Email from the Ship: We arrived in Madang PNG at 7am 3-23-04. It is a very scenic harbor and very clean. Several dolphins were frolicking around to welcome us. We walked to town to visit all the shops and the outdoor market. They had lots of bananas and peanuts and all kinds of other greens. It was very hot and humid. We walked to the local bakery but nothing looked very appealing to me.
We walked to Hotel Madang Resort for lunch. It is beautifully landscaped with a nice swimming pool which they allowed us to use.There was a conference starting "oceana customs" so there were lots of people around.
We had a shore leave on Wed until 3pm so we went to town again and went swimming.The people are very friendly here.They want to make sure you know where you are going and they will walk with us to show us. I sat down on the cement wall for a rest with all the locals and I had my backpack beside me. A very nice lady came to me and told me I better put it on my lap so noone takes it. Most of them speak good English and also pidgin.
We left Madang yesterday 3-24 at 6 pm and arrived in Lae PNG this morning 3-25 at 8 am. We had to drop anchor out near the harbor and wait for a berth to open. About noon we were told we could sail in and dock. We had 3 tugboats helping us into a space between 2 other ships. We stayed on board because we can@t go out on our own. Tomorrow the capt. arranged for someone to pick us up for the day.
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