We walked into town aiming to get some local currency and visit the Coast Watchers memorial. The Madang Resort opened its doors to the cruise ship and there were native dance presentations throughout the day. We made a quick stop at the front desk and got a little local currency before walking out to the Coast Watchers monument. This tall white monument with a beacon on top commemorates the WWII contributions of the people who reported on the Japanese ship movements and lived in great personal peril.
After a nice lunch at the resort we booked a snorkeling trip at the Dive shop. We sailed out to Pig Island where the snorkelers were left to snorkel for about an hour over some very pretty coral and lots of small fish. Angela even saw a sea snake which frightened her when it surfaced and brushed her.
Our snorkel launch took us directly back to the ship and we got off under the stern mooring lines. Angela and I walked back into town to buy a postcard at the local drugstore. We walked the long way back to the ship and found an ATM to obtain local currency. I was the 16th from the end to reboard the ship. We quickly showered and then watched as the Maasdam slipped away from the dock and backed about 1/2 mile into a more open and deep part of the harbor. There we turned around clockwise and sailed out past two cargo vessels into the open ocean.
Bruce Mathiske, virtuoso guitarist, was the evening entertainment and it was like being in a jam session. Later at 10pm was the Orange Party up in the Crow's Nest. I donned my orange Dutch Football Club shirt, orange baseball cap, and orange mustache. It was also Florin's, our hotel director, 52 birthday. Afterwards I finished up my sermon for the interdenominational service for the next day.
It was a long day that created a short sleep night. It's a sea day tomorrow with something special on tap. Stay tuned.
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