Sunday, March 4, 2018

Report #62 Puerto Princesa, Philippines March 3, 2018 Saturday Isolated thunderstorms & 85 degrees Sailaway Part #3 Of 4 70 Pictures

Continued…..

 

 

Isolated thunderstorms in the mountains

 

Sun shining or raining?

 

Coast guard in Puerto Princesa

 

Older-style ship

 

Looked like a water village

 

Chinese-style fishing net behind this ship

 

Water village?

 

Easy way to go fishing

 

Larger boat, but the same idea

 

Boats in the bay

 

Some had outboard motors

 

Nets are dropped, then lifted

 

Cebupacific Airlines

 

Gone fishing

 

These locals were sailing past our ship

 

Checking us out

 

Looked homemade

 

Could double as a house

 

More site-seers

 

View from the ship

 

More well-wishers

 

Last of the dedicated shoppers

 

Immaculate Conception Cathedrals spires in the sun

 

Best view of the Baywalk

 

Two local boats

 

Our crew girls went shopping, mostly for snacks

 

Cargo boats

 

View of the shoreline

 

Dense population on this shore

 

Water village?

 

Getting ready to haul in the gangway

 

This might be raw sugar bags

 

Many small craft in the bay

 

The Christmas tree

 

Each ornament is hand made by locals

 

Small ferries

 

There’s a nearby Jollibee

 

The vendor’s day is over

 

Hillsides were full of housing

 

Good paint job

 

Part of this pier terminal is new since we were here 5 years ago

 

Warehousing for imports and exports

 

More small boats

 

A busy place

 

All aboard is soon

 

Houseboat

 

Pier dog

 

Downtown area

 

We call these spider boats

 

A swallow…..dozens of them flew around the ship

 

This is her favorite hat

 

Seaview Pool ready for the sail away

 

Fishing boats were idle all day

 

No more customers

 

Unloading cargo

 

Mostly animal feed in 50# bags

 

All done by hand – no machinery here

 

Warehouses

 

Commercial port

 

Security gate

 

Easy walk to town…except for the heat

 

Mature trees

 

The road that went directly to the church

 

Fishing all day

 

The water looked like ribbons

 

Ferries

 

Small, but it works

 

A roof helps in this heat

 

Water tower

 

No shoes on the workers