Sunday, March 4, 2018

Report #62 Puerto Princesa, Philippines March 3, 2018 Saturday Isolated thunderstorms & 85 degrees Sailaway Part #4 Of 4 59 Pictures

Final edition……

 

Slow-going work

 

The pilot boat was basic

 

Young girl dancers

 

Typical Filipino dress for the ladies

 

Think they like being photographed?

 

You bet they did

 

Colorful dresses

 

Getting ready to dance

 

More girls arriving

 

”Beat you to the Punch” sail away party…..Henk and Shiv welcoming us to the President’s Club event

 

Our server in native dress

 

Looking so pretty

 

Three types of Filipino punch

 

Barb and Mary Ann

 

Sweet punch with rum

 

The dance began as we left

 

All the right moves

 

Our group – Woody, Susie, Don, and Barb

 

Noelle, the marketing officer and Mary Ann

 

Eddie and his son-in-law

 

More President’s Club buddies arriving

 

More dancers

 

More people

 

A very Bon Voyage from the locals

 

And away we go

 

Goodbye until next time

 

Shipping out

 

A most welcoming group

 

Cargo ship

 

Leaving the bay

 

Heading into the clouds

 

Ships in the harbor

 

It may rain yet

 

Twinkle, our assistant beverage manager

 

Sun setting by 6:15pm

 

Just a sliver of color

 

It got better

 

The sun shining through

 

Soon to disappear

 

Party was almost over

 

A few of us remained to talk to the hotel director

 

Boats in the bay

 

Sun was down

 

Long-snouted spinner dolphin (we think)

 

Two more dolphins appeared

 

The third one does not look the same

 

Definitely dolphins

 

Then they were gone

 

Darkness coming

 

Cloudy

 

But the clouds create a better sunset

 

The after glow

 

Reflecting in the water

 

Who knew it got better

 

Islands in the distance

 

20 minutes after sunset

 

Dramatic skies

 

All that was left once again