01-16 Thursday: Conflict Islands, Papua New Guinea. Panacesa to be exact. This is a privately-owned chain of islands in the Coral Sea. The island we docked at is uninhabited and the owner opens it up to cruise ships. It was absolutely gorgeous here. The entire chain of islands is currently listed for sale at $36M! This is another tendered port. We debated not going ashore but decided to go. We were glad we did. Yes, it was hot but we greatly enjoyed floating around in the beautiful, clear water. There were some white fish with black lines swimming around. One bit me on the back of the leg. It was a small fish, not painful, but surprising. We had a few local treats; a tasty meat pie, beer, and coke. I was happy to finally find a postcard, the first one I have seen since leaving Singapore, but disappointed they were out of stamps. I bought it anyway and will try to mail it in Australia. The Conflict Islands are located in a tropical zone, meaning the water temperature will be consistently warm throughout the year. Today it was 85˚F.
Tonight, we had dinner in the Pinnacle Grill again, a complementary dinner. It was very good. I wanted to try the short ribs, but they are out of some things. I had the Chilean sea bass instead, Stuart had the filet again, Billboard and the casino after that. off to bed.
01-17
Friday: Sea Day. We slept in and ordered room service for lunch. It is a sea day so it
was Mexican Train in the afternoon. We got our passports back today because we
need them for the port in Australia tomorrow. Stuart played a bit in the casino
and I worked on my photos. Tonight we were scheduled to have dinner with Chuck
and Joyce Jordan. Stuart has been coughing today, so we switched the dinner to
the 21st. We had room service dinner, Phase 10, and off to bed
early.
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