Email from the Ship: Since there is no public transportation in Lae PNG and the town was too far away from the dock we did not have the opportunity to explore the town. We were a bit disappointed because we had 1 and 1/2 days but we were told that it wasn't safe to go off on our own. The capt. did arrange for the agent to take us to Lae international hotel for lunch but our time was limited.
While Helen and I were playing scrabble after dinner, suddenly the door to the lounge opened and 8 very talkative men came in with Dario our chief engineer.They were all business men who live in Lae but came from Australia and UK not native PNG's. They get together at a bar at night and they knew Dario. They wanted to see the ship so he brought them for a visit.there was a banker, a manager of Lae hotel, travel agent, tour organizer etc.and they were quite entertaining with their humor.They said if they would have known we needed transportation they would have provided it for us.They said that Lae is not as dangerous as the media like to portray it but you do need to be careful in some areas.
We left Lae this morning at 7 am and we will be at sea for at least a week on our way to Borneo Malaysia.All day we sailed along the island of PNG and it was a beautiful sight. We have to go north and then west to get around the island and on to Borneo.
Our position at 9pm is 04S 146 E. I was up on the bridge and the sky was very interesting. It is dark and to the west the sky was lit up with lightning and to the northeast the moon was shining on the ocean.It was fantastic.
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