July 16, 2025
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA
THE MILLER'S ARE BACK!!
Brett, Rich and Sheri met me and the Ship in Vancouver and are joining for eight days of FUN!!
We met up at the cruise terminal and rented City bikes, soaking up the sunshine and riding through the massive Stanley Park, then along the beaches and across a bridge to go over to the neighborhood of Granville Island.
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Later after dinner, it was still light enough to walk downtown and see some more sights. What a great city, with friendly people!
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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.