July 28, 2025
HOMER, ALASKA, USA - Day 2
Today we explored the Homer area by boat. I joined about 15 other Shipmates on a harbor cruise that focused on marine life in the surrounding area. It was again a nice sunny day and the guides were informative and dedicated.
We saw sea otters, puffins, bald eagles, cormorants, a couple different ducks and nesting & baby seagulls were right by our dock.
After the boat tour I strolled the marina shops, boardwalk and beach with Bosco and we just soaked up all the sunshine!
Thursday, October 23rd we arrived in the Port of Bitung, Indonesia to huge fan fare despite the pouring rain. Turns out we were the first cruise ship to visit this Port in a long time!
WOW!!! PALAU is the tropical Paradise I have been dreaming about! This is trip just reached a new level of OMG!!
Got to love a place that sells shirts saying " Where the heck is Yap? " Colonia ( population 3,100 ) is the Capital and Harbor town of Yap State ( population 11,600 ) one of four states in the Federated States of Micronesia. We are in the Pacific Ocean or Philippine Sea just north of the equator, Papua New Guinea and Australia.