September 30, 2025
BORACAY is known as one of the party island of Philippines! There are lots of lovely white sand beaches, resort hotels and tons of water sports. The Bay was like a lake, when the waters aren't being stirred up by Typhoons. Their is an international airport across the Bay in Catalan and lots of ferry and speed boats, ushering visitors in daily.
We took an electric tuk tuk ( the taxi of the island) into the middle or station two, of the island, to explore the beach scene, shopping and have some lunch. There was lots to choose from; we were drawn into an Indian place, Little Taj, by the delicious smells!
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Ternate, Indonesia, which is both the name of the city and island, and is part of the Maluku Islands in eastern Indonesia. It is a port that sees maybe 3 Cruise ships a year. However, they really made an effort to show us the best of what they can offer. It's mainly a Muslim country, and we knew we had to dress discretely, but we knew little else. We didn't have our typical port talk prior, due to a technical issue with the AV equipment. Ben a fellow resident, organized an island tour, with about 8 stops, for 90 of us residents.
Cebu greeted our Ship with a big warm welcome, despite having just been rocked by a major Earthquake, days before our arrival. The Minister of Tourism arrived with a motorcade and she proceeded to chat with the residents and thank us, for all our support.
Today we were Cave explorers! We went to the one of UNESCO newly classified 7 NEW WONDERS OF NATURE - The Puerto Princesa Underground River.