August 21, 2024
The Beatles & Liverpool
When I think Liverpool - I think Beatles! I always wanted to do the Magical Mystery Tour and it did not disappoint! Sunday we boarded the bus for the 2 hour adventure and were instantly immersed in the history and music of the Fab 4!
Lyrics became so clear to me as we traveled through the neighborhoods of their youth, especially Penny Lane & Strawberry Fields.
Learned their history has quite a few twist and turns with members coming and going from the Quarryman & notice as the Beat Men. Highly recommend the tour if your ever in Liverpool! Tour ends at Cavern Club where great tribute bands play all the classics.
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.