Brisbane Day 11 & 12 - at sea and Rabaul

[spikesgirl58]

Rabaul is a township in the East New Britain province of Papua New Guinea, on the island of New Britain. It lies about 600 kilometers to the east of the island of New Guinea. Rabaul was the provincial capital and most important settlement in the province until it was destroyed in 1994 by falling ash from a volcanic eruption in its harbor. During

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[bradygirl_12]

Ha, doing nothing but sitting on deck on a cruise ship would suit me just fine. 🛳️ ☺️ 🛳️

[spikesgirl58]

I have to say that I can think of worse fates.

[adafrog]

Oh wow, poor people.

Glad you and Stanley bonded. :)

Sorry about the dreams. {{{hugs}}}

[spikesgirl58]

It was pretty awful. They are still rebuilding.

We met some great folks on the trip (and some stinkers, too).

It's very weird. I don't usually have dreams like this.

[thespian15]

YAY for rocking the trivia. :)

I hope the volcano is good and quiet now. :o :o :o
Hugs, Jon

[spikesgirl58]

Thanks!

Actually, it and seven others are still considered active and are closely monitored.

[thespian15]

EEP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[spikesgirl58]

Nothing to worry about. We woldn't have been there if there had been.

[cornerofmadness]

The calderas sound interesting

[spikesgirl58]

They were, but we saw very little volcanic stuff.

[cornerofmadness]

aww too bad

[meathiel]

Sounds as if the place was really hit with the volcano eruptions ...

Why where there problems getting off the ship? From the side of the authorities, I mean? It's not like the ship turns up unannounced, is it?

[spikesgirl58]

We have no idea, but the paperwork wasn't right - the Captain didn't say any more than that. We were the last ship for the season, you would have thought they'd have been happy to see us.

Much of the island is still being reapir.