November 3, 2024
Halloween FUN!!
The Residents and Crew went all out for our first Holiday celebration together. The ship was decorated and added festive lighting. The kitchen crew did a bunch of creative jack-o-lanterns throughout the dining room. Residents scavenged items from around the ship and their unique packings, others scouted out items at the last few port shops and lots of imagination, along with some inside humor, all columnated in some very creative customs. Below are some of my favorites!
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Another great day exploring the South Pacific ! Today as soon as our ship docked in Honiara , and we were cleared by customs, I was off with 9 other residents, to get in 2 small speed boats and head out to Simon's Nature Reserve in the Solomon Islands . It was about an hour long ride across the Iron Bottom Sound but so worth it to experience this special place!
Fun fact - Papua New Guinea is the most linguistically diverse country in the World! It is estimated that there are at least 826 Papuan languages. Some are spoken by just a handful of people, while others by 100,000. (Thanks - Basia & Wikipedia for sharing this information).
Tully is a small sugar mill town about 2 hours south of Cairns and we traveled here with a group of about 20 other residents to go white water rafting in the Tully River at the Gorge in the National Park. It is the beginning of the wet season and the river was running at a high level, so the rapids were class 4 out of 5. We had some trepidation, but were excited for the adventure! OMG so much FUN!!