Wednesday, February 8, 2017

Report #38 Guam February 7, 2017 Tuesday Partly cloudy & 82 degrees Sail away Part #2 Of 2 80 Pictures

Photos from the sail away…..

 

Island of Guam, as seen from deck nine

 

Former naval vessel

 

Guests coming back from a sporting day

 

Looks like a diving tour

 

Heading into the harbor

 

Showers over the highest peaks

 

Working port

 

Hillsides are quite green

 

Obviously, the major cities are coastal

 

Emergency regulations on the adjacent vessel

 

Communications towers

 

Looking towards Tumon Bay

 

Area of high end hotels and resorts

 

The Tamuning area

 

A vacation destination

 

Cranes at the Apra Harbor

 

High surf on the coastline

 

A surfer's dream, but no swimmers in the water

 

Swimming best done in this pool

 

Cranes were idle today

 

Park-like setting in the harbor

 

Shipwrecks inside the harbor

 

A shower coming our way

 

Sure cooled off the air temperature

 

Light mist created this rainbow

 

Did not last too long

 

Pot of gold at the end of the rainbow?

 

Rusting remains

 

Several planes were landing

 

Green shoreline

 

Park setting

 

Little beaches here

 

Sun was getting ready to set around 6:30pm

 

All aboard was 6:30pm

 

Another vessel docked nearby

 

Containers on the dock

 

Good colors tonight

 

The retractable dome that covers the Lido Pool

 

Glad we stayed later today

 

Sunset over Guam

 

Orange skies

 

Many clouds

 

Docked vessel across from us

 

Tug towing a barge

 

Neat sky at dusk

 

Ending the day nicely

 

Almost 7pm

 

Military boat coming our way

 

Maybe our escort

 

Great sunset

 

Worth the wait

 

Work being done on deck nine

 

Heavy artillery on this boat

 

Leaving the pier

 

As good as it gets

 

The tug is guiding us

 

Talofofo, the name of a river and falls here in Guam

 

Job done

 

Away we go

 

Heading for Saipan

 

Going through the breakwater and Orote Point

 

Naval facilities

 

Dock area at night

 

Everyone was gone

 

A few terns came out after dark

 

The tug

 

Leaving Apra Harbor

 

Must work all night on this vessel

 

Bright lights in the harbor

 

Leaving Guam

 

Seaview Pool

 

City lights

 

Fading in the night

 

Ships at anchor

 

Tug

 

Naval buildings

 

Orote Point

 

Going into the Philippine Sea

 

The island fades in the distance

 

The moon, of course