2011 - H & A WORLD CRUISE - PAPUA NEW GUINEA

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

IS GOING TO BE AN EXOTIC STOP.

SEE WHAT I MEAN....

I MUST HAVE THIS PHOTO OUT OF ORDER. WE DID NOT DRESS LIKE THIS AT BREAKFAST.

TODAY IT IS A RIDE IN THIS SMALL BOAT TO A VILLAGE.

THE GUIDE WAS SAYING THAT HE HOPED WE BROUGHT TOWELS & BATHING GEAR AS WE WOULD HAVE A CHANCE TO SWIM. SINCE THE TOUR DESCRIPTION DID NOT MENTION THIS, NOBODY HAD SWIMMING COSTUMES.

VERY FRIENDLY LOCALS WHO SEEM HAPPY TO SEE US.

THESE BATS DID NOT SEEM TO CARE.....

HELLO LADIES....

ONE OF THE PASSENGERS IN THE BOAT WAS SAYING THAT WE WOULD SOON SEE HOUSES BUILT OVER THE WATER, BUT THIS IS NOT ONE OF THEM. IT'S A TOILET ON THE EDGE OF THE OCEAN.

I WAS GLAD I DID NOT HAVE TO LIE ABOUT MY REASON FOR DECLINING THE OFFER OF SWIMMING.

WE ARE ON SHORE NOW...

EXOTIC, BEAUTIFUL BIRDS.....

THIS WAS WHERE WE WOULD HAVE GONE SWIMMING...

QUITE A FEW PASSENGERS DID NOT ENJOY THE ATTENTION OF SO MANY LOCALS LOOKING AT THEM BUT I WAS PERFECTLY OK WITH PNG . .

AFTER A VERY PLEASANT DAY ASHORE .. WE ARE BACK ON BOARD WHERE THERE ARE ...

.. . STOWAWAYS &

PIRATES.....

KISSING THE FISH IS PART OF THE CROSSING THE LINE CEREMONY.

NOW THAT FISH MUST BE WELL PLAICED....

THERE MAY HAVE BEEN A COUPLE OF GUESTS INVOLVED IN GETTING WET & MESSY BUT IT WAS MAINLY THE YOUNG STAFF MEMBERS. LOOKS LIKE THEY ENJOYED IT..

ME STANDING ON THE EQUATOR

PULAO SHOULD BE NEXT BUT WE COULD NOT NEGOTIATE A PLACE TO BERTH SO WE SKIPPED IT AND HEADED TO THE PHILIPPINES & AN EXTRA DAY THERE.