June 11, 2024
Shopping
This island totally exist on tourism, so SHOPPING abounds!! There are shops for everything. YUMBO
is giant complex right behind our hotel and it also has a ton of restaurants and clubs - a very hopping spot all day long. Today, Peter & Cris and I explored further and took a free bus to another part of the island, Puerto Rico
and the bus was provided by the Mogan Mall.
Shops were a bit more upscale here but it was interesting to see a more arid side of the island.
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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.
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.