November 18, 2024
Day 2 we moved anchor & sailed to the capital city, Castries.
Our first raining day and it was kinda nice not to be super hot for a change. We were going to explore the local beach, but opted for duty free shopping at ship terminal and a taxi ride to a couple of scenic overlooks. Gave Cathy & Rod tour of ship and caught up on getting my holiday bookings for Macchu Picchu set up - so many pieces and logistics! View of ship from scenic overlook.
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.