sailed away in the sunset from Komodo Island. The sunset was colorful, the sea calm and the weather hot and steamy.

We have been really interested in the time changes we are experiencing. Years ago we visited the Observatory at Greenwich....the home of Greenwich Mean Time. We learned how very important the invention of clocks were as an aid to navigation. Very important in knowing just where your ship was.

Now that we are sailing along we seem to be making many and different adjustments. Since we have been on board we have moved the clocks backward an hour from Singapore time and then forward  an hour. Last evening we moved the clocks forward an hour again and tonight we will move the clocks forward 1/2 hours. We will then be on Darwin time. If I lived in Australia I don't think I could ever figure it out- especially because some places observe daylight savings and some don't; some adjustments are an hour and some are 1 1/2 hours. Right now it is 1:45 on Saturday afternoon, December 29. The time in Florida and North Carolina is 11:45 PM on Friday and 10:45 in Nashville. In Sydney- where we are headed -the time is at the moment 3:45 PM on Saturday. 

Today we went to a great gourmet cooking demonstration- tasty food. BUT the preparation used way more ingredients than we might ever use. BUT it was fun to watch a pro cook.

We are having a great time!